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Apples — Packers' Entry: Gargia & Maggini, ist 

 prize; Earl Fruit Co., 2d prize; Hunt, Hatch & 

 Co., 3d prize. Growers' Entry: Ida S. Hunt, ist 

 prize; Vine Hill, 2d prize; Mrs. Cadwell, 3d prize. 



Feature Exhibit — Huntley and Morse, ist prize; 

 Pleasant HiH, 2d prize; W. H. Baker, 3d prize. 



Best Exhibit Seven Varieties in Regulation Bo.x 

 — J. W. Turner, ist prize; Mrs. Barlow, 2d prize; 

 Kauffman & Arnold, 3d prize. 



Best Exhibit Five Varieties in Regulation Box 

 — Forestville, ist prize; Pleasant Plill, 2d prize; 

 T. W. Turner, 3d prize. 



Best Exhibit Three Varieties — W. N. Couch, ist 

 prize; J. W. Turner, 2d prize; Mrs. Barlow, 3d 

 prize. 



Best Arranged Boxes, Not Less Than 10 Boxes 

 — W. H. Baker, ist prize; A. E. Scammon, 2d 

 prize; Y. Fugii, 3d prize. 



Best Display of Apples in Plates — Ida S. Hunt, 

 ist prize; Mrs. Turner, 2d prize; Mrs. N. Briggs, 

 3d prize. 



Best Apple Exhibit From One Tree— H. R. Har- 

 bine, ist prize. . 



Best Exhibit of Apples in Baskets — Ida S. Hunt, 

 ist prize. 



Best Exhibit From One District — Stony Point, 

 ist prize; Vine Hill, 2d prize; Forestville, 3d 

 prize. 



Special Prize by California Spray Chemical Com- 

 pany — H. Elphick, ist prize; D. D. Sinclair, 2d 

 prize; John Willey, 3d prize. 



A Special cup prize by Sherwin-Wil- 

 liams Arsenate of Lead Co. was won by 

 Mrs. Ida S. Hunt. 



Kauffman & Arnold's display of seven 

 varieties of matured apples was much 

 admired and won merited praise. 



The Analy Bank was awarded second 

 feature exhibit prize, $75 in cash, and the 

 Frist National Bank fourth feature prize, 

 $25 in cash. Both banks withdrew in 

 favor of the other exhibitors. 



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THE First Annual Apple Show of 

 Eugene was held in October. The 

 interest taken by growers both near and 

 far speaks volumes for the industry in 

 this section. There were many beautiful 

 displays. The following exhibitors won 

 prizes: 



J. Beebe, five boxes. $50 gold watcli. 

 F. L. Waite, three boxes, $25 in cash. 

 J. Beebe, two boxes of Spitzenbergs, $15 in cash. 

 J. Beebe, two boxes Yellow Newtowns, $10 in 

 cash. 



H. F. Hollenbach, two boxes Baldwins, $10 in 

 cash. 



Harry Bower, two boxes Spitzenbergs, $10 in 

 cash. 



B. F. Wheeler, one box Jonathans, $5 in cash, 

 B. F. Wheeler, one box Red Cheek Pippins, $5 

 in cash. 



H. F. McCormick, one box Rhode Island Green- 

 ings, $5 in cash. 



H. E. Wylie, one box Northern Spies, $5 in cash. 



George T. Ray, one box Kings, $5 in cash. 



H. F. McCormick, Winter Nellis pears, Daily 

 aiui Twice-a-W eeiv Register one year. 



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Editor Better Fruit. 



Your journal is a very clean-cut, effectively got- 

 ten up publication, and I will be pleased to have 

 it before me in my work down here in a Ifindred 

 field of labor. — Yours verv truly, A. S. Leecraft. 

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Editor Better Fntit: 



That some editors have been too guarded in 

 advising their subscribers to discount the claims 

 of all new introductions at least 100% the enclosed 

 copy will verify. 



Dried berries of the fig type variety of straw- 

 berries were used for manufacture by J. D. Hilton, 

 and sold to the trade, as strawberry confection or 

 fruit candy. Samples sent out by myself to get 

 expressions of opinions brought out replies in part 

 like the enclosed copy. Aside from their preserva- 

 tive nature, in their fresh ripe state, they are 

 fine. Although it will be hard for the old straw- 

 berry growers and originators to accept the claim 

 at once, it will have to be accepted. That the fig 

 types will become popular in their fresh state 

 goes without saying. 



I am not seeking free advertising, nor do I 

 claim my twenty-one years of experimental work 

 breeding tlie strawberry to a higher standard, and 

 the placing of the strawberry in the list of evap- 

 orated fruits entitle me to prominence or a free 

 mention in your journal. That there will be some 

 inquiries as to the facts of this claim in straw- 

 berries, you will now have evidence of facts. — I 

 am. Yours truly, H. J. Schild, Ionia, Michigan. 



Mr. H. J. Schild, Ionia, Michigan : — Your letter 

 with samples of your dried strawberries and straw- 

 berry confection is at hand, and I am more than 

 pleased with the way they show up. Tlie straw- 

 berries were evidently preserved by drying only, 

 and were in such a condition that they could be 



kept indefinitely. They absorbed water, however, 

 and soon swelled to about the size of the small 

 Warfield berry. The berries had a very noticeable 

 fig flavor, and the texture and taste did not seem 

 unlike that of figs. Judging from the texture of 

 these fruits, it is quite evident that tlie fresh fruit 



itself would be excellent for shipping, and would 

 have a very sweet, pleasant flavor, so that it would 

 be excellent also for use either in a fresh state 

 or when canned or preserved. — Yours very truly, 

 L. H. Taft, State Inspector of Nurseries and 

 Orchards, East Lansing, Michigan. 



Engraved by Hicks-Chatten Co., Portland, Oregon 



Engraved by Hicks-Clwtten Co., Portland, Oregon 

 EXTERIOR VIEW COLISEUM BUILDING, CHICAGO. ILLINOIS, WHERE THE UNITED 

 STATES LAND AND IRRIGATION EXPOSITION WAS HELD THIS YEAR 



ANOTHER OF THE FEATURE EXHIBITS AT THE GRAVENSTEIN APPLE SHOW 

 SEBASTOPOL, CALIFORNIA, 1910 



