BETTER FRUIT 



ANNUAL ALBANY APPLE FAIR 



Page 60 



THE FOURTH 



THE first prize of a $100 silver cup 

 for the best county exhibit at the 

 Fourth Annual Albany Apple Fair, was 

 won by Lane County. This makes the 

 second consecutive year in which Lane 

 has won this cup, offered annuallj^ for 

 the best exhibit of at least 20 boxes of 

 five or more A-arieties from any county in 

 the Willamette Valley except Linn, the 

 home county of the fair being barred 

 from competing for this prize. 



Brownsville won the $50 cash prize for 

 the best Linn Count)' community exhibit 

 of 10 boxes of three or more varieties. 

 There were six entries for this prize and 

 the competition was spirited. The second 



prize went to Santiam and the third to 

 Oakville. 



The judges were: H. C. Atwell, of 

 Salem, president of the State Horticul- 

 tural Society; E. C. Roberts, of Lebanon, 

 ex-county fruit inspector of Linn County, 

 and E. C. Armstrong, of Salem, county 

 fruit inspector of Marion County. The 

 awards were as follows: 



Best Five Boxes of Three Varieties — ist prize, 

 Henry Biislmell, of Junction City; 2d, Henry 

 Struckmeier, of Thomas; 3d, F. L. Waite, of 

 Evigene. 



Best Box of Yellow Newtown Pippins — J. Beebe, 

 of Eugene. 



Best Box of Spitzenbergs — ist, C. C. Cate, of 

 Brownsville; 2d, F. L. Waite, of Eugene. 



Best Box of Kings — ist, Mrs. Harold Rum- 

 baugh, of Albany; 2d, H. G. Rumbaugh, of 

 Albany. 



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Best Box of Baldwins — ist, S. P. Williamson, 

 of (Oakville; 2d, H. G. Rumbaugh, of Albany. 



Best Box of Red Cheek Pippins — ist, S. P. 

 Williamson, of Oakville; 2d, Frank Holman, of 

 Albany. 



Best Box of Ben Davis — ist, J. Beebe, of 

 Eugene; 2d, H. G. Rumbaugh, of Albany. 



Best Box of Grimes Golden — Henry Struckmeier, 

 of Thomas. 



Best Box of Jonathans — John Goetz, of Albany. 



Best Box of Wageners — ist, H. G. Rumbaugii. 

 of Albany; 2d, Mrs. Harold Rumbaugh, of Albany. 



Best Box of Starks — A. W. Martin, of Albany. 



Best Box of Mammoth Black Twigs — H. G. 

 Rumbaugh, of Albany. 



Best Box of Ganos — John Smith, of Albany. 



Best Box of Northern Spy — ist, H. G. Rum- 

 baugh. of Albany; 2d, S. P. Williamson, of 

 Oakville. 



liest Box of Rome Beauty — John Goetz, of 

 Albany. 



Best Commercial Packed Box — ist, H. G. Rum- 

 baugh, of Albany; 2d, H. C. Bushnell, of Junction 

 City. 



Best Display on Plate, 10 or More Varieties — • 

 ist, C. C. Cate, of Brownsville; 2d, J. Slider, of 

 Albany. 



Best Five Boxes, Not Less Than Three Varie- 

 ties, Grown and Packed by Exhibitor — H. G. Rum- 

 baugh, of Albany. 



Best Three Boxes, Three Varieties, Grown and 

 Packed by Exhibitor — Frank Holman. of Albany. 



Best Commercially Packed Three Boxes, Three 

 Varieties, Grown by a Member of the Albany 

 Applegrowers' Association — Frank Holman, of 

 Albanj'. 



Best Pyramid Display of Baldwins — ist, W. L. 

 Grove, of Tangent; 2d, Henry Struckmeier. of 

 Thomas. 



Best Pyramid Displiy oi Kings — ist, H. (i. 

 Rumbaugh, of Albany; 2d, W. L. Grove, of Tan- 

 gent. 



Best Pyramid Display of Spitzenbergs — ist, H. 

 G. Rumbaugh, of Albany; 2d, John Durham, of 

 Lebanon. 



Best "Pyramid Display of Red Cheek Pippins — 

 ist. S. P. Williamson, of Oakville; 2d, Frank 

 Holman, of Albany. 



Best Collections of 50 Apples, One or Move 

 \'arieties, -Arranged in Pyramid Shape — ist, A. W. 

 Martin, of Albany; 2d, H. G. Rumbaugh, of 

 .Albany. 



Largest Apple at the Fair — .-\. W. Martin, of 

 Albany. 



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ALMANAC AND ENCYCLOPEDL\.— In alma- 

 nacs fashions have changed. ])irections for 

 planting in favorable phases of tlie moon no longer 

 have place; and even jokes and homely, pithy 

 saws, such as Poor Richard \\'as wont to deliver, 

 have passed into the great beyond of printers' ink. 

 Within the last few years the arm of progress has 

 swept tradition aside and produced an almanac in 

 accord with the times. Containing not only all 

 practical, scientific information regarding the 

 changes of season and the movement of astro- 

 nomical bodies, the modern almanac goes further 

 and makes itself each year a purveyor of the latest 

 gospel of agriculture by giving strong, striking 

 signed articles from the great authorities of agri- 

 culture. Of such a nature is the handsome lOfl- 

 page almanac recently issued by the International 

 Harvester Company of America, with general 

 offices in Chicago, Illinois. In usefulness it has 

 not been surpassed by its authoritative utterances. 

 The feature articles in the new almanac are by 

 Frank P. Holland, president Texas Farm and 

 Ranch Publishing Co., who writes on ''Trees 

 \\'orth Growing:" Professor P. G. Holden of the 

 Iowa College of Agriculture, who writes on 

 "Corn;" W. D. Hoard, editor of Hoard's Dairy- 

 man, who tells about "Llp-to-Date Dairying," and 

 Henry Wallace, editor of Wallace's I'armer, who 

 advises on "Sanitation in the Country:" "Building 

 Sugestions," by J. E. Wing; "Farm Power," by 

 Professor E. C. Lucke of Columbia University: 

 "Farm Machines and Progress," together with 

 maps showing the number of machines in use 

 and the production of wheat by decades from 1840 

 to 1900. The articles are accompanied with pho- 

 tographs of the writers, and are powerful and full 

 of pith. Many other subjects are interestingly 

 treated in this book. Ask the company for a copy 

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Eilitnr Better Fruit: 



Let us express the kindliest regards and best 

 wishes for the birthday that you were celebrating 

 on December 24th. V\''e hope there will be manv 

 happy returns, likewise that the coming year will 

 be even a more prosperous one, not only for you 

 personally, but for "Better Fruit," than ever before 

 in its history. It is a certainty that the publication 

 is the very best magazine of the kind extant, and 

 we know that that is due entirely to the close and 

 careful attention you have been giving to it since 

 the day of its inception. — Yours very truly, Prod- 

 uce Reporter Company, Chicago. 



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Editor Better Fruit: 



We have received a great many congratulations 

 about the special edition of "Better Fruit" on the 

 subject of orchard heating. We could use a few 

 more copies of this paper if you could spare 

 them. — Yours very truly, The Ideal Orchard Heat- 

 ing Company. 



Photo by Frank Palmer, Sfokane Engraving by American Engraving Company, Spokane 



AVENUE OF PRIZE WINNING CARLO.^DS OF JONATHANS AND MIXED VARIETIES 

 E.xhibited by Richey & Gilbert Company, North Yakima, Washington, at National Apple Show, Spokane, 

 Washington, November, 1910. Further back in the picture is the first prize winning carload of Winesaps, 

 of which vv'e were unable to secure pictures. 



Photo by Frank /'aimer. Spokane Engraving by American Engraving Company, Spokane 



MIXED CARLOADS OV .M'l'LES l-ROM SUNNYSIDE, WASHINGTON, AT NATIONAL APPLE 

 SHOW. Sl'(lK.\.\i:, WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 14-19, 1910 



