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BETTER FRUIT 



JanucLry 



agement of Mr. D. E. Eicher. They had 

 a splendid exhibit from the Ozark region 

 and took first premium on photographs 

 showing orchard operations and products. 

 The Arkansas exhibit and the Council, 

 Idaho, exhibits were side by side and 

 attracted much attention by their diver- 

 sity of fruits and artistic displays. 



Professors Hutt and Shaw, of Raleigh, 

 North Crolina, were in charge of their 

 state exhibits. The quality and variety 



of their exhibits are shown by the fact 

 that they took sweepstakes prize for the 

 best general display of fruits. This dis- 

 play contained apples, pears, persimmons, 

 citrus fruits, nuts and canned fruits and 

 vegetables, and won many blue ribbons 

 in the plate and nut contests. These 

 exhibits covered two long tables and 

 were very well arranged. 



Maine was represented by a small 

 exhibit of excellent plate displays, upon 



Engraved by Hicks-Chattcn Co., Portland, Oregon 

 EXHIBIT OF BITTER ROOT VALLEY IRRIGATION COMPANY AT THE UNITED STATES 



LAND AND IRRIGATION EXPOSITION, CHICAGO, 1910 

 In ihe background of this view is shown a birdseye view of a part of the Bitter Root Valley, showing 



the location of the company's land. 



which Mr. True, the exhibitor, won sev- 

 eral blue ribbons. 



The booth which contained the canned 

 fruit was a pretty sight and brought out 

 many methods of canning fruit. The 

 canned goods were arranged upon shelves 

 and all entries were assembled together, 

 thus making the display of more interest. 



The most beautiful booth was that of 

 the J. F. Wilcox Floral Co. This firm 

 had the decorating of the main audi- 

 torium in charge, and the beauty of both 

 the booth and the auditorium speak well 

 for Mr. Roy Wilcox, the decorator. This 

 booth was daily supplied with fresh 

 flowers, which kept it fresh and attract- 

 ive. The design represented a room in 

 one corner of which a bright grate fire 

 was burning. 



The vegetable room adjoined the main 

 auditorium and was well filled with the 



I'holo by I'raiik- 

 HOOD RIVER 



ruhncr, .S/v//,,/i/(' hu^^ni.nt ^ bv . 1 incricaiL En graving Company, Spokane 



VALLEY, OREGON, DISTRICT DISPLAY AT THIRD NATIONAL APPLE SHOW 



AND CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1910 



SPOK.WE, WASHINGTON, 



AUGUST WOLF 

 Publicity manager of the National Apple Show, 

 Spokane, Washington, and Chicago. Illinois 



best that gardens from all parts of the 

 country could supply. 



The awards were made by the follow- 

 ing committee of judges: Hon. Silas 

 Wilson, of Nampa, Idaho; Prof. C. P. 

 Close, of Maryland; Mr. Butts, a com- 

 mission man of Omaha, a.nd Mr. Walker, 

 of Crete, Nebraska. General satisfaction 

 was expressed by the exhibitors concern- 

 ing the placing of the exhibits. That the 

 judging was close was evidenced by the 

 careful manner in which the judges went 

 about their work. 



The principal prizewinners are given 

 below: 



While several hundred premiums were given 

 upon plates of apples, the following are those 

 given on some of the more prominent commercial 

 varieties: Arkansas, R. B. Boyd, Grand Junc- 

 tion, Colo.; Baldwin, J. A. Carr, Council, Idaho; 

 Ben Davis, E. P. Taylor, Grand Junction, Colo. ; 

 Black Ben Davis, H. .A. Richardson, Delta, Colo. ; 

 Buckingham, W. N. Hutt, Raleigh, N. C. ; Colo- 

 rado Orange, H. A. Richardson, Delta, Colo.: 

 Spitzenberg, E. P. Taylor; Grimes Golden, 

 Nampa Fruit Growers' Association: Ingram, D. 

 E. Eicher, Bentonville, Ark; Jonathan, Payette 

 \'alley Commercial Club; King David, W. J. 

 Wilson; Mcintosh. James C. True, Maine; North- 

 ern Spy, Junes C. True, Maine; Rome Beauty. 



