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BETTER FRUIT 



January 



F. P. Friday, diploma. Pears — Best box 01 Win- 

 ter Xellis — First, H. F. McCormack, Eugene; 

 second, F, E. W'aite, Eugene. 



Special — Best box of any variety not mentioned 

 — Ortlev, E. H. Ehrk, Hood River; Wagener, F. 

 P. Friday, of Hood River; Black Twig, first, 

 Lawrence & Smith, Hood River; second, H. O. 

 Silverholz, Hood River. Golden Russets — James 

 E. Carpenter, of Hood River. 



Exhibit on plates — First, J. L. Carter, Hood 

 River, $5; second, James E. Carpenter, Hosier, 



silver medal. Single plates — Baldw'in, first, George 

 Evans, Hosier; second, Romeo Goulet, Brooks; 

 Ben Davis, first, C. L. HcKenna, Portland; second, 

 W. K. Newell, Gaston; Gano, first, J. E. Carpen- 

 ter, Hosier; second, \V. K. Newell, Gaston; Jona- 

 than, Henry Struckmeir, Thomas; Northern Spy, 

 C. J. Tithcombe, Scappooose; Red-Cheeked Pip- 

 pin, J. E. Chipman, Oregon City; Rome Beauty, 

 first, F. C. Dethman, Hood River; second, J. E. 

 Carpenter, Hosier; Spitzenberg, first, W. K. 

 Newell; second, F. C. Dethman, Hood River; 



Photo by Frank rainier .Stolcoiio Engraving by American Engraving Company. Spokane 



VERA, SPOKANE VALLEY, WASHLXGTON, DISTRICT DISPLAY AT THE NATIONAL APPLE 

 SHOW, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, AND CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1910 



Engraved by Hicks-C liatlen Co., Portland, Oregon 

 FIRST PRIZE WINNING CAR OF WINESAPS, GROWN BY H. M. GILBERT. NORTH YAKIHA, 

 WASHINGTON, AND SECOND PRIZE VvTNNING CAR OF ROHE BEAUTIES, GROWN BY 

 J. HOWARD WRIGHT, NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON, NATIONAL APPLE SHOW, 

 SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, AND CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1910 



Swaar, F. C. Dethman, Hood River; Wagener, 

 first, James, E. Carpenter, Hosier; second, F. A. 

 Gregory, Portland; Winesap, W. K. Newell, Gas- 

 ton; Winter Banana, F. A. Gregory, Portland; 

 Yellow Bellflower, first, F. C. l3ethman, Hood 

 River; second, F. L. Waite, Eugene; Newtown, 

 first, H. V. Rand, Hood River; second, F. 

 Dethman. Diplomas were given to each winner. 



Largest apple in the show — J. L. Carter, Hood 

 River; variety, Gloria Mundi. 



Five boxes of Spitzenberg apples, 

 selected from the Mosier exhibit in the 

 Portland Apple Show, to be sent to 

 Emperor William I. of Germany by 

 express, won the attention of the thou- 

 sands who visited the show yesterday. 

 The Mosier exhibit was withdrawn from 

 the sweepstakes contest, owing to the 

 ruling of the presiding judge that the 

 apples were too large to meet the require- 

 ments of the American Pomological 

 Society. The apples were three-tier, 34 

 to the box. Those to be sent to the Ger- 

 man Emperor are uniformly of this size, 

 and are deep red, with pink underglow, 

 clear of skin, rounding at the base and 

 very slightly inclined to bell shape. 



The tables on the second floor, on 

 which were located the display of insects 

 and fungus growths from the Oregon 

 Agricultural College, under the charge of 

 Professor Bradley, assisted by two of his 

 students, attracted attention. Explana- 

 tions were constantly given of the value 

 of precautions and the use of lime- 

 sulphur solution for destroying fungus 

 pests. 



'T want to say," said Professor Van 

 Deman, when he completed his work of 

 judging, "that Oregon 'is an apple state 

 to which there is no superior in the 

 world. I do not mean by that it is supe- 

 rior to the Washington orchards, for I 

 class all this section in one common apple 

 territory. You haVe the world beaten m 

 quality, size and color. Your color is 

 what sells your apples in the East, 

 coupled with the honesty of your pack. 

 If you will continue to put your con- 

 science into your apple box, you will win 

 the markets of the world. There is no 

 end to the possibilities of the apple mar- 

 kets of the world. If you organize — and 

 I believe in the fruitgrowers organizing 

 for the purpose of handling their product 

 through a common agency — you can 

 never supply the demand for the choice 

 product of the Pacific Coast. The world 

 beckons to you. It is only for you to 

 listen to the voice of the market and win 

 yourselves fame and fortune." 



Within 60 days, Homer C. Atwell, of 

 Forest Grove, president of the State Hor- 

 ticultural Society and of Portland Apple 

 Show, will issue a call for a convention 

 to be held in Portland of the apple- 

 growers of the Pacific Northwest to 

 organize a co-operative selling agency 

 company, with $500,000 capital, to dispose 

 of the $5,000,000 apple crop of Oregon, 

 Washington and Idaho every year. 



Details of the organization of the com- 

 pany will be considered by the members 

 of the convention. Prominent apple- 

 growers, representing different districts, 

 will be present to participate in the for- 

 mation of the company and the lines to 

 be followed will be along those perfected 

 by the raisin-growers of the Sacramento 

 Valley, California, the orange-growers of 

 Riverside, California, and the pear-grow- 

 ers of the Rogue River Valley, Oregon. 



