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BETTER FRUIT 



January 



Yellow Newtowns and Spitzenbergs, 54 

 to the box, he shook his head and said: 



"There is no use, boys. You have a 

 good apple, a dandy but it is too large. 

 It will not meet the requirements of 

 standardization adopted by the American 

 Society. With your size too large you 

 will be cut in points so as to put you out 

 of the competition." 



This proved a great disappointment to 

 the Hosier exhibtors, who had an ex- 

 hibit of 150 boxes. The delegation from 

 this growing apple district was com- 

 posed of C. A. Monger, J. K. McGreg'or, 



Dr. D. Robinson, A. Carpenter, John P. 

 Ross, Fred Shogren and Ed Chase. 



The apples have attracted much atten- 

 tion in the two days of the show. Ed 

 Howe, who has the display in charge, 

 said that even if the apples were too big 

 to come within the measurements of the 

 American Society, they found a ready 

 sale, as the whole crop had been disposed 

 of to big hotels and cafes of Chicago 

 and New York. The apples are of high 

 color and splendid shape. It is the policy 

 of promologists. Professor Van Deman 

 said, to keep the size of the apple down. 



believing that commercially it will be 

 better in the end. 



"We are in the Hood River zone," said 

 J. K. McGregor, "and we believe that 

 the future will show that Mosier has the 

 best apple ground in the world." 



The exhibit committee decided to give 

 Mosier special mention as having the 

 largest apples of the commercial varie- 

 ties. 



One of the varieties of apples which 

 is attracting attention is the Vander- 

 pool, which for the first time is ex- 

 hibited in the Portland show. It is 

 the only genuine Oregon apple known 

 to the orchardist, and he has known 

 it only a few years. Professor Van 

 Deman has refused to give it a rating 

 for the reason that it has not been ac- 

 cepted by the American Pomological So- 

 ciety as a recogniezd variety. The Van- 

 derpool has a history dating back 80 

 years. It was in 1870 that David Van- 

 derpool, a pioneer of 1851, who came 

 across the plains with an ox team, no- 

 ticed a seedling growing outside of his 

 orchard fence in Benton County. He 

 thought nothing of it, and although it 

 was a volunteer, permitted it to grow 

 until it developed into a bearing tree. 

 When the apples were ripe he noticed 

 they were somewhat different in taste 

 and of different size than the Spitzen- 

 berg, which it closely resembled. Other 

 seedlings were raised from the volunteer 

 tree. 



Before long Mr. Vanderpool had sev- 

 eral trees of the same character, all true 

 to the original type. It then dawued 

 upon him that he had a new variety. 

 Even then he paid no particular attention 

 to the tree, except to call the attention 

 of an occasional visitor to the good qual- 

 ities of the fruit. Finally, at the Albany 

 show a few years ago, the apple was ex- 

 hibited by David Pombaugh, and consid- 

 erable curiosity was aroused. 



It was evident that there would be a 

 difference of opinion whether it would 

 be recogniezd as a distinct variety, owing 

 to its close resemblance in color to the 

 Spiteznberg. Application has been made 

 to the American Pomological Society, 

 and action is expected at the next meet- 

 ing. The Vanderpool is smaller than 

 the Spiteznberg, although as a rule it 

 develops to a good size. Its color is red, 

 one side showing a lighter color, with 

 alternating shades of light and dark red. 

 It is a close-grained apple, possessed of 

 a sub-acid flavor as compared with the 

 strong acid of the Spitzenberg, and it is 

 asserted that it keeps well. 



David Vanderpool died several years 

 ago on the home place in Benton 

 County, near the apple tree by which he 

 was known. Today there are hundreds 

 of apple trees in the county, either 

 budded or grafted from the old tree. 

 One man has an orchard of 300. 



C. I. Lewis, professor of horticulture 

 of the Oregon Agricultural College, was 

 present with his class in systematic com- 

 mercial pomology. He took the class 

 during the day from exhibit to exhiibt 

 to give the members a practical training 

 in the varieties — name, size, color and 

 shape. He gives his class daily lectures 

 upon the care and protection of the apple 



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