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BETTER FRUIT 



January 



Best 20 boxes commercial apples — H. A. Briggs, 

 Victor, Mont., first prize, $50; Valley Mercantile 

 Co., Hamilton, Mont., second, $30. Jonathans 

 won this premium. 



Best display of apples grown in Bitter Root 

 Valley — Ben Kress, Hamilton, Mont., first, $50. 



Engraved by Hicks-Lhatten Co., Fortland, Oregon 

 PRIZE CELERY GROWS THE SAME AS 

 RED APPLES 

 Exhibited at the Western Montana Apple Show 

 Missoula, Montana, 1910 



Best box Mcintosh apples — H. Piatt & Sons, of 

 Como, Mont., first prize. 



Best commercial packed box of apples — Ben 

 Kress, Hamilton, Mont., first with Mcintosh. 



Best packed box of Rome Beauty and Northern 

 Spy — Ben Kress, first. 



Best 10 boxes Mcintosh, apples grown in Bitter 

 Root Valley — Ben Kress, first. 



Best five boxes Mcintosh apples — E. A. John- 

 son, of Hamilton. Mont., first prize of $50. 



Best 10 bo.xes commercial aijples — PI. .\. Briggs. 

 first, $25; O. W. Kerr. Florence, second. $15; 

 C. E. Lucas, Missoula, tliird, $10. 



Best five boxes commercial apples — .Mlumunt 

 Orchards, Lo Lo, first $12, with Aikens; \\ . A. 

 Wilson, of Paradise, second, and H. A. Briggs. of 

 \'ictor, third. 



Best 10 plates, dift'erent varieties grown by one 

 individual — M. H. White, of Florence, first, $10: 

 J. P. McCain, of Charleton, second, $5. 



Following are a few of the plate winners: The 

 Mcintosh prize was $10, and the others secured 

 $5; Aiken, Allomont Orchards; Lo Lo; Ben 

 Davis, W. A. Wilson, Paradise; Bellflower, vV. 

 H. Rock, Lo Lo; Chenango, H. A. Briggs, Victor; 

 Duchess, 11. A. Briggs, Victor; Delicious, H. 

 Piatt & Sons, Como; Geno, Mary Westby, Mis- 

 soula; Grimes Golden, Miry Westby, Missoula; 

 Jonathan, W. A. Wilson, Paradise; King, M. 

 H. Pierce, Plains; Mcintosh, Ben Kress, Hamil- 

 ton; Northern Spy, Ben Kress, Hamilton; Spitz- 

 enberg, Wm. Dallas, Missoula; Snow, H. Piatt & 

 Sons, Como; Twenty Ounce, C. E. Lucas, Mis- 

 soula; Wagener, Ben Kress, Hamilton. 



Of course the above were merely a few 

 of the many varieties represented; the 

 displays of crabs, pears, peaches, plums 

 and grapes were many and varied. Those 

 with the blue cards attached pulled 

 down many valuable premiums. Over 

 $3,500.00 was given in cash and special 

 bonuses. There were no carload lots 

 shown, as the directors of the fair de- 

 cided to eliminate this class, due to lack 

 of display space. 



Engraved by Hicks-thatten Co., Fortland, Oregon 



A section that caused a great deal of 

 interesting comment was that set aside 

 for canned goods and oven stuff. There 



Engnrrcd by Hicks-Chatten Co., Portland, Oregon 

 BEST PLATE OF McINTOSH, AT WESTERN 

 MONTANA APPLE SPIOVV, MISSOULA, 

 MONTANA, 1910 



were thirty-three entries for the best 

 apple pie shown, Mrs. Mary Cronburg, of 

 Missoula, capturing the premium, one 

 case of Hills Brothers steel cut cofifee, 

 valued at $15.00. 



From all standpoints, and especiallj' 

 from an educational point, the show was 

 a decided success; it gave the exhibitor 

 an opportunity to compare his product 

 with that of his neighbor's, and if su- 

 perior, ascertain how to improve his 

 conditions or methods. To learn what 

 the correct type is and how to develop it. 



A man who makes an early determina- 

 tion to produce display products, studies 

 to improve his methods and gives his 

 crops better care, which tends to im- 

 prove his entire farm, thereby increasing 

 its value. 



It shows to the community what im- 

 proved metliods will produce, thereby 

 stimulati.ng all to do better. It shows to 

 visitors what can be produced and places 

 the exhibitor's farm in the foreground 

 as one of the best in the country. 



From the standpoint of the state, it 

 helps to show tlie world the advantages 

 of the state and the character of the 

 products produced, which adds to the 

 agricultural value of the entire state. 



The agricultural value of a state is 

 measured by the quality and quantity of 

 the products of the farm; hence this 

 value rests in the hands of the farmer, 

 and it behooves every soil owner to 

 show the best that can be grown on his 

 farm. Generally the premiums won are 

 sufficient remuneration to pay for all ex- 

 tra labor and time. 



The Western Montana Apple Show is 

 fostered by the Missoula Chamber of 

 Commerce, this organization putting up 

 the money to bring before the world one 

 of the resources of the third largest 

 state in the union. 



\'IEW OF THE MISSOULA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXHIBIT OF GRAIN, VEGETABLES 

 .\X1) FRUIT WHICH WON THE $250 CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & PUGET SOUND RAILWAY 

 PRIZE, WESTERN MONTANA APPLE SHOW, MISSOULA, MONTANA, 1910 



