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the Park Board), Mr. W. E. Scott 

 I Deputy Minister of Agriculture), Mr. 

 J. S. Thompson (representing the Trades 

 and Labor Council), Mr. J. A. Ruddick 

 (Dominion Dairy Commissioner), and 

 Mr. T. F. Paterson. 



Mr. J. N. Ellis presided, and called on 

 the Bishop of Westminster to make 

 the opening invocation, which was very 

 impressively done, Bishop De Pencier's 

 tine voice being heard clearly through- 

 out the building. 



Mayor L. D. Taylor, in welcoming the 

 visitors on behalf of the city, said it was 

 a great day of the city, the Province and 

 the Dominion, and it was with a feeling 

 of pride that they recalled that the idea 

 of a Canadian National Apple Show was 

 born in the mind of a Vancouver man — 

 (applause) — and that it should have 

 taken a definite form in this city. To his 

 mind it was an expression more than 

 could be uttered in words of Vancouver's 

 recognition of the fertility of the lands 

 adjacent. The West had long- been 

 famous for its fruit production. Through- 

 out the world the fame of California 

 was known long ago, and today in 

 British Columbia apple was king. They 

 heard much of Canada as a nation, and 

 in this show was British Columbia's ac- 

 knowledgment of that sentiment. 



"In looking over this show," said the 

 Mayor, "I am less disposed than ever 

 to blame Mother Eve for the apple epi- 

 sode. And I am glad to say that since 

 the inception of this show the apple of 

 discord has not been in evidence. Paris 

 had an easy task in awarding the apple 

 compared with what the judges of this 

 show will have in deciding between so 

 many first-class exhibits." 



Hon. R. McBride, Premier of British 

 Columbia, on rising to welcome the visi- 

 tors on behalf of the Province, was given 

 a very hearty reception. He said it gave 

 him particular pleasure to assist in the 

 opening of such a magnificent exhibition 

 in the city of Vancouver, because the 

 people of the Province, whether they 

 came from Kootenay or the northwestern 

 sections, always claimed that the city 

 of Vancouver was the great commercial 

 center of British Columbia, typical of 

 all that enthusiasm and energy that had 

 do.ne so much to build up Western 

 Canada. 



"When this Apple Show was first men- 

 tioned," said the Premier, "it was ac- 

 kn_owledged that the undertaking must 

 be one of great magnitude — for the man- 

 agement. Fancy. this Province, which a 

 few years ago was not known as a fruit- 

 growing country, in this year 1910 hav- 

 ing the enterprise and courage to launch 

 the first National Apple Show. But those 

 of us who know the country and its pos- 

 sibilities felt sure from the start that the 

 management, with that unbounded faith 

 in the country they have shown, was 

 bound to make this (as Mr. Ellis tells 

 me it is) the greatest show of its kind 

 in the history of the world. (Applause.) 

 When Vancouver undertakes anything 

 she always makes good, and this show 

 is one of the most attractive illustrations 

 of this that could be given to the world 

 at large. 



Engraved by Hicks-Chatten Engraving Company, Portland, Oregon 

 DISTRICT DISPLAY FROM KAMLOOPS, B. C, FIRST CANADIAN NATIONAL APPLE SHOW 



VANCOUVER, B. C, 1910 



Engraved by Hicks-Chatten Co., Portland, Oregon 

 GRAND VIEW OF EXHIBITS ARRANGED IN THE ARENA OF THE HORSE SHOW BUILDING 



AT THE FIRST CANADIAN NATIONAL APPLE SHOW, VANCOUVER, B. C, 1910 

 Showing m the circle the two carloads, Spitzenbergs and Grimes Golden, from Yakima, Washington, the 

 carload from Grand Forks, B. C, and the ten, five and one-box exhibits. In the center are shown the 



different district displays. 



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Engraved by Hicks-CIiatten Co., Portland, Oregon 

 CHECK PAID TO C. H. SPROAT, HOOD RIVER, OREGON, BY NATIONAL APPLE SHOW 

 This check represents the first prize of $1,000 for the sweepstakes car and the first prize of $250 for the 

 best carload of Spitzenbergs at the National Apple Show, Spokane, Washington 



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