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BETTER FRUIT 



January 



CANADIAN NATIONAL APPLE SHOW, VANCOUVER 



BY MAXWELL SMITH, EDITOR FRUIT MAGAZINE AND MANAGER OF THE SHOW, VANCOUVER, B. C. 



WE claim that the First Canadian 

 National Apple Show was the 

 greatest in the world's history, 

 not only because it was the largest col- 

 lection of strictly exhibition apples, but 

 because it was the best in quality of 

 exhibits, artistic arrangement, staging, 

 lighting, decorating and general educa- 

 tion value. These features, together with 

 the high-class musical entertainment fur- 

 nished by the 48th Highlanders Band, 

 and the total absence of side-shows, 

 fakirs, and the usual circus features of 



the ordinary fall fair, gave a dignity and 

 class to the whole affair of which the 

 management may well fell justly proud. 



The show was national in every sense 

 of the term, and might with due modesty 

 be designated as the first really National 

 Apple Show ever held, because there 

 were exhibits present from every apple- 

 growing province in Canada, and the 

 Federal Government not only recognized 

 it by contributing toward the expense, 

 but sent an educational exhibit in 

 charge of a special commissioner. 



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Nothwithstanding extremely disagree- 

 able weather during the entire week, the 

 attendance was good, and the interest 

 increased daily to the end. 



The gates were opened to the public 

 promptly at 9 o'clock on the morning 

 of Monday, October 31st, and long be- 

 fore the official opening, which took 

 place at 2:30 in the afternoon, every 

 inch of standing room in the great 

 buildings was occupied, and the spacious 

 galleries surrounding the arena packed 

 to their utmost capacity. 



The grand procession started from the 

 Vancouver City Hall at 1:30, and as the 

 platoon of mounted police, followed by 

 the 48th Highlanders, turned the cor- 

 ner on to Hastings street, the assembled 

 crowds burst forth with cheers of de- 

 light and enthusiasm, the clamor fairly 

 reaching the height of a tumult. Then 

 followed a long line of automobiles, in 

 which were seated the board of manage- 

 ment of the Apple Show, judges, repre- 

 sentatives of the Dominion and Provin- 

 cial Governments, City Council, Board 

 of Trade and many distinguished visit- 

 ors. Next came the bugle band escort- 

 ing the Lieutenant-Governor's carriage, 

 who was accompanied by his private sec- 

 retary, his worship Mayor L. D. Taylor, 



MAXWELL SMITH 

 Manager First Canadian National Apple Show, 

 Vancouver, British Columbia. 



and the Bishop of Westminister. Fol- 

 lowing this was another long line of 

 citizens in automobiles and carriages, the 

 band of the Sixth Regiment D. C. O. R., 

 boy scouts, the fire department, and 

 many other private equipages. Arriv- 

 ing at the National Apple Show build- 

 ings via Hastings, Granville, Nelson and 

 Gilford streets, which were lined with 

 enthusiastic spectators throughout, the 

 speakers of the day made their way to 

 a specially constructed platform at the 

 west end of the great arena. 



There were seated with Mr. J. N. 

 Ellis, vice-president of the Apple Show 

 Association, His Honor Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor Paterson, Mr. Musket (the Lieut. - 

 Governor's private secretary), Bishop 

 De Pencier, Hon. R. McBride, Hon. W. 

 J. Bowser, Mayor Taylor, Mr. H. A. 

 Stone (representing the Board of 

 Trade), Mr. Elliott S. Rowe (secretary 

 of the Vancouver Tourist Association), 

 Mr. Ralph Smith, M. P., Mr. Maxwell 

 Smith (manager of the National Apple 

 Show), Mr. A. E. Lees (chairman of 



FIRST PRIZE DISTRICT DISPLAY, WON BY BOARD OF TRADE, KELOWNA, B. C. 

 CANADIAN NATIONAL APPLE SHOW, VANCOUVER, B. C, 1910 



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 EXHIBIT OF APPLES FROM EVERY PROVINCE OF CANADA, BY THE DOMINION 

 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FIRST CANADIAN NATIONAL APPLE SHOW 

 VANCOUVER, B. C, 1910 



