BETTER FRUIT 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST 

 OF MODERN AND PROGRESSIVE FRUIT GROWING AND MARKETING 



THIRD NATIONAL APPLE SHOW, SPOKANE-CHICAGO 



PERHAPS the most significant re- 

 sult of the two National Apple 

 Shows: In Spokane, November 14 to 

 IS, and in Chicago, November 28 to 

 December 4, is the interest aroused in 

 commercial districts in Washington, 

 Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British 

 Columbia. From publicity and artistic 

 viewpoints the expositions were gratify- 

 ingly successful and taken all in all it 

 was the best exploitation the apple ever 

 had, next to the story of its first ap- 

 pearance in the Garden of Eden. More- 

 over, the people of the Mississippi valley 

 country and the states to the east, south 

 and north, have better acquaintance with 

 the apple belts of the Northwestern and 

 Pacific states than ever before. 



The Chicago show, which was installed 

 in the First, Regiment armory at Six- 

 teenth street and Michigan avenue, was 

 attended mostly by men and women who 

 have money to invest and others who are 

 looking for homes i.n the country. The 

 representatives of the various districts 

 that entered displays were there with 

 statistics, photographs and vivid word 

 pictures of the exact state of things in 

 the pomological history of the Northern 

 and Western states and they were be- 

 sieged from morning until night by eager 

 inquirers, seeking knowledge at first hand 

 of the various districts, where, surface 

 indications are, many will cast their lot 

 in the near future. 



The carlot displays, winners of the 

 chief prizes headed by the grand cham- 

 pionship car exhibited by C. H. Sproat, 

 of Hood River, Oregon, were viewed 

 with interest by thousands, who marveled 

 at the color, size and uniformity of the 

 fruit; but it is conceded that the district 

 booths were the centers of attraction, 

 largely because of the fact that spectators 

 were able to grasp the extent and im- 

 portance of the fruit-growing industry 

 in the Western states through having the 

 evidence in concrete form before them 

 and listening to the talks by growers. 



No one is in position to foretell the 

 extent of the influx of capital and desir- 

 able settlers into the Pacific country as 

 the result of the apple shows, but it is 

 not overstating it to say that every dis- 

 trict is bound to receive a hundred fold 

 for every dollar expended in making 

 the enterprises what they were. In fact, 

 if only one out of every hundred men 

 and women who evidenced interest in the 

 opportunities, advantages and possibili- 

 ties of the Western country crosses to the 



BY AUGUST WOLF, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 



Contents 



THIRD NATIONAL APPLE SHOW, 

 SPOKANE-CHICAGO, 23 



CANADIAN NATIONAL APPLE SHOW 

 VANCOUVER, 28 



MISSOULA'S WESTERN MONTANA 

 APPLE SHOW, 37 



OREGON SHOW EXCELS ALL PREVIOUS 

 DISPLAYS, 39 



THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 

 CONGRESS SHOW, 43 



APPLE ANNUAL AT WATSONVILLE, 

 CALIFORNIA, 48 



GRAVENSTEIN SHOW, SEBASTOPOL, 

 CALIFORNIA, 57 



THE FOURTH ANNUAL ALBANY 

 APPLE FAIR, 60 



GRAFTING AND TOP WORKING OF 

 FRUIT TREES, 62 



west side of the Rocky mountains, the 

 result will be apparent on all sides. 



Some might suggest that the (new 

 habit — this widespread talk about apples 

 and apple lands — is due entirely to the 

 Spokane and Chicago shows. That is 

 not true. It is too general to make such 

 claims. The shows doubtless helped 

 much, but they did not start the whole 

 "back to the land" movement. They 

 simply confirmed the reports given in 

 print or by word of mouth of the mar- 

 velous development of the apple-growing 

 industry and the rapid and substantial 

 strides made in the Northwest. And as 

 such they proved their value a thousand 

 fold. In fact, it may be said without 

 fear of contradiction that the crumbs 

 cast upon the waters will return in the 

 shape of large loaves' in a short time. 



Those identified with the shows, which 

 cost the people of Spokane more than 

 $85,000 this year, believe that the re- 

 sults accomplished, fully justify the ex- 

 penditures. They also point to the fact 

 that many Eastern and Middle Western 

 cities, including Minneapolis, Kansas 

 City, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Atlanta, 



Photo by Frank Palmer, Spokane Engraving by American Engraving Company, Spokane 



FIRST PRIZE CARLOAD OF JONATHANS, GROWN BY J. S. BAIRD, SUNNYSIDE, WASHING- 

 TON THIRD NATIONAL APPLE SHOW, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 14-19, AND 

 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 28-DECEMBER 4, 1910 



