AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
August, i ijoo. 
was Dirt riled :i (lr*t prize. ‘premier prix,’ 
by t he jury of ji wards. Pile collodion Ut- 
tdnlled :it thni time consisted «>r seven vn- 
iv alone at least 4(10.000 baskets (Os '"ikI |> 
Koiffers will be harvi-steil. 
•bon rpr anil what they mean t.i the life of 
the young." nor ns he states in a previous 
paragraph to ‘the tendency to urban life 
Oil the part of the |n'i»|rli>." anil a- lie slates 
in .-onoluslon tu tie .-hanged eoudlUtma of tin- is me nniern prise nwaru.m •" ....... - • 
Kneial ami -lomc--n, lift under whieh the — nr noddy In petitions. I | e|leel itlhl "e,- '! , . 
iletnanils fur manual • \ii-c 1 m- me nlinosl "edr* to i-niigriltllliitc Villi upon the ttm nrapex have i he. I- k 
entirely thinirs of the past stnet' 'llere an 1 * ' 
stalled at that - 
riel li— , .Psplavnt in (jimnilty. 
V - ilil- is the fourth prize awarded n> 
HI iveinem inn 
Apple trees are loaded with line fruit and 
l he early varieties are now moving I .1,, 
not reuietilher n year when apples Were an 
size 
fill II "l,» llHHlte J” ' 
inn nj Intelligent school hoards, nun I lion 
Minds of ottr youth who lie not eoiiio in the 
rlties. while on III*' other hotel it Hie edi- 
tor of the A 'nice will only ride nut in tin 
country and cat sh-.'p find work tvltli the 
farmers, tie can see that groin, gross, stock 
fruit and weeds grow mtieh as they illd 
thousands of ywlra ago: thill even with im- 
proved inaehlnery "til modern metliods, 
la In. r Is aliont the same. The situ shines, 
flic* rain falls, ami the dally round of life 
Is very like the golden past. 
■•\Ve see the same Might* and view Hie same 
mm, 
And run the same course our fathers have 
run.'* 
Probably If the editor of the Voice had 
ever been a farmer and was a runner now 
lie would tint! plenty there to do lot each 
niemlteV of the family' and nluilil the same 
kind of work as thirty or even inO yearn 
ago. 
Is Not This the Trouble? 
But Is not the rent trouble with unr 
"Aineriean Sdlool System” Hint v\v have 
been giving the same kind of ln*t meilnn 
in nil, i. e.. literary ami professional, while 
eliminating the prnetleal studies of every- 
day life, demanded by tilt- farmer, fruit 
grower, nw-dmulc and business ninn'' How 
much almut tie- soil. He- culture of n-cee 
and plants, the handling <d loo|s, the keep- 
ing of uceoiinls or the varteil rnutluc or .-v- 
ery-dav life Is taught tn our public si liotils 
and col leges V is mil this the rrniihleV 
ILLINOIS APPLES GAIN FIRST PRIZE 
W'onl has been received from Paris llutt 
liisi prise was a war-led lo apples from 1111- 
nob on .Tune 27. Tin- premium fruit wn* 
grown 111 Belleville and Princeton. TUIiiii 1 *. 
'The Oh leu go Tribune says that lids pro- 
ll'lum fruit Is only a fair sample of tin- 
product id tin- nourishing air hard* of edi- 
ntil and Boulhern illlnul*. According <n 
'be ' --nsus of 1 X*I till- ..uly statu* w hieh 
led Illinois in th.- prod tic lipti of appb- 
w.-re Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky. Mb 
-mil was nearly lOfi.ooo bushels behind, 
while Ohio, the leader, mlseil 
la-sledf. against the '.Dioo.nnii Imalicls to 
the credit of the Mucker -talc. 
showing made ’’ 
We I * .si till- id bet' alp 1 ' -I of rills g.Hiil lei 
(. r. but n |- si rung enough o. »bovv MI* 
-ouri l- in (lie lead until we hear from Hie 
oilier states. 
MISSOURI APPLES TO THE FRONT 
We had m.t much limn Hum read about 
1 limns apple- taking fl.-t p,lz v than we 
also read tbut Missouri w as first, I mold 
h- ('all for itlo. n«-w York, Michigan, Kuu- 
ea- and Virginia will Siam la- heard 
and all la- tlr«t Ju*t a- they hIiOuI.I l.e. 
However, th.- acting jMaio.b.eH. Win A 
' ! ' ,r '* U)I ' ' governor of Kentucky), 
wilting t "an Pails under date >rf July tn 
I- IP Hooilm.in, secretary ot the MD- 
*"“ r ' s,< "’ Hon h-ultural Hoop-tv xavw 
My 1-ear m Having J„„ returned 
Hu- Parts exposition, where I have 
■ml "barge Of the United Hmu-» horflcul 
UM.l exlub t. Il gives me pleasure lo In 
o.m you .ha. In I he t.-mpmary eoinpell 
non of JUD® 27 tlu- eolha llon of «pp||!* of 
the nop of cthlnius) by y„ ur L imy 
CONVENTION OF NATIONAL APPLE 
SHIPPERS. 
• in wigimt l. 2 ind .'t the National Apple 
Slilppeiv' As-uclatlon will Indd (heir -Ixtii 
aimiiiil meeting at the Colonial Hold, 
Cleveland, Ohio. The prc-ddeiil Is Unit 
‘TuMtllrijT apple i-hippi.r, George c ltlcli- 
iiidson. of the linn id Ityan A Richardson, 
wllOlcsnlc apple denial's of ls-n Veil Width, 
Kalians Mr. A. Warren Patch. ot Bout tin, 
is setreiary. The program for tlic meet- 
ing i* said to «... a good Otic .mil much "I 
Intcri'si in nil concerned I* promised. 
FLORIDA ORANGE REPORT. 
An idea .d the orange erop of Tampa, 
I la. inn la obtained (rain a stall-men! re- 
el idly matin by M. F. Hidden*. 11.- says 
that lie lias a grove of young tree-, ami 
tills season lie e-llliml. - lie w ill get 1.000 
boxes of Uni nraiigi.-H. He estimates that 
tin OnU Hill settlement, In Hint emllit.v. 
will g.-l alone Ho.ooo l.tiM-s id fruit tin- 
coining Miisoii. All L-sjjert who has Just 
returned rrom i trip through Hn Manati e 
seetlon. says that the crop I « going to 
greatly ex reel id* original estimate of 
A-o.ono l.ii\eit lb- deelan-s tlmt lie never 
saw trees HO heavily fruited as they arc 
ilii> ve.-iHoti. mid all -how Higm* of su.-li 
loalth that n is .i-i'taln they will remain 
on l he tree* until rip, -r'ai.m-r and In-led 
mil Pnckur. 
nod nppearnliee. 
I he plniu crop will Im Immense; both .la 
pan and mil I vf varh'tle* are full The eany 
sorls a iv uow ripening (Jiiaotilles of tvn- 
ti-|'iiicloiis ami .-ailUiloiliics nlv plftnl.'.l and 
looking (indy The -ame is true of sweet 
polatoev. 
GREAT FRUIT CROP IN DELAWARE. 
The outlook for In-la ware null i. rung 
nlli frill and tin- i vii r 11)00 will lie II reeord- 
breakef, -luli'i- Ho- ITulhiinn'si fHilde |-7i 
.<> i "■tii'li in-, old t-nnugli lo bear i* loaded 
uUli f-oii Kvrn i till trt'c- arc no rt crp. 
Poo and flic fruit |. ot good size and unite 
M.-uotalu I tone win probably com.- 
"II mIo.iiI Inly A', lo MigUsi I. Itartl-dr 
l»ai. will giv,. i |,c it, ,c*| |„ years-arnt 
ot superior itnallty, KidTiu p.-nra w ill ipis 
bee.-ruc tmpm-fmit lien. Ho many 
zr:,r nri, ‘ fw n rat 
"'"I V , "'ll mr 
pO'-s.-d H is - dlnii.lfll Mail In Kent eonti- 
PREMIUMS AWARDED AT THE PARIS 
EXPOSITION FOR AMERICAN FRUIT. 
It will doubtless be a natlsfilcMon to 
many fruit growers to ri'Ji d of the follow 
log ii ward of prise- lo A iiicrlciin fruit 
oxlilldtor* at the Paris ICxposItltui on tin* 
dal.Pis given bepewlth: 
Temporary I'ornpetttJnii, June 13. 
Clines |. r > Fruits and Fruit Trees, 
First Prbt.-s CnllpctluiiH of Apples, eri.p 
Ml I VI'I. I livlsioii of POUiolog.t, F. S. Dept 
>-r AgrleulUnv, general collection. .Vi vii 
lielles from 12 -tales Illinois State Unr- 
llcttlruinl Society, Ndiraslca Slate Hnrft- 
eoltimil Society, New York State Com- 
mission 
Colleeti.m of I'lfnis FrUif-. Oraiigr-s, 
I.etiiODB and Pomdor-s, California Stale 
Cuimulssion, 
licet Ion of Oranges ami Lemons In 
-Oiium-rdol packages. California Sint,- 
' 'ontmlBBlmi 
Seeoml Prizes Coller-tloiis of Apples. 
‘Top <d isna North Carolina Dept, of 
A grienltinin- Virginia state H..rtb-nliural 
Scrh'ty. K F. Babcock, Waitaburg, AA asli- 
li gion, Albert Mandu-ster, Brlsfol,, (.'onn,: 
Marshall Brother*, Arlington, Ndi ■ | H 
Perrin*-. Blue Lakes, Idaho; F. F Sle- 
phetis, Crete. Neh. 
third Prize Collcctlnn of Apples, crop 
ol I MID. New Mexico College of Agrienl 
tttru. P. Pedersen, Hllllllnglon A alley, pa. 
( lass li. Hniiriui-Iital Trees Boshes 
Plant* and Flowers. 
l-.rsl Prize: Collection of Swoel Pt-as.-, 
AA Alice Burpee A Co.. Philadelphia. Pt , 
1*1) varlelli-s in poiH. 
1 . Co.,. petition. June 27. l!..Hi, 
las> Fruits and Fruit Trees. 
''Hons or Apple*, oro,. 
-r IMID Division of Pomologv. D. S 
l opr of Aar., general collodion, lo varie- 
l, a"!i " OHnoJn Slab, limn 
' “ l ""'"l Noddy, MIhro„,I State Horlln-I 
no a I Sod.u, s„' V \ m k Htnte ilo.-tb-nl 
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