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February 12, 
APPLE EXPOSITION AT DENVER. 
Mindful of what bad been done at Spo¬ 
kane, Wash., and the benefits secured 
through letting the pubHc recognize the 
superior quality of the fruit produced in 
that district, the horticulturists and busi¬ 
ness men of Colorado felt that the time was 
ripe for them to show the world what 
could be done through a large exhibit of 
orchard products. Colorado reports the 
shipment in 1909 of 8,092 carloads of ap¬ 
ples. which is greater than the combined 
shipment of any three Northwestern States. 
By concerted action with the Denver Cham¬ 
ber of Commerce, the use of the Auditorium 
was secured for the exhibition January 
8-8. This building is very well suited to a 
display of this character. The carlot ex¬ 
hibits were suitably displayed, banked in 
long rows in the center of the main floor. 
There were nine entries in the carlot class. 
These leading exhibits were flanked by 
smaller ones in 10, 20 and single box class, 
and smaller exhibits from less prominent 
fruit districts. Minor exhibits and the sin¬ 
gle plate entries were very effectively dis¬ 
played in the basement. The rivalry among 
the exhibitors led to a large amount of 
decorative work. In some cases, it seemed 
to an outside orchardist as though the 
amount of the decorative work displayed on 
the carlot class tended to lessen the massive 
character of the exhibit. On the smaller 
exhibits such decorative effects seemed to 
lx* more in harmony with the end desired. 
Not the least attractive clement about 
an exposition of this character is the aroma 
of apples from an exhibit aggregating about 
13 carloads. These apples were from the 
fruit-growing districts of Colorado, 17 other 
States and also from British Columbia. No¬ 
ticeable among the entries were creditable 
exhibits from Nebraska and Iowa. Fruit 
was shown from States as far east as Mary¬ 
land and as far northwest as British Colum¬ 
bia. A display of this kind, gathered from 
many regions and prepared by exhibitors 
of proven skill, illustrated in a very marked 
degree the very great difference made in the 
appearance of fruit by skillful selection and 
packing. A prominent orchardist from 
Michigan brought in a display of excellent 
fruit, but not being a trained exhibitor, his 
exhibit was not displayed in a manner to 
attract the attention to which the fruit was 
entitled by superior flavour and real quality. 
The display of fruit from another prominent 
central orchard State, while having a great 
many plates of individual merit and win¬ 
ning a fair proportion of premiums on single 
plates, yet was not displayed with the skill 
and care shown by some of the more ex¬ 
perienced northwestern exhibitors. 
Some of the exhibits from western Colo¬ 
rado, from Wenatchee, Washington, and 
from Oregon were selected, packed and dis¬ 
played with consummate skill, each and 
every apple in a variety being of exactly 
the same size, color, shading and quality as 
every other apple. Work of this character 
requires a critical eye, painstaking care and 
a great deal of time. The results, however, 
return in public encouragement and ap¬ 
proval all and more than the exhibit costs. 
The lesson borne in on an eastern man is 
to the effect that our Colorado, Washington, 
Idaho and Oregon exhibitors devote more 
skill, care, and time in packing their fruit in 
the most attractive form, 'with special refer¬ 
ence to pleasing the eye of the public. 
Another thing that is borne in on the 
orchardist from other districts is that under 
irrigation, the growers live on smaller tracts 
of land, their homes are nearer together, 
and they are in much closer touch with each 
other. Working together, there is a strong 
community of interest, and when they desire 
to accomplish an undertaking, to secure the 
desired result, unlimited time, effort and 
money is ready for the enterprise. Every 
man, woman and child on the western slope 
and in the orchard districts of the North¬ 
western States thoroughly believes in his 
country, and is a booster in the line of let¬ 
ting the public know what can be done in 
their own district. People who heartily be¬ 
lieve in their work will make a more de¬ 
termined effort to secure success in their 
chosen line than people who are in doubtful 
frame of mind. A national exposition of 
this character brings together a goodly rep¬ 
resentation of the leading horticulturists of 
the country. These gentlemen are at the 
service of the public in answering number¬ 
less questions and in giving it the benefit of 
their trained experience. Some of the 
brightest and most intelligent men in the 
business were gathered together at this 
meeting. Their influence cannot fail to be 
of the utmost value to each and every in¬ 
quiring person who attended the exposition. 
The eastern orchardist, accustomed to 
the growing of a great many varieties of 
fruit, is impressed with the very limited 
number of varieties grown by your true 
commercial orchardist. To illustrate, Mr. J. 
C. Wilson of Fruita, Col., presented a solid 
carload of Black Ben Davis. Out of the 
same crop and orchard, his Jonathan sold 
at 81.83 to $1.93 per box and his Grimes 
Golden $1.69. This gentleman formerly 
lived at Unadilla, near Lincoln, Neb. His 
tract comprises 23 acres, of which only 11 
acres are in full bearing. He expects to 
net $6,000 over and above expenses. Mr. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
B. A. Smith, in charge of the Grand Junc¬ 
tion Association exhibit, stated that he 
would plant 480 acres of high mesa land to 
Jonathan and Borne Beauty the coming 
Spring. Water for this high mesa land has 
to be supplied entirely by pumping from 
Grand River. Mr. Smith is one of the oldest 
and most experienced orchardists in this 
district and his selection illustrates the ten¬ 
dency of the more experienced orchardists 
to concentrate their efforts toward the pro¬ 
duction of fruit of the best quality in only 
two or three varieties. Few orchardists 
recommend more than three varieties and 
none more than six. Concentration of effort 
is the word. 
President C. J. Root stated that the ex¬ 
pense of getting the exhibits together was 
approximately $17,000. The management 
gave $12,000 in premiums, including $5,000 
in cash, other interests gave $2,000 in land, 
$1,000 in silver cups, $1,600 in merchandise, 
$1,000 in nursery stock. The attendance, 
counting the passes, was about 35,000. The 
Denver Chamber of Commerce will provide 
funds to meet the deficit. At the close of 
the exhibit, all but one of the car lots at 
the exhibition were sold at auction. The 
Grand Junction car of Winesap, Rome 
Beauty and Jonathan received first premium 
and sold at $2.00 per box. The second pre¬ 
mium car of Black Ben Davis grown by J. 
C. Wilson of Fruita, Col., sold for $1.80 
per box, while other car lots were sold at 
$1.90, $2.20, $1.75 per box. Nine boxes of 
Delicious apples grown by C. H. Coe, a 
resident of the Silt District, were sold at 
$15 a box. .E A. Sevenson paid E. A. 
Fleming of the Antlers Silt District, $52.50 
for the champion box of Winter Banana, the 
intent of the purchaser being to send this 
particular box to President Taft as a special 
advertisement of the Colorado apple and the 
Denver Exposition. e. f. Stephens. 
Nebraska. 
Hen Manure for Corn. 
By Spring I shall have several hundred 
bushels of hen manure well mixed with 
land plaster (gypsum), 5 to 8 per cent plas¬ 
ter, kept under cover. What is the best 
way to utilize this? I shall raise mostly 
corn for poultry. I have manure from one 
horse and two cows. Which would be best 
for Alfalfa, this or hen manure? I can buy 
plaster for $3 per ton. F. F. 
Fayetteville, N. Y. 
We should use the horse and cow manure 
spread on the Alfalfa, and the hen manure 
for corn. In the Spring you will find the 
hen manure dried into hard chunks. You 
must crush them in order to get full value. 
They can be broken up on a hard floor of 
boards or cement by smashing with a heavy 
spade or log. You can either use the crushed 
hen manure alone or mix it with chemicals. 
With 500 pounds of the crushed hen manure 
mix 200 pounds of acid phosphate and 75 
pounds of muriate of potash. This will 
make a fair fertilizer for corn. We should 
scatter it along the rows after planting and 
cultivate in. 
Hardwood Ashes. 
I have the ashes from ten cords of hard 
wood. What is the best way to use them? 
w. w. G. 
It depends upon what crops you raise. 
They should not be used on potatoes, as 
the lime will most likely increase the scab. 
We would not use them on strawberries. 
They are good for bush fruits and most 
garden crops, like cabbage, and for all grain 
and grass, especially on land inclined to be 
sour. If you are growing corn you could 
hardly do better than broadcast the ashes 
after plowing and harrow in. Do not try to 
mix the ashes with hen manure or other 
chemicals. 
Tender Peaches in Michigan.— Do you 
not think it would be well to call the at¬ 
tention of the readers to the fact that 
nearly all the nurserymen—even those that 
we call honest—are not giving their cus¬ 
tomers a fair description of peaches in their 
catalogues? For instance, here in Michigan 
fruit growers who make it a business, know 
that Early Crawford, Late Crawford, Globe, 
Fitzgerald and some of the other peaches so 
highly praised in the catalogues, are such 
shy bearers (In Michigan) that it is usually 
very unwise to set them. As to quality 
the above are some of the best 1 know, but 
our Winters are too hard for them since 
the timber has been cleared away. The 
point I wish to make is, let the nurserymen 
in their description of a tender peach, say 
that it is a shy bearer north of a certain 
latitude, and thereby save us growers a lot 
of money. Last year we had three thousand 
bushels of peaches and would have had a 
lot more had we not set some of the above 
varieties several years ago. It seems to me 
that a fair description of a tree is almost 
equally important with having a tree true 
to name. H. w. G. 
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