The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-10-07
Aood River Glacier.
HOOD RIVER, OR, OCT, :, 1873.

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HOOD RIVER, OR, OCT Z, 1873
The OrCg0njdR ot October LIST deVotes
a column to the visit of the press aSSo-
citation to our fruit exhibit last SStur-
day. We quote below some OF the kind
statements made concerning our fruit
in the article;
AT the pavilion surprise was in
store for the eXcursiousts, They had
been given TO understand, in Il vague
sort of way, that fruit fair Mas heing
held at Hood River, but wneu lhry en-
tered the building and saw bushels
upon bushels of choice app,eS, neatly
arranged with view to showing oil
tLeir best charms, the delight of the
visitors was unbouuded. ii WAS really
an apple show,
the hall is n commodious atlair,aud
il had been evidently dressed for the
occasion 10y dett and skildul hands.
Evergreeus, trimmed with laurel and
holly, hung in festoons from the wall
and ceiling, and was stretched in broad
bands from n pretty designed center
piece, which hung from the central
dome TO the several corners of the room.
Bunting, flags, autumn leaves and
Iresh-cut flowers We're also beautifully
used in decoration, and added much to
The dainty appearance OF the hail. I'M
medlateIy on entering, the iilst object
to catch the eye Was Il large placard in
black and white, Ocariug the following
inscription:
''WELCOME
"There's chiel amai,g as taking notes,
An faith he'll PRINT tncu,,
"But these beautiful decorations lost
their charm when the visitors turned
To view the fruit. One and all pro-
nounced the exhibit the most beauti
full, the most varied and the finest in
quality they had ever seen, in Oregon
or elsewhere.
The exhibit of apples was simply
wonderful, More than 100 varieties, ,all
of more or less excellence, were 10 be
found upon the various tnbles, and TO
each lot was attached Il card giving the
common name of the apple and the
place where it was grown. The fruit
varied in size from the smallest crabs,
which resemble gOod-sized currants, to
the variety known as the Gloria Mum
di, some of which, by actual measure
ment, exceeded Is inches in circuM-
ference. The color of each Was rich
and beautiful, and as far as could be
seen from outward inspection, not II
single apple was marked 10y blemish
or eaten by worms. or all the varie-
ties, the Gravenstein, a fall apple, is
held in the highest esteem on account
of its fine flavor The 1wenty-Ounce
is the best apple for cooking purposes,
and, as its name implies, 1t is Il big
one, yet not so large us the Gloria
Nlundi, which reigms supreme for size.
The King is the finest apple for both
eating and cooking. For winter use
the Yellow Newtown Pippin stands
above all of its fellows us All eating APP
pie. These are the principal varieties
now sent East to supply the demand
for fine fruit, and tney appear to ill
the bill. NJ. Y. Rand, fruit grower
living on the east side of the river, had
on exhibition half-dozen MatUms, a
new variety of apple recently brought
over from Germany. Tney are very
similar to Gravensteins in flavor and
somewhat harder. An exhibit of
seedless apples, grown near Hood river,
attracted great attention. A feature of
the show, however, was the exception
ally large number of fine, hardy seed
lihgs on exhibition. They indicate
that most Of the orchardits have been
very careful in the selection of seed and
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