The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-19
Kind Words for Hood River
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From tho Rurnl Northwest

~ would be glory enough for a large
city TO hsvethe finest fruit fair in the
world. Hood River is not great citv
but at its fruit fair 1t makes the finest
display OF apples which is made anv.
where in the world. The fair held at
that place October and 6 surpassed all
previous efforts. The orchardists Of
Hood River valley have outgrown the
period when size alone is accounted tba
cheif merit of fruit intended for exhi.
bltion. The apples shown at the late
ialr were almost wholly OF varieties Of
high merit. The great and SNOWY Wolf
River, and its twin in size, the Gloria
Mundi, were not wholly absent. but
were only enough of them to be seen 10
show that Hood River can raise them N
perfection. Big attractive Wolf River
apples can be grown in q multitude ~ ~
places, but the Spitzenberg and the
ieiiow Newtown are grown to perfection
IN only Few especially favored local
Tues, IL was lot Of Yellow Newtowns
grown by W. J. Baker of Hood River
which attracted so much attention at
the Columbian Exposition during the
early months of that exposition, when
choice apples from other states were al
most wholly lacking. For q time a good
many OF the fruit growers of Hood River
were very cautious about planting Vel
low Newtowns, but at the late fair there
were "a exhibits of this variety The
Hood River apples of this variety have
never Jailed to bring paying prices. and
even in this year Of abundance. If thev
could supply them by the train load
there would be no trouble abont disnos,
ing OF them to good advantage. The |
yield is large this year and the apnles
are also large. The Spitzenbergs are
perhaps the most perfect productions OF of
Hood River IN the apple lire. Yellow
neWtown Fippins, grown in Southern
oregon, are almost indistinguishable in
appearance and excellence from those
grown at Hood River, but nowhere else
20 lar as known, are such perfect Spitz.
snDergs produced as in Hood River sec-
Iion, including some of the territory on
ne washington side of the Columbia
! mere We're many exhibits of Spitzen.
'ergs At the fair, and they were All rc-
for the perfection of the fr,it
md the richness OF the colorino a
'pitzenberg cannot be grown at AS low
ost, even at Hood River, but when II IL
nee known that such Spitzenberps as
nose grown there are to be had In car !
Dad lots, they will sell at good prioe !
)r shipment to any of thelarre cities ~ !
ne United States. The Ben Davis /;
iade more prominent appearance az
ais fair than at the previous ones AZ AZ !
lood River. There is nothing the mat s
y with Hood River Ben Davis apples. .
specially when grown by orchardists Of :
good regulations, The best q
'idence OF this is found in the fact that q
ears q Porter, of the Hood River valley 4
~ already this fall sold over 500 boxes II
the Ben Davis apples at 81. 90 Der box l.
'iivered at Hood River. '' - -
Mentioning frnit growers OF estab. Z,
,hed reputation, suggests q diversion at " "
rs point; There are more factors than q,
70 IN making good reputation ~
eat many persons produce articles of d;
ry high morit, but the fact never be. q.
mes known to the general pnhlic ~
lose who think that an article al hioh ~. -.
crit will "sell itself" at a profitable ~ ~,
Ice are very much mistaken. Hood n.
yer strawberries and Hood River mn. ~;
's have acquired their great popular;tv wi
7 solely because of their merits hr} y.
cause their merits have been mada ~
own % 50 many people, The Hood tn
YER people nave done much them. Td
yes 70 advertise their fruit, but it is tn
'nably impossible for many OF them to ~
Ilize the value of the work which has 81
IN done by the Glacier, under the ctr
nagement OF s, f, Blythe in promo. IN
knowledge of the excellence OF Hood als A.
'er fruits, There are many towns in sn' s,S
united States whose papers, week
y week, tell wonderful tales of the ;s
duetiveness OF the orchards and the wo,
OF their fruit. Ii YOU wonld frn
Ieve their statements, every ona of IA
Sc papers is published in the best ~,
I growing districts in the world. and cam n'
es trult such as can be grown no. or
re else, In each of these uneoualed Mo,
lities the best fruit in the world i IN @ ,
Rn, aud the orchardists arc maxine ~
9 money than those anywhere else hatl G
Sc statements fool no fruit buyer and go;
act only q gullible class Of purchas. va.
II orchard lands, whose very gulI. an,,
Y marks them in advance AS failures "pP
10 fruitgrowing business. Mr.. Blvtbe M ~ :
.oid none OF these fairy tales in the az a,
Ter. Probably many OF the sub. eons
ers OF his paper think it would have ~
better II he had done more brag- cnra
about Hood Rivers .merits as 4 evan
growing district He has, however the ,
ned himself to telling facts, and he and
Iot guessed at these. A practical II
grower himselfand in close touch r;es
:, .'e ,a:n'eIs ana iruit growers OF his and
"a, he IL VI TIE same TINA tHcs -