The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-06-14

The Salem Strawberry Show Satur
day, in connection with Prof. Smith
Dairy meeting will be a great success a
fair weather is putting the finishing
touches on the biggest and finest straw
berry crop ever grown about Salem. II
will demonstrate that our soil and eli
mate can beat the world on straw berries
and growers understand how 10 produce
the crop 10 perfection.
Berries for exhibit we're already being
picked Thursday 10 show their keeping
qualities. The finest exhibits will be
picked this evening and Saturday morn.
ing but all exhibits must be in place by
ten a. m. Saturday. Merchants and
commission men should do their utmost
to swell the exhibits and make the show
a record breaker.
S. P. Co. Special Prize
@. II. Markham Of the s. p. Co. offers
the best prize Of the whole premium list
for the best crate Of shipping berries,
two fret class round.trip tickets from
Salem TO Portland good for thirty days
and worth 81. Some grower and his
lady will take a free ride. The COM
mittee were notifiea this morning.
Completed Premium List.
Best plate quart Of Wilson berries,
81 second best, 80 cents.
Best plate(quart)of any largest variety.
81 ; second best 90 cents.
Best plate canning berries, any vari
ETY., 81 second best, 20 cents.
Largest display Of named varieties by
any one grower, 81 second best 90 cents.
Best five varieties, one plate each, by
any one grower, 81 second best so cents.
Best plate seedlings originated by
grower, Sl second beet, 80 cents.
Plant OF any variety showing most
berries, green or ripe, 81 second best,
so cents.
Best home made strawberry short
cake, 81 second best, 80 cents.
Best strawberry shortcake made by
bakery, 81 second best. 80 cents.
Best quart jar home canned berries,
81 Second best, 80 cents.
Best display canned strawberries in
glass first second 80 cents.
gpEcIAL PRIZE ny ALLEN CANNING co.
Best crate Of canning berries ..... S3 90
Second beat........ .............$2 81 90
SPECIAL PRIZE FoR SHIPPING BERRY ny
=. =. Coz
Best crate shipping berries two
round trip tickets Salem TO Port
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SALEM MERCHANTS SPECIAL
Best crate home market Ferries SO 90
Second best, Observation-Disclosures. 90
II. S. Gile * Co. the commission firm
that are shipping hundreds OF crates
daily will help the exhibits.
In the evening the strawberry show
will be entertained by the full Regimen.
tai band and literary program by some
Of Salem's most talented elocutionists.
III. S. Giles d Co. had an order Thurs.
day for carload of Tawberres from
Oakland, CAL, but could not iii it.
They could not get half enough for
broken lot orders.
A number OF Salem ladies have vol
unteered 10 put in some exhibition vases
of choice cut roses. The Press club will
appreciate such gifts verymuch. They
are doing all the work connected with
the fair pro bono publico" and make
no bones Of saying that all help will be
appreciated by the Y. NJ. G. A. ladies. |
Great interest attaches to this
strawberry show because Of the claims OF
superior excellence made by growers in
the sandy river bottom lands, east of the
city, and the productions Of the Red hills
and the Hill lands Of Polk County. The
value OF all fruit lands will be enhanced.