The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-10-11
White SALMON
FRUIT DISPLAYED
AT FAIR THERE AMAZES VISITORS
Good Attendance and Many Varieties
of Apples Exhibited-The
Prize Winners.

The White Salmon fruit fair opened
Friday in the Odd Fellows building
with good attendance and fine
display OF fruit. This is the first fair
ever held at White Salmon, but it has
proved such success this year that
it has already been decided to make
it an annual affair, About 25 boxes
and several hundred plates of apples
we're on exhibition, and those in
position to judge say that it is as
line fruit rs can be raised anywhere.
Saturday, however, was the best
day at the fair as good many who
did not exhibit on the first day
brought in exhibits and the attend
ance was far larger than on Friday.
A good many Hood River people Wis
tied the fair Saturday and all pro-
nounced the showing fine on,
Among those who crossed the river
for the purpose of visiting the far
was E. l.. Smith, who was requested
by several White Salmon fruit grow
er to make an ldI ress on the cultiva-
tion of fruit, " hich he did, telling
the growers what they ought to do,
and what not to do, and many other
things that were OF great interest to
them.
In the display OF apples there were
about % varieties, among which were
Yellow Newtowns, Rhode Island
Greetings, Green Newtowns, Jona-
thans, York lmperials, LAWYERS,
Klickitats, Arkansas Blacks, Kays,
White Bellfiowers, Winesaps, Clarks,
Aiken Reds, Kings, Baldwins, Spitz-
enbergs, Wolf Rivers, Gravensteins,
Yakimas, Gloria Mundis, Northeln IL
Spies and several others.
The largest exhibit was made by q.
A. Thomas, who took the first prize
for having the best orchard display
and Fred W. Balsiger captured the
prize for the best commercial pack.
Others who exhibited apples and fruit
we're Nj. Manley, Gilmer, Wasn., h.
Napper, A. X. Miller, Andrew Olsen,
Mrs. McCloy, s. Hunsaker, IL. @.
Cook, j. M. Overbaugh, f. r. Eates,
Pine Flat, M. Nj. Maine, Fred v.
Balsiger, q. W. Parsons, Pine Flat,
Il. ID. Cameron, A. II. Jewett.
A fine display was made by II. @.
Cook, who is hortioutuIist of con-
siderable note, and has originated
several varieties of apples. Three va
rieties which he had on exhibit
tion at White Salmon have never been
exhibited before. Two of them ho
has named after the fair held in Port
lend last year, one of them Lewis and
the other Clark. The Lewis Is "a
cross between Sp;tzenberg aud
York Imperial. and the other is by
bridized between Jonathan aud
Holland Pippin. Another apple he
has originated is known as the Kick
itat, and all three are said to be high
quality fruit. Owing to the TACT that
Mr.. Cook did not fulfill the require
mnets of the schedule of exhibits he
did not get any of the prizes, bat his
exhibit attracted much attention.
The other features OF the fair were
an extraordinary display of White
Bt llflowers, - of which Hlled box,
grown by G. A. Thomas, large ex-
hibit of grapes by A. Fl. Jewett and h.
Napper. The display also included
peaches, prunes, pears of several va
rieties and vegetables, basket of late
tomatoes creating considerable inter
est. A cucumber that weighed 21a
pounds and a giant squash divided
honors in the vegatble display.
Canned fruit, jellies, homemade
bread, butter and other things that
the housewife takes particular pride
In were also plentifully exhibited and
we're all so excellent that only the
judgment of an expert could detect
which was the best. Embroidery,
fancy work, and nice display OF
home grown flowers we're presided
over by the ladies, several of whom
also exhibited fruit.
One feature of the fair for which
there was no prize offered, but which
attracted much attention, was
young bear which was chained to Il
tree near the exhibit hall and which
had been captured in White Salmon.
In judging the fruit and other ex.
hIbits q. r. Castner, Il. A. Franz and
f.. w Angus, of Hood River, were
asked to serve in that capacity and
after careful consideration awarded
prizes to the following:
Best orchard display, q. A. Thomas,
s..
Best box commercial pack, (SpitZ)
f. W. Balsiger, "a.
Best box Spitz, r. d. Cameron 81. 80
Best box Newt0wns, X. ID. Gamer -
on. $3.50.
Second best box Newtowns, Morde
cal Jones, Sl.5O.
Best plate display Spitz, Andrew
Olsen, 81 50.
Best Ben Davis, r. d. Cameron, 81.
Best box Yellow Belltlowers, G. A.
Thomas, sl.5O
Small apples, best sample Hyslop,
A. X. Well, Pine Flat, Sl.5O.
Best sample peaches, 9. A. Shart,
81.
Best can of peaches, Mrs. L. j.
Wolfard, 81.
Best can of cherries, Marietta Hun
ssker, 81.
Best can fruit, Miss NJ. Hunsaker,
81.
Best glass jelly, Miss M. Hunsaker,
81. Second, Mrs. M. Maine, 50c.
Best can of pears, George Smith,
81. Second Miss M. Hunsaker, SOC.
Canned beans, Miss M. Hunsaker,
81. Second, same, SOC.
Best loaf of bread, Mrs. j. ii. Gin
der, 81. Second, Mrs. l.. Bowman,
SOC.
Best butter, NJ. Emmons, 81. Sec
ond, Mrs. Fordyce, 500.
Best sack of potatoes, j. IL. Law,
Pine Flat, 81.
Best display corn, q. A. Thomas, 81.
Best display carrots, N. o. Cox, 81.
Best squash, g. Oder, Bingen, 81.
Best display onions, j. Hunsaker,
81.
Best display cabbage, j. b. Hun
/ phrey, one years subscription to En-
terprise.
1t is said that movement will be
made to hold the White Salmon fair
every other year and have it held
on the years in which Hood River
does not exhibit.