The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-29
OUR APPLES
DAZZLE LONDON
PRONOUNCED THE BEST EVER
COVENT GARDEN CROWDS
STARE.

Spokane, Dec 9-Washington
apples sent to England and Scotland
| by the Fruit Growers association of
Wenatchee, in charge of William Ed
mund of Orondo, in November, are
declared by English experts to be the
best ever seen in London. The con-
signment of $500 boxes was exhib-
tied in Covent Garden under the di-
rectiOn of T. ]. Pourpart, who has ar
ranged for. large consignments for
distribution between London, Man
chester and Glasgow. 1t included
some fruit seen on the London mar
ket for the first time. These were
Winter Banana, GanO, Jonathan,
Delicious, Spokane Beauty, Chicago,
Arkansas Black, Yellow Newtown
Pippin and Grimes Golden Other
Hoover, Winesap, Jonathan, Ameri-
can Blush, Black Dwarf. Ben Davis
Rome Beauty, York Imperial, Della
aware Red, Bellefeur, Hagman Wipe-.
sap. Northern Spy, Summer Spitz,
Bethel Dark, Wagner, Orondo and
Yellow Pearmain.
The Fruitgrower, Fruiterer, Florist
and Market Gardener of London, just
received here, says among other
things in a lengthy illustrated arti-
Gle:
"All were very fine examples and
some were exceptionally good, the
two most attractive being the Winter
Banana, with a delicate blush on a
pale green skin, like very large
English dollhouse peach and a
flavor quite unique and favcl-
ing the banana taste to some extent
and the Yellow Newtown Pippin, a
really handsome, delicate, green
skinned apple. the largest being
equal to about three ordinary Cali
fornia Newtowns.
"These apples were sent in the or
binary bushel box, each fruit sepa-
rately paper wrapped. After being
on show two days they were sold, and
realized, for the largest samples (3h
tier) from Is to Fl shillings a box,
others from shillings upward.
eve feel grieved that such ener-
gy and acumen as shown by the hor-
ticulturists in the state of Washing
ton, which has one of the best eli
mates in the world for fruit growing,
could not have been applied to as
good purpose in fruitgrowing at
home. We trust we shall be able to
number these growers among our
friends on the progressive side of
horticulture for all time.
English fruitgrowers will quick
ly find their occupation gone if they
do not awake to the ever oncoming
tide of splendid fruit from overseas.
They must do at home what the men
do away from home. 1t is all very
we'll to say that the American gov
ernmen. ne'rs these men. 1t I'M
doubtedly does. but above all and be-
yond stands out the prominent lac
that they help themselves"
The Fruit and Vegetables Trades
Journal of London says in a lengthy
article, embelIiched with pnoto-
grapi, Of the Wenatchee exhibit:
1t has been truly remarked that
The lest of everything comes to Lon
lon, and this fact is evidently
known to the shippers of this fr.;t
fron he Wenatchee Valley in ,:.n
state OF Washington, for the samples
shown were worthy to compete with
the best the world produces.
I'VE understand that arrange
ments are being made by the repre-
sentatives of the growers associa-
ton, who accompanied the consign-
men. for distribution through differ
ent centers of the United Kingdom.
There will be no further consign-
ments this season, but next year when
the company has developed its plans,
regular arrivals may be looked for
There can be no doubt about a ready
sale for such exquisite fruit, and we
congratulate Mr.. Pourpart upon his
enterprise in identifying himself with
such a forward movement -