Arizona republican., 1908-05-29
EXHIBITS OF VALLEY
 FRUITS AND GRAINS
New Ones Arriving Daily But Many More are Wanted. New Fruit Jars For Large Specimens.

Secretary Cowgirl of the board of trade has reduced the boards preserv-
 ad fruit exhibit very materially by emptying all the glass jars containing he oldest fruit which was losing its aaturalness and falling into decay. The
 jars have been cleaned and emptied
 md are now ready for use again as
 soon as the agriculturists and horticul- .urists bring in specimens worthy of a
 place in the exhibition. It makes the
 iisplay shelves look a little thin, but mother three months will no doubt ill them with a finer display than ever before. The fruit and vegetables growers are urged to bring in what ever they have that seems to be up in the record class.
 In addition the board has ordered rom a Philadelphia concern ten dog n new glass jars. Some of these will De twelve inches in diameter and
 wenty-four inches high, and it is be-
 ieved they will be large enough to accommodate some of the real life size Salt river valley fruit The largest
 ars in use heretofore were eight in-
 hes in diameter and thirteen inches
 nSH. WHICH MOull Olllg
 ;econd rate exhibits in many cases Last year for instance a farmer brought in an egg plant that it is be-
 ieved was the biggest ever grown any where, but there was nothing in the
 own big enough to preserve it in. These new jars, which are the largest made anywhere, will accommodate pretty fair sized sweet potato or even l bunch of valley grapes and possible ! small cluster of pOmeloes, or a big ,ucumber
 Two more grain and fodder samples were brought in yesterday, both being inc exhibits. One was a single alfal- "a root and the forage attached. About -wenty stalks were counted and the est estimated by bulk. in which man. Ter it was judged there were over 200 talks springing from this individual root. It came from the home of Cap ain P. P. Parker on west Adams 5treet. It is the record alfalfa exhibit .odate, not only in height, but is as good or better than anything yet seen n other respects. The tallest stalks in the bunch measure six feet and sev- en inches, but nearly all of them reach he height of three and a half feet and ID to that height the single root furn- shes a hill of fodder as solid and com pact as a sheaf of oats. The leaves too are small as are the stalks, and easily masticated by stock. Of course he plant has had a good chance as 1t vas grown in a garden rather than a pasture, t the best of everything has 70 be grown under the best conditions
 The other exhibit was a sheaf of ,ats brought in by c. M. Sturges from he old Maxwell or Broomel ranch, recently bought by Messrs. Sturges, and others. The tallest stalks Ire seven feet and five inches long md all are well headed. It is not luite a record breaking exhibit how ,ver, for the Chaplain Scott oats at Scottsdale have a mark of eight feet md are also well headed. Secretary Iowgill has an exhibit of heads alone, rom some other party that are rather arger than either The fodder on the 'turges exhibit, however, is as good as my oat straw could be and it is a ample from one of the finest large ields in the valley.
 Attention should be called to anoth- r point and that is that those bringing n exhibits can get rather better re- ults by tying the grain to a board 1 5hen it is first cut, so it does not fall l own or twist up in drying or before | gets to the board room. If one | ant find a board he is requested to | ring in the sample anyway and the | oard will be furnished, but the ex- ibit will carry better if fastened down | lat.