The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-12-18
Wenatchee Valley Takes All Grand
Prizes. Approximately $4,000.
300 Boxes Sell for
$4,000

by T. ]. Black and c. L. Green. The
prize was 1000 standard apple boxes.
All First Prizes for Commercial Apple.
Since the above awards were an
nounced, the Wenatchee valley came
in for other honors. All the first prize!
were awarded to the valley for CONNER
cial apples, except Jonathans.
w. R. Mar took the first prize fol
the largest apple. The prize is SIC
and a silver cup. Mr.. Mari will be
given a perfect reproduction of the
winning apple in bronze, gold plated
mounted on a silver pedestal. The
apple which won this prize is 177a
inches in circumference and weighs 81
ounces. 1t is said that A. ]. Linville
had larger apples. One of his weighed
32H ounces and was Is inches in cir
conference, but it had one blemish.
It is said that Oscar Rerfeld had a
larger apple than the prize winner, but
the apple on hearing the news of the
big Wenatchee victory took on such a
large smile that it burst and was not
eligible for the prize.
o. G. France narrowly missed secur-
ing the first prize of $500 for the best
individual exhibit. The display con-
sisted of two boxes, two barrels, two
plates, two baskets and two jars of ap-
Piles. The nearest competitor to We
natchee in this exhibit was Kelowna.
It was generally considered that Mr..
France would win the prize, but while
the judges were standing before the
exhibit one of the apples in the jar
burst and the award went to Kelowna,
Washington. Mr.. France got second
on his exhibit. It is thought that the
change in temperature to which the
fruit had been subjected caused the
apple to burst at a most inopportune
time.
George Farwell took first prize for
the best plate exhibit of Delicious,
King David, Black Ben Davis and Sen
ator apples. The first prize, $25, also
went to Farwell for the best exhibition
of two or more apples preserved with
out the use of acids or liquid solutions.
Ellsworth France took the first prize
on White Winter Pearmain apples.
This was $50 peach trees given by a
Tennessee nursery.
Best box Lady Winesaps-W. R.
Mar, silver cup.
Best three boxes or one barrel Old
Style Winesaps-C. L. Green, silver
cup, three shares Adrian Irrigation Co.
stock and so trees. D. w. Roderick,
Ranger apple parer.
Sweepstakes, best box Arkansas
Blacks-Ellsworth France, diploma.
Best fve-box pack exhibit-Tedford
Bros, first prize; Red Apple Real Es-
tate Co., third prize.
Winter Banana-M. Horan, second
prize, 500 cash and medal.
Best ten boxes Rome Beauties-T.
A. Wright, second prize, 800 cash.
George Farwell. third, medal.
Best box Staymen Winesap-George
Farwell, second prize, diploma.
Ellsworth France took diploma for
the best fourier of Arkansas Blacks.
The Red Apple Real Estate Co. had
magnificent exhibit. 1t not only
contained fine display of apples, but
had an oil painting illustrating fruit
scenes.
Wright Bros. Of Chelan, in charge Of
the Chelan Commercial Club exhibit,
had a grand display of apples, which
created very favorable comment.
There were other plate awards, but
it has been impossible to secure COM
plete list.
The award Of the judges giving Mike
Koran the first prize for the best car
load of $50 boxes of apples was a pop
ular one. When the announcement
was made that Mr.. Horan had won the
prize, cheer after cheer was given TO
him and for the Wenatchee valley, anc
he was given an informal reception il
the main building, where his exhibi
was displayed. Fully two hundred PEG
pie formed in line to shake hands witt
the winner and congratulate him.