The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-12

L He w tHdttHte pl iAc " iuISiS dtei
the National Apple show as announc-
ed in the World of last night were:
Carload Exhibit - Mike Koran.
This is the premier prize. and
carries with it the $1,000
cash from the National Apple show,
$500 given by the Great Northern,
providing the prize was won by any
county along the line of that railway,
$500 from w. T. Clark and Mr.. Clark
also agreed to purchase twenty boxes
of apples from the carload at $40
per box. Yakima was second in this
contest and won the $500 prize.
District or County Prize-Wenat-
chez Commercial club. This exhib-
it was in charge of David n.
Gellatly, and the prize is $500 cash
and a silver cup from the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce.
Wenatchee also won first. second
and third prizes on Arkansas Blacks,
Ellsworth France, T. j. Black and
j. R. Atkinson being the winners re-
spectively. The first prize carries
with it five acres of irrigated land at
Spokane Orchards, the second prize
800 and medal, ana the third prize
a medal.
Tedford Bros won the first prize on
tn the best fifteen boxes of Spitzen-
berg apples. The prize is five acres
of land in the Spokane valley, and
is given by D. c. Corbin. The land
is irrigated. The winner also gets a
medal ana 500 Spitzenberg trees from
the Milton Nursery company.
Wenatchee secured first, second
and third prizes on Winesap apples.
The respective winners were Tedford
Bros, D. w. Roderick and J. R. At
keson. The winner secures five acres
in Otis Orchards, with perpetual wa
ter right from the Spokane Canal
company, and sufficient trees to set
this from the Van Holderbeke Muir
series. A cash prize of 800 goes to
the second winner and medal to the
third.
Geo. Farwell took first money on
Rhode Island Greetings. This car
ries with it five acres irrigated land
in Valley Ford and 200 apple trees.
First and second prizes for the
best decorated boxes of Winesap APP
piles was won by T. ]. Black and c.
IL. Green. The prize was 1000 stan
dard apple boxes.
Since the above awards were an
,nouncel, Wenatchee came in for 9TH
or honors. First prizes came here for
all the commercial apples, except JON
athans.
w. R. Mari took the first prize for
the largest apple. The prize is $40
cash and a silver cup. Mr.. MARI Will
be given perfect reproduction of the
winning apple in bronze, gold plated,
mounted on a silver pedestal. The ap-
pie which won this prize is 17R
inches in circumference and weighs
81 ounces. 1t is said that both A. j..
Linville had larger apples. Mr.. Lin
ville's apple weighed 80 y ounces and
was IS inches in circumference, but
It had one defect. 1t is said that
Oscar Rerfeld had a larger apple
than the prize winner. but the apple
on hearing the news CT the big Wenat-
chez victory took on such large
smile thaa it burst ani was not eiigl-
Bile as a prize winner.
O. 6. France narrowly missed Sc
curing the first prize of $500 for the
best individual exhibit of apples. The
display consisted of two boxes, two
barrels, two plates. two baskets and
two jars of apples. The nearest COM
petitor to Wenatchee in this exhibit
was Kelowna. 1t was generally con-
sidered that Mr.. France would win