The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-12-10
NATIONAL APPLE
SHOW OPENED
TWENTY CARLOADS ON EXHIBITION
Affair a Big Success and Thousands
View Apples from Many Ilimes.
The Judges.

With the pressing of an electric but
ton in the executive mansion at the
nations capital Monday at 1890 a.
m. by President Roosevelt, the labors
OF large corps Of woIk kers and months
Of toll and care on the part OF growers
eliminated in the opening of the first
national apple show in Spokane, says
a dispatch from the Spokesman Re-
view.
Never before In the history of in
dustry has. such display of apples
been assembled, and all other fruit
fairs dwindle into insigniflcance be-
tore this exhibition of variety and
perfection. This is the consensus of
opinion of those who have viewed the
show in its entirety, as it will appear
when opened to the public this morn.
ing.
Apples o. all sizes aud. kinds will
be seen here in the highest state of
perfection and with all the advantages
which expert packing can produce.
There is one carload of fruit covering
1900 square feet of space, in which
5000 dark red apples OF uniform size
and shade spread out in one eXpan-
sive slope before the eyes of the vis-
itor. On another OF the sloping racks
may be seen the bizarre effects of bril-.
liant yellows and bright reds alternat.
ing in five box lots, while In ttill 9th.
er places the rich Arkansas Blacks
burn with dull purple fire aaginst
background of lighter shades.
The effect of these var ieties, almost
Infinite in number and variations OF
shade, is a sight which fascinates the
Oldest grocer as we'll as the novice.
The task of putting these 20 carloads
of apples into place has been stupen-
dous and every night of the last week
has seen the brilliant lights of the ex.
hibition building flooding a vast space
of busy workers who could not COM
plete their work In daylight.
10 the visitors who for the first
time viewed the displays Monday
there appear many things that are
novel. Perhaps never before has
mans genius contrived so many ways
of utilizing single material in such
diversity Of designs There Is the
Stars and Stripes done in three colors
of apples, white salmon of'true form
and almost natural color, figures and
devices, jars, baskets, barrels and
boxes of apples, and just heaps of ap
pies piled up in plentiful confusion.
Among some other interesting
things is a display which arrived late
Sunday from Luther Burbank, the IA
nous fruit producer Of Santa Rosa,
Cal. This consists of II fruits, repre-
senting six varieties of the thornless
cactus, fruits of the passion plant,
rhubarb of extraordinary size, the
fieshy leaves and the hbers of the cac-
tus, and last, plate of Northern Spy
seedlings. The display is in a show
case by itself on the main floor of the
armory, where the plate exhibits are
situated. A typewriter note from
Burbank makes the following state
ment regarding this new edible csc-
tus:
1.-The best fIuiting varieties of these
will produce on good soil in a mild
climate the third year, from cuttings,
1893, 600 pounds per acre of delicious
fruit and as much or more OF forage
suitable for feeding all kinds of de-
mestio animals including poultry,
hogs and stock.
"NoDe of those so far perfected will
stand more frost than the fig tree.
Hardy ones are on the way and will
be offered In lew years.
The armory has been pro"ided with
a high platform, where the band will
play, and with stage upon which the
vaudeville performances will be exc.
cuted. Around three sides are the
plate exhibits Of apples and number
of booths, the paintings OF A. Mont
gomery, the farmer artist, who is here
with a set of oil paintings and who
will give number OF f0reno0n lee.
lures during the week.
The judges selected to Judge the
fruit are as follows:
Maxwell Smith, dominion fruit in
spector, Vancouver, Il. c.; p. j.
O'Gara, of Washington, ID. c., assist
ant path ologist in the bureau OF plant
industry of the department uf agricUl.
tore; Professor John Craig, head Il
the department OF agriculture of New
York, which is in connection with
Cornell university; ii. M. Dunlap,
president of the National Apple Grow
ers' association, of Savoy, i'll r. W.
Fisher, professor of horticulture at
the Agricultural College OF Monlana,
Bozeman, Mont. Professor A. S.
Beach, horticulturist tor the Iowa
college at Ames, Iowa
Professor Claude l. Lewis, professor
OF general horticulture and pomology
of the Oregon Agricultural college,
Corvallis, Ore. Professor j. X. Shinn,
horticultuIist of the Idaho State uni.
versity at Moscow, Idaho, and Profes
sor ". s. Ihornber, horticulturist of
Warrington State college at Pullman,
Mach