Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-11
good DISPLAY
At APPLE SHOW
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EiB1T AT THE NATIONAL AP-
PIE SHOW AT SPOKANE IS
HIGHLY CREDlTABLE.
,cial to Evening Teller.

fpecial to evening Ieller.
spokane, Wash, Dec. 1.-THE
,ewis. on Charleston display in the
great national apple show is highly
creditable and ranks with the best
of the district displays in the ex-
hibt. Messrs. McCarroll. Ferguson
and others who collected and arrang
ed the exhibit are deserving of much
credit. The display brings forth
much favorable comment. There are
a great many window exhibits on
riverside and Sprague that have not
heen at the show yet. The Lewiston
Gano apples in Carr's window are
the best looking and largest shown.
They occupy a central position. Yak
tina Wenatchee, Walla Walla and
lewiston are represented in this
window display.
Car lot exhibits are entered by c.
e Georgeson of Prosser, Wash: VIM
NJ Horan of Wenatchee, Wash. A
car Of Mcintosh Red, grown by
Kress & Carey. Hamilton, Mont,
makes fine show.
The Poplar Crest orchards of
Pennington, Wash. have three cars
entered, one OF York 1mperials. one
Of Mammoth Black Twig and one of
Rome Beauty, all packed for export
shipment.
Mr.. H. NJ. Gilbert Of North Yaki-
ma has a straight car of Winesaps.
s42 boxes Of 112 apples each, or
Tl.s04 apples in all. They all packed
fcur-tier. The tops of the boxes
are removed, and they are placed
side by side on a stand which slopes
about so degrees. and they present
solid front of polished red apples
1oS feet long by 10 feet high. They
are so perfectly graded that when
you stand at one end and look across
the surface It looks like series Of
rows Of apples extending across the
entire 108 feet. They are packed
to extend about the top of the boxes
% that the boxes are not noticeable
when looking at them in this man.
ner. This is one of the features of
the show.
Wenatchee and Yakima apples
each have carload exhibits. There
are % exhibits, each occupying
space 12x1s feet. with 1o-foot back
wall. This is the kind Of space in
which the Commercial clubs show
Ing is made.
The Wenatchee valley both is the
most attractive. The centerpiece in
the back Of the booth represents a
nag. Red and yellow anples make
the stripes and the blue in the CEN
ter is made by wrapping large Win
Yer Banana apples in blue wrapping
paper. Star-shaped figures are cut in
the paper and the yellow apple
showing through these makes the
light stars in the blue ground. This
is unique, and is much admired
display.
The White Salmon district, which
lies across the Columbia from Hood
River, Ore, has another unique
booth. The back of the booth is
banked with red apples and in the
center design of a large salmon
hsh is worked out with light-color-
ed apples.
Exhibits are noted from several
sections of British Columbia and
from the states of Washington, Ore
soh' Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
oklahoma. New York and North
Carolina.
The apples from the British Co.
umbia districts are generally good
lnose from Washington. Oregon and
Idaho are fine. Considering the 10.
cation of Montana, its exhibit was
'emarkably good All other state.
Except New York were fair. TIL,
rew York exhibit looks like a bur
lesque.