The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-30

President Koran made a short ad-
dress on the subject of Exhibits, :"
and said in part:
Why this question should be as
signed to me is more than I can I'M
ierstand, as my experience in the ex-
hibition of fruit has been just once,
and l know that there are many who
have had more experience and are
better qualified to handle this ques-
ton than I in the Wenatchee Val
ley. However, owing to past victo-
ries of the Wenatchee Valley and by
the fruit growers of Chelan county,
il becomes more than ever necessary
that we defend the laurels that we
have already won, in order to fully
maintain our claim that we have the
best fruit section in the northwest
here in Chelan county. Our hal dest
competitor fO: this supremacy is go
ing to be the Yakima Valley, which
includes the territory from Ellens-
burg to Kennewich, the latter place
beng on the Columbia river. They
ere now trying to organize this ter
.!,ory into one organization, so that
they may better exhibit against .he
Gains of Cha: liz courty. Now, Il
these different clubs of the Yakima
=, alley organi.', as one it would DC
well for the Wenatchee Valley to or
ganize also, and include the terri
tory from here up the Columbia, then
up the Okanogan river to the British
line, if you please, taking in Colona.
notice that great many people
think that the fruit exhibited from
British Columbia was foreign to us.
Colona fruit, the one that took the
prize is just above Okanogan Lake,
tributary to this district. All of this
territory in my judgment produced
the best fruit grown, and, properly
handled and managed has no compe-
titor, when it comes to exhibition, in
the world.
The victories just won at our last
meet at the National Apple show at
Spokane have all got to be contend
ed for again-and won, If the Ma
tional Apple show continues to be
held yearly, and this district, as a
whole, as referred to above, has got
to help to defend it in the same man.
ner as Yakima expects to take it from
US.
Exhibitions from this district
should have the support of the diff
ferent commercial bodies within the
district, at least to cover transporta-
ton charges, If not more. 1t matters
not where the next national apple
show is held next year in the United
States, this district has duty to
perform, and that is to make big
ger and better exhibit next time, and
get inside of the premium list, at
least 1t will bring more buyers for
our products, more settlers for our
towns and country and better prices
for everything we have to sell, as
we'll as enhancing all values through
out the greatest apple district in the
Northwest; I have but one sugges-
ton to make and that is, if there
should be but three cars from this
section to compete at the next apple
show, to be considered worthy of
competing for the apple prize, it
should be upon the condition of free
dom from blemish. make this state
ment for the reason that many put
up a car for the sake of selling at a
big price under the cloak of an ex-
hibit car, which otherwise they will
always do. When you put up car
of apple free from blemish you have
then attained perfection in exhibit
ing, and you cannot get that perfec-
ton without a great deal of labor
and study, and in that way make a
perfect exhibition car of apples.
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