The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-07-01

at the time 1 made these notes. Both
these states can produce very fine ap-
pies, and 1 hope to be able to report
on their exhibits in our next issue.
Of course I visited the California
building. Here we find the citrus
fruits in their unrivaled splendor.
Florida has no display so far as l
know, hence, California has the field
all to herself in showing oranges,
lemons and pomoloes. To say that
the display in these fruits and in cher
ries is very fine is drawing the matter
very mildly-it is grand Here in the
California building is by far the finest
display of nuts to be found on the
grounds. Oregon and parts of Wash
ington can raise very fine English wal
nuts, but the industry has not been
developed as it has been in California.
Here were found cantaloupes just in
their prime, two months ahead Of those
raised in Washington. This indicates
the possibilities of fruit and vegeta-
BILE raising in California today-they
can reach the Northern markets long
ahead of the homegrown products
Our modern means of transportation
seem to bring the different sections OF
our great country very near each
other. But while California supplies
our markets in the early part of the
season we, on the other hand, send
ship loads and carloads of our prod
ucts to Alaska and to the mines in the
northern part of the United States
and to southern Canada.
One of the pleasant events thus far
in the fair was yakima Valley Day."
which was June II. 1t was too early
in the season to have very large
crowd, but for enthusiasm and dis
position to boost that valley the affair
was a success. Led by very fine
boys band the Yakima valley people
marched among the beautiful buildings
of the fair and finally halted at the
Yakima County building. Here the
crowd was welcomed by j. e. Chilberg,
the president of the A.-Y.-P. e. Com
mission in a brief address. Granville
Lowther had been chosen to speak for
the Yakima valley and he did it right
we'll. At the close of these exercises
about forty of the representatives of
the Yakima valley were invited by the
UlrGCIOTS vi Cu0 dill w
a banquet in the New York building.
The affair was a most delightful occa-
sion. The good Yakima friends OF the
editor of the Horticultural Department
of The Ranch insisted upon 1t that ne
was a Yakiman still and put badge
on him and had him 'say few re-
marks" at the banquet.
If any of our readers should think
that | am taking up too much space
with the A-Y.-P. E., allow me to offer
a word of apology. do most sincerely
believe that this fair will be a great
thing for the whole Pacific Northwest.
I know that the Lewis and Clarke fair
at Portland, four years ago, did much
for the State of washington, notwlth-
standing the fact that the fair was
held in the State of Oregon. Thou
sands Of people saw washington
magnificent exhibit, and among that
number many have come to this state
and now are enrolled among our
thrifty citizens. I am not guessing
about this matter, for I know many
of these newcomers personally. They
came, they saw, but unlike Caesar or
old, they did not conquer but were
themselves conquered.
One of the things that greatly puz-
zles many of us who get letters from
inauirers in the East is to make them
understand a country which in many
respects is so unlike the East and the
Middle West. In many cases we are
compelled to say to them, Come and
see." This is just what many of the
visitors to this fair will be able to do
Many people will come to this fair