The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-09-11
SAYS REPUTATION
IS DESERVED
rem III. RICE OF NATIONAL AP.
PIE SHOW SHOWN THROUGH
THE WENATCHEE ORCHARDS
YESTERDAY.

Rem H. Rice, secretary-manager of
the National Apple show, was We
natchee visitor yesterday in the in
terests of the second annual apple
show, which will be held in Spokane
November Is to 20. Mr. Rice was
taken through many of the orchards
by w. T. Clark and D. N. Gellatly
and after the trip he said to World
representative:
ut has been several years since /
was in Wenatchee and when / was
here before I never had a chance TO
see the orchards in the growing sea-
son. Like other Spokane residents
I knew in a general way that Wenat-
chez was growing rapidly but l was
not prepared to see the wonderful
development on all Sides Where a
few years ago was nothing but sage
brush and sand, now there are thrifty
orchards with homes among the trees
which would grace any large city. I
was particularly impressed with the
fact that the development is so uni
form. 1t seems to me that every res
ident vies with his neighbors in try
ing to keep up the uniform appear
ance of the city and its tributary val
ley. There are no shacks-no ne
elected orchards no poverty flat
district, but on all sides one sees pro-
gressive development with handsome
homes and we'll kept grounds.
II was told that your apple crop
is much shorter than last year and IN
several orchards there is evidence
that the crop is materially reduced,
cut at the same time there are so
many orchards with a prolific yield
that it is hard to believe that the out
put will not be heavy one, anyhow.
"Wenatchee growers feel consider
ably disappointed over the quality
ratings of the American Pathological
society, which have been adopted by
the National Apple show for this sea-
son. There is no question but what
these ratings are not fair to many Of
the apples grown in the northwest
The ratings were made up twelve
years ago by the society, when it's
members had no western apples in
their present state of perfection
These ratings have never been re-
vised and as consequence some of
your best known varieties are under
a handicap in quality value
after the close of the snow last
year we received many requests that
we adopt the Pathological Society
rules for scoring. The requests came
from so many sources that we felt it
was right to try these rules. Our
trustees are not apple experts and
the scoring values. Their adoption
has been made, however. and we
could not change them now. Before
another year I believe the American
Pathological society will receive so
many demands for a revision that
such action will be taken and a more
equal basis will be reached.
"The National Apple shows inter-
ests are the interests of the growers
and we want to do anything which
will bring fair and friendly competi-
tion of fruit against fruit and which
will show the east the great develop
ment possibilities of the west. We
can only do this by prOfiting by the
experience of each year and this we
will try to do
81 have been unjustly accused of
giving out misleading reports on the
apple crop of the United States. The
only reports I ever mentioned were
issued by the International Apple
Shippers association following their
meeting at Buffalo. stated. in quot
ing these figures. that they were
made up by the buyers and I did not
pose as authority for their accuracy,
because I have no means of knowing
their authenticity.