The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

.ud Soils Better Suited for the
c,ov,ino of the King OF Fruits IMAM
q Found in North Carolina's Noun
tain Counties.
Notice has just been recelNeo W
prof w. n. HUT. State ortlcultoflo
that the exhibit of North CarQiiha {"
the National Apple Show at opoha
Washington. has been awarded hiet
,riyo az being the best exhibit VI
,nnIes from south of the Mason anu
Dixon line. Many uao piiAo'
were taken by the North Cafoillla
nihit This Will be very gratifying
80 caroIinians. and especially 10
those who are acquainted with the
snlanaid natural advantages Oh the
western part of the State Tor COM
merciaI apple culture. No"iieie -
the whole east of the Uhlteo o'''o'
can be found a climate ana SOILS pe'
ter shifted for the growing OF the hlh"
of fruits thar is found in North oaio-
1ina,s ANITA counties. In the
u,au drained soils of mountain slopes
ana coves the apple tree finds It's lloel
favorabIe conditions for grown anu
,roanctjveness 1t may be interest,"
ing TO many to know thar III .ho
MAINTAIN and Piedmont regions OF .ill9
State there are three quarters OF "
million apple trees CROWNS III ~
merciai orchards. Inls uoeo nv -
cl,,de small orchards of less than one
hnnlrad trees. thousands and
thousands of apple trees are ptlhs
nfanted in our western every
wear. There is a bright future pe-
fore North Carolina as a great conf
mercial apple producing state.
AS soon as word was received Una
n National Apple Show would pc helu'
the State Horticulturist felt that con-
sidoring her pretensions as an apple
producing State, North Carolina could
not afford to be absent from 1t. a
circular letter was sent out by the
State Horticulturist to all commeFcidi
apple and a magnfflceht lot
of apples was collected tor TINS eA-
hibit. The county fairs and state
Fair added their. quota and the Whoie
was assembled and placed IN cold
storage at Greensboro before the tlnne
of the opening of the National Apple
show. This Xhibi was carefully re-
hacked and forwarded by express TO
Snokane The result is especially
gratifying, considering the difacuitles
under which We competed, as all our
fruit had to be sent three thousand
miles in heated express cars. IN
a spite Of his handicap, the fruit ar
rived in good condition n carried OF
the honor of being the best exhibit
from the Southern States.
At the close of the exhibition the
fruit of the North Carolina exhibit was
bought by q Tar Heel" now residing
IN the West. When he saw North
49, e..:Aa - ao,,yln't rnSiCf the
school boy memories Of the delicious
flavor of apples grown in the Old
North State.
The following letter to Prof. HUT
from the management of the National
Apple Show, gives a catalogue OF the
awards won by the North Carolina ex
hibit:
Spokane, Wash, Dec. IS, 1908.
Mr.. w. n. HUT,
State Horticulturist
Raleigh, n. G.
Dear Strive are pleased to ad-
wise yol that the judges awarded first
prize to Haywood county, in No. 8,
class 5. 1t carries with it a blue rib
bon and 500 in cash. both of which
We enclose herewith. We wish to
congratulate you upon your success
in this contest. We know that IT is
well earned.
You are also awarded first prize in
Nc. IS, class Is. for the best single
view of an orchard home. For this
we enclose check for $500 and a
blue ribbon.
In the contest of new apples the
judges decided that none of those ex-
hibited from any place We're worthy
of a prize. and therefore none was
awarded. Mr.. j. A. Dula, of Lenoir,
had entered in this class. We have
written him regarding this.
prizes were awarded in the
plate contest also. Haywood coun-
ty was awarded first on Royal Linn
bertwigs, N~ickajacks, Fallawater,
Smith Cider. Wine and McCullers.
NJ. Fl. Cone. of Blowing Rock. was
awarded a blue ibbon on Bucking-
hams and North Carolina Beauties;
second prize OF Royal Limbertwigs
and first on Virginia Beauty.
j. ). Green, of Blowing Rock. was
awarded the blue ribbon on Greegs.
and the red ribbon On Virginia Beau
tics.
y. A. Boggs. of Waynesville, was
awarded fourth on Adrian Special No.
81, class 16.
j. S.-Palmer, of Southern Pines, was
awarded second on McCuners.
Martin Glass. of Greensboro. was
given honorable mention ON his Wine
saps,i and Paul, Van Lindley, honorable
'toillloA oH ms SldyfnenS WlneSap.
The Sparger Orchard Company, of
MT. Airy, was given the blue ribbon
on Red Limbertwigs, the white ribbon
on Royal LimbertWigs and honorable
mention on Winesaps.
j. X. Ragsdale. of jamestown. was
gwen honorable mention on his Wine
sapS also.
the Judges neglected to name q
scale OF points for the different varie-
leS III the plate exhibits. and II will
be necessary for the Board of Trus-
Tees to do this You will note bv the
premium list that certain varieties ex-
hibited in the plates contest were to
score ten points. and other varieties
nine points, eight points, seven points.
etc.
We are sending to YOU direct the
RIBBONS which were won by your ex-
lilbltors, and trust that you will see
lhat they are distributed. We shall
also write each of the exhibitors z, per-
sonal letter.
The National Apple Show was .
wonderful success in every resnect
and we thank. you for your part in
making 1t such. We wish to CON
graduate YOU npon your success. and
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