The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-11-24
YAKIMA Wins
At APPLE SHOW
TAKING THE DISTRICT PRIZE
Against Fifty Competitors This Valley
Waltzes Away With the
Leading HOnors.

yakima Wins was the statement
made everywhere in North Yakima
Saturday by H. M. Gilbert when ask
ed about the National Apple show at
Spokane from which he had return
ed the day previous. Despite the
fact that the sweepstakes went to an
Oregon carload of apples Mr.. Gilbert
says that the honors of the show. no
matter from what standpoint one
looks at the situation, come to Yak
ina. Against fifty competitors Yak
lima won the district display, which
was an aggregation of all kinds of
fruit. This fruit was put up by
Aessrs. Richey & Gilbert with some
assistance from the North Yakima
Commercial club for whom Messrs.
Romans and Zirkle did excellent
work. The prize was 500 and some
article of ranch machinery. The dec
orations of this exhibit were excel
lent. Grape vines were used in pro-
usion with unusually natural appear
ing artificial grapes as an evidence of
their value, On a plate glass sign,
suspended by two brass chains, was
the word Yakima some four feet
in length, beneath this was a similar
plate glass sign bearing the name
"Richey & Gilbert in accordance
with the rules of the exhibit.
Great Boosting Facts.
A first was taken on the exhibit of
a carload of mixed fruit put up by
Messrs. Richey & Gilbert from the
McCurdy ranch but it was the Rome
Beauties which took second that were
the great advertisement of the valley.
This fruit was the best of half the
crop from one acre, the gross value
of which was $2,15O, on the ranch Of
J. A. Bougaize of Zillah. This was
packed by Richey e. Gilbert In this
contest a carload which fell from
the racks was given first place though
the value of the decision as declar-
alton of merit of the fruit has been
questioned
Messrs. Richey & Gilbert also took
first on Delicious with their 10 box
exhibit, procuring a prize of 500 and
a spraying outfit. One box of this ex-
hibit has gone forward, with the COM
pliments of the Toppenish firm, to the
Mikado of Japan. The balance of the
exhibit sold at $3.50 per box.
Other Prizes Taken.
Yakima won seven prizes with its
five carload exhibits, as has already
been stated in the Herald. The Saw
yer and Hill exhibits were second and
third respectively in the sweepstakes;
J. N. Perry was first with Winesaps;
Richey & Gilbert were second with
Rome Beauties; E. c. Hill was second
with Spitzenbergs; Sawyer was first
with Grimes Golden and Richey &
Gilbert were first with mixed varie-
ties. In addition to all these car and
box exhibits Yakima won in plate ex-
hibits in a number of instances.
w. p. Romans If North Yakima
had one of the most interesting ex-
hibits at the show and also one Of
the best advertisements for Yakima.
He had on exhibition. though not in
competition, a dozen pictures, photo
graphs in color, showing orchard
scenes in the Yakima valley, display
ing in their natural colors laden apple
trees of this section of the state. These
attracted great deal of attention.
Messrs. Romans and Zirkle also did
yeomans service in distributing liter
ature and in other ways seeing that
Yakima was properly boosted.