The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-12-15
COMPLETE PRIZE AWARDS AT
NATIONAL APPLE SHOW

This list furnished the Herald by
the National Apple show management
is complete throughout and allows
comparison as between the several
districts making exhibits
There has been considerable dis
cussion over the part that Yakima
played in the National Apple Show
and list of the prize awards which
went to every section has been pro-
cured by the Herald from the apple
show management. This list will per-
nit of comparison of the part that
the several rival fruit sections of the
northwest played in the prize winning.
By taking into consideration the num-
Der of prizes won by Yakima men
and their class. and by comparing
them with what the other sections
did, it will become apparent whether
or not sufficient publicity has been
given the apple show from the Yaki-
m, valley angle.
II. b. Thomson of Eagle Point. Ore.
becomes the quality apple king of
America by winning the sweepstakes
of $1,000 with car of SpitZenburgs
at the second National Apple Show
in Spokane November Is to 20. His
exhibit of $50 boxes selected from a
yield of $500 boes in five acre or
cnard of IL year old trees, also won
the first prize of $3.50 in it's class. w.
W. Sawyer, of Sunnyside, Wash. was
second in tho sWeepstake. winning
$500, and took the first prize of $3.50
for any standard commercial vari-
ETY., not named. with a car of rimes
Golden apples. The awards were
made by a board of five Judges,
headed by Professor II. e. Van De-
man, of Washing on ID. c. His as
sociateN We're George j. kellogg. of
Lake Mills. Wis. W. j. Green, of
Wooster, Ohio, a. p. Bateman. Of
Mosicr, Ore. and II. NJ. Dunlap. of
SaVo III.
The show was complete in every
detail and each of the 20 classes,
for prizes and premiums aggregating
$4,000 was filed. There were 2160
entries from % states and two prov
inces in Canada. Rem II. Rice. sec
rotary manager of the National APP
pie Show, Inc, and those associated
with him in the work, under the di-
rectiOn of the board of trustees of
the National Apple Show, Inc, headed
by L. +. Cartier Van Dissel deserve
credit for the admirable arrangement
of the exhibits and the success Of the
EXPOSITION. The show will he repeat
ed in 1914
The exhibition was the largest of
its kind in the history of the world,
more than l 100000 apples being on
display. These included 10 carloads,
10 limited, 80 free-for-all. 10 state
and foreign country groups, 80 10
Jox. 136 fve-box, 27S single box, Is
unnamed varieties, Is pyramids of
big apples. II largest apple and 1928
plate entries. The Rome Beauty was
the popular entry.
Twenty-one boxes of northwestern
apples We're sent to President Taft.
i've boxes Of Northern Spy went to
King Edward and 10 boxes of mixed
apples will be forwarded to the En-
peror of Japan with the compliments
Of the exhibitors and trustees of the
show
outside the sweepstake event, chief
interest was centered in the carload
class $3.50 to firsts and 500 to sec
On4s. IN which the wards were made
Is follows:
For Rome Beauty-B. c. Cameron,
Pennington, Wash. first; J. A. Bour-
gaise. TOppenish, Wash, second
Fol- zenburg-TrOnson & Guth-
rie, Eagle Point, Ore, first; E. c. Hill
North Yakima, Wash, second.
For Wagener-C. E. Atkinson.
Green Blum, Spokane county. first:
no second.
For Winesap-E1ward Perry, North
Yakima. Wash. first; Joseph Nessels,
" natchee. Wash, second.
For best car of any other standard
varietv-W w. Sawyer, Sunnyside
Wash. Grimes Gjlden, first; p B.
Winesap second.
For best car of naked standard win
ter variety. F. McCurdy, Topper
iSh, Wash, first; no second.
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