The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-08-05
APPLE SHY
AT SPOKANE
PREMIUM LIST HAS GOOD PRIZES
81 900 and Gold Banner as carload
First Prize-Large List fer
Smaller Exhibits.

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and a massive silver loving cup and
diploma to the third, are offered az
the capital prize for . car Of 2l0 bar
rels or $50 boxes of the best CONNER
cial winter apples, one or more stan
daId varieties, exhibited by any own
er, lessee, or agent of the land where
the fruit was grown, at the second
National Apple Show In Spokane,
November 10 to 20, when premiums
of total value of s25, 900 will be
awarded to the winning entries In the
20 classes.
The premier competition Is open to
the world. -Four points will be con-
sidered in making the awards In this
class: First, value of the varieties
for the purpose to which they may be
adapted; second, color, size and uni
formity OF truit; third, freedom from
insect marks and other blemishes;
fourth, excellence in pack. Every
exhibitor in this class will receive
barrel of spray. The rules of the
Amer loan Pomologioal society will
govern all contests.
-Four tracts of orchard land, rang
ing in value from $1,000 to $1250, $500
in gold, several beautiful silver tro-
phies end added premiums and diplo-
mas are offered in the 1o-box or six
barrel competitions, with $50 to SEQ
onds and S25 to thirds. One ten acre
tract, non irrigated, is for Rome
Beauties, the winner also to receive
the Williams Twice Winner cup, now
held by George Farwell, of Wenat.
chee, Wash. Others are for Spitzen-
bergs, Yellow Newtowns and Winter
Banana. The cash prizes, $3.50 to
tlrsts and $50 to seconds, are for Wag-
ner. Arkansas Black, Delicious, Black
Iwlg, Winesap, Mcintosh Red, and
other standard varieties Of CONNER
cial winter apples. There will also be
$50 trophy for the best packed dis
play In this class, and prize of 500
one-year old trees for the best tier
pack.
Three substantial prizes will be
awarded in the limited display CON-
test, open to individuals, counties,
districts, states, Iand provinces. The
space allotted Is by II feet on an In
cline. The purpose is to encourage
artistic arrangement and decorative
effect. The display is to be composed
of two barrels, two boxes, two bas-
kets, two jars and two plates, none
containing more than one variety.
The exhibit may be composed Of one
or the possible ten varieties. The
Sitter packs and range from 800 trees
to barrel of spraying solution.
One hundred dollars for first, S25
for second and diploma for third
will be awarded for an exhibit OF 90
apples arranged In pyramid. The
awards will be determined by weight.
The exhibitor of the largest single
apple of any variety, free from blem-
lsh, will receive a metalized repro
duction Of the fruit, engraved with
the winners name, with an added
prize of ~ fruit trees of the owners
selection.
Glass will be composed of single
box entries, the winners of 70 con-
tests receiving $40 each and stock
II ON the foremost nurseries in Amer
ioa. The contests are for: Yellow
Bellfiower, Mcintosh Red, Winter
Banana, Alter Spitzenberg, Cox
Orange Pippin, Sierra Beauty, Wine
sap, Newtown Pippin, Jonathan,
Wagner, Stayman Winesap, Grimes
Golden and Golden Russet, these
contests are open to entries In the
Denny special.
Fifty dollars for fiTsts and SIS for
seconds, with added prizes for packs,
are offered in 10 contests of Ave- box
or two. barrel exhibits OF Yellow New
town Pippin, Baldwin, Rhode Island
Greening, Northern Spy, Stayman
Winesap, Ben Davis, Grimes Golden,
Jonathan, also a solid silver loving
cup for this variety; King of Tomp-
kins county and one competition OF
aay other standard winter variety.
The added prizes are for 31a to posi-
bic scoring points are 30 for arrange
ment and 80 for decoration. The first
prize ia 5000 and gold medal banner,
with 500 and silver medal banner
for second and solid silver cup for
third.
Eight hundred and fifty dollars is
offered in four sectional, one foreign
and one state, territorial or provin.
cial exhibit of two barrels or six
boxes OF any single variety as follows !:
Western states special, limited to
Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada,
New Mexico, Utah, California, Wash
ington, Wyoming, Arizona and Color
ado. First sl0O, second $50, third
diploma.
The district free-for-all contest ia
open to growers of the world. Any
number of varieties in boxes, barrels,
baskets, jars or plates may be shown
in space limited to ~ by 20, ar.
ranged and decorated as desired.
The prizes are 500 and 800 with gold
and silver medal banners for first and