The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-11
NURSERY STOCK AS
PRIZES
Nursery Companies Appre-
ciate Benefits of Ma
tional Apple Show.


ment of the National Apple Show as
additional prizes in various con-
tests at the third exposition in Spo-
kane, November IA to 10. The dom
ors are nursery companies in Wash
ington, Oregon, Montana, Califor-
MIA, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska.
Accompanying the offers are en-
dorsements of the scope and pur-
poses of the exhibition, which have
become an annual event, one of them
saying that the last two shows have
accomplished more to encourage
| fruit growing in the northwest and
throughout the country than any
other agency. Another writes that
the apple industry has received ma
tion-wide publicity as the result of
these shows, also that the standard
of fruit has been raised by keen
competition.
Extracts from some of the letters
| )
and manager of the show, follow:
Stark Brothers nurseries & Or
chards company, of Louisiana, Mo-,
| in giving 1000 apple trees, says:
1--WE want to be again represent
ed at your big show, which has done
so much in the past two years to en-
courage fruit growing, not only in
the Pacific northwest, but through
out the country. Every man inter-
ested in fruit growing should do
something to boost the National APP
pie Show, and it is our hope the
organization will maintain the high
standard set the last two years and
that King apple will come into his
own in every region as we'll as in
your great fruit garden"
The Sunnyside Nursery company,
of Sunnyside, Wash, writes:
I'VE feel very friendly toward the
National Apple Show and we believe
it is a great advertising medium for
the entire country and every line of
business, including our own, is slim
ulated by exhibits of this kind. We
were we'll pleased with our treat
ment at your show last season. In
offering 700 trees this year we eX-
pest you to use your own pleasure
in naming the varieties on which
they are to be given"
The Washington Nursery company
of Toppenish says: We take pleas
ure in offering a prize of 500 Jona-
than trees and suggest that you ap-
ply the prize for the best 10 boxes
of Jonathan apples. If you have
any better suggestion let us know
and we will be glad to approve any,
thing that sounds good to US. We
are highly in sympathy with the
plans and purposes of the National
Apple Show and believe it has done
directly and indirectly great deal
of good, not alone as nurserymen,
but as citizens of the state of Wash
ington. We wish you every success
in the 1910 show"
Yakima Valley Nursery company,
Toppenish, Wash: This show is
certainly of great benefit to the en-
tire northwest, in that the publicity
given the apple industry is national
and also that the keen competition
tends to raise the standard of ap-
pies required. We take great pleas
ure in offering as special prize for
the third National Apple Show 500
Yellow Newtown apple trees,
straight, one-year CRAFTS, for the
best 1O-box display of Yellow New
town apples. We thank you for the
privilege of making this donation
and we wish you the greatest sue
cess possible in your worthy enter
prise"
Lafayette Nursery company, La
fayette, Ore: Certainly the Ma
tional Apple Show has done WON
ders toward the development of the
apple industry in the northwest,
which has an important bearing on
other enterprises. We sincerely
hope the third National Apple Show
will be a great success. which we
have every reason to believe that it
will. We gladly give 200 cherry
trees and $50 apple trees, awarded
is prizes on the Sierra Beauty ap-
ple'
c. F. Dallman, superintendent of
the Missoula Nursery company, Mis-
Soula, Mont, writes:
Il fully realize the value of your
work in showing the nation what we
can produce in the northwest and
shall always be in favor of doing
what | can for the success of the
show. | am more than glad to re-
peat the prize of last year, consist
ing of 800 first class Mcintosh apple
trees for the best box of Mcintosh
apples regardless of where they are
grown"
F. w. Mencray, Crescent Nursery
company, Council Bluffs, Iowa: 1--WE
will thank you for the opportunity