The San Francisco call., 1910-08-11

Luther Burbank performs most of his
feats of plant wizardry in Sebastopol,
where he has his largest experimental
gardens and orchards. He has one of
which he shows his many and fan
tastic varieties of plums, prunes,
grapes, apples and what not. Burbank
is the most noted champion of the
Gravenstein apple, and of it he has
written:
The Gravenstein apple has. above
all others, proved TO be. the money
winner in Sonoma county. 1t is a
healthy vigorous tree. 1t always
bears a good crop. never overbear-
ing. as many varieties do; is of the
best quality of all known apples.
taking into account all uses to
which the apple is put. 1t is the
best drying apple for quality and
appearance when dried. 1t is
handsome in. appearance. good size,
superior quality for dessert cook
ing and especially for market.
1t can not be raised successfully
in the hot valleys of southern Cali
fornia. Sonoma county seems to
be its home.
1t has often been said that if
the Gravenstein apple could be
had throughout the year no other
apple need be grown.
TO INVADE THE EAST
Perhaps the Gravenstein apple can
not be had throughout the year, but it
can be had earliest, excepting the
transient glory of the polished red
June apple, which tempts the eye from
the fruit stalls in July. The Craven
stein is the earliest marketable apple
in California and it is to invade the
east for al the conclusion of the show
a trainIoad of 10 cars of the fruit will
be dispatched east to the New York
market. There are eight carloads of
apples in boxes at the exhibition, and it
will be an easy matter for the growers
to go out in the morning before break
fast and pick enough to fill the other
two cars.
Z The redness of the Gravenstein ap-
pies makes the interior of the exhibit
tion tent a gorgeous temple. The scene
bursts on one like the light of the
east in russet mantle clad"
This morning the finishing touches
We're put to the exhibition, the last
dextrous polish was given to the apples
themselves-for apples, like maiden's
cheeks, require little attention at
times to bring out their richest, warm
est natural coloring.
The apples. while they dominated and
predominated over everything else in
the show, were not alone in their glory.
They had to share the honors with
other fruits of the Analy, Gold ridge
and contiguous fertile districts. There
were grapes. prunes and many sweet
flowers in the tent.
''WATCH sEBAsTOPOLr
The point of first sight in the show,
opposite the door, is taken by the pu-
pills of the Analy high school, under the
direction of their principal, Prof j. Z.
Williams. The young wits of the high
school evolved a rebus to express their
interest in their native community On
a background of growing things was a
curious series of designs made in ap-
Piles. There was an apple made watch,
a large capital c. fish, which was a
bass. to make the rebus good, the word
to- and pool OF water. The legend
was. Watch SebastopoI.''
At the left of the entrance the Gra-
venstein apple show association had
erected, under the direction of Mrs
George Sanborn and Mrs. j. P. Kelly,
a replica Of the new county courthouse
at Santa Rosa. The tint of the dried
granite OF the structure. The facings
were in the red of the apples them
selves Next is the Vine hill exhibit.
There were American and bear flags
made in apples and prunes and there
was a'large box exhibit from the Hill
ranch. The boxes in these exhibits
hadn't false bottoms, either.
Mrs. Ida s. Hunt of Sebastopol, with
136 boxes. R. P. Hunt had as large an
exhibit.
In the center of the space were the
more elaborate special displays. The
Stony Point growers association had
a large fac-simile of its packing house,
The design was complete The roof of
the packing pavilion is tiled with red
apples, the supporting posts are of red
II
ing at the wrapping of the fruit for
shipment. These dolls are handling
crab apples so the scale of size can be
maintained. A train is alongside the
platform and on the other side man
doll is driving up a wagon load of ap-
charge of the exhibit and they are
assisted by many members of the
Stony Point association.
APPLE LOCOMOTIVE
Near this exhibit is the great loco
motive exhibit Of Huntley & Morse of
Sebastopol. The engine, outlined en-
tirely in apples, is perfect. 1t is %
feet long and feet high. There are
a bell. headlight and all the appurte-
nances, even to the number, %, which
is the designation of the faithful loco
motive which hauls the produce of Sc
bastopol to Santa Rosa over the
Northwestern Pacific railroad.
The Pleasant hill district came down
to cases with its exhibit. 1t repro
duced in apples an evaporating plant,
from firebox to the smoke that comes
out of the chimney, complete in every
detail The firebox is made in carrots
which are also grown around these
parts. The studding and heavy tim
bers are presented by red apples, the
walls and parts of the plant by dried
apples.