The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-02
EXHIBIT SHOWN BY F. e. GOOD
ALL OF APPLES ON BROAD
WAY, NEW YORK, DRAWS AT
TENTION.

| newspaper articles.
The eyes of the world are turned
to the apple orchards of the Inland
Empire country. With the production
of the orchards of the east rapidly
decreasing, and the Inland Empire
producing apples of quality that
have never been known before, moth
ing can check the popularity of the
big Red Apples of Washington.
With the fact that an off year is
practically unknown to the orchard
lists of the Inland Empire, while fail
| ures in the east are becoming more
and more frequent, the practical fruit
growers are coming by the hundreds
to ''the land of promise
No less an authority than the "Pro-
duce Bulletin" of New York, gives
first place to the west, straight adj
mission from the east that the west
is superior in the quality of apples
grown.
An Eastern Account.
| In a recent article on the apple sup
ply, the Bulletin said: Irrigated or
chards in the Eastern Washington
country produce from $500 to $1,000
an acre, assuring handsome divi-
dend on an investment, and the in
crease in the value of the orchard
| lands of the Northwest has been phe-
nomenal in recent years. This is
in a measure due to the fact that an
off-year is unknown in a fruit crop
and the growers can safely count on
an ever-increasing revenue from their
orchards.
"The worlds production Of apples
has been steadily decreasing in re-
cent years and the apple buyers now
look to the Pacific Northwest and
particularly to Eastern Washington
as the great apple-producing section
of the future. Last year the worlds
production of apples was 23,025, 900
barrels, whereas in 1899 it was S.
466,00 barrels.
THE neglect of eastern orchards
and exhausted soil are the reasons
ascribed for this depreciation. With
the eastern Washington's vast irri-
cation bitches, fertile soil and strict
commercial orcharding the apple mar
ket of the future will have to look
to this section for its supply"
A Wonderful Display.
Recently when an exhibit OF ap-
pies from the Wenatchee district was
placed on exhibition on Broadway,
New York, hundreds OF thousands of
people of the nations metropolis
viewed the display with wonder.
In the midst Of the collection were
the prize winners from the Second
National Apple Show, and throngs of
people massed in front of them in
amazement. The epicure fingered to
feast his senses on their fragrance,
the chorus girl grew green with envy
at the richness of the coloring Of
their cheeks; the practical orchardist
wondered at their perfection of shape
and coloring, their size and freedom
from trace of blemish; the financier
saw in them a possibility for increas-
ing his wealth. Children begged for
the pretty speciments and millionaires
sought to purchase them for private
consumption.
Everyone asked: Where do they
grow" and got the answer: "In the
Eastern Washington country"
F. E. Goodall, in charge of the dis
! play, was ready with an answer to
every question, and through the dis
play Washington was giving a last
ling boost-for they were the finest
specimens that this country could
send out. And who has not heard
of the big Red Apple Of the East
| ern Washington country? 1t has be-
come as famous as the California
orange, the grape fruit of Florida,
or the cantaloupe Of Rock Ford.
]. I. Martin, of st. Louis, who was
delegate from Missouri to the Sew
enteenth National Irrigation Con-
gress, held in Spokane last August,
has written to c. F. Clifford, presi-
dent of the Box Canyon Orchard COM
pany of Spokane telling of the re-
suits accomplished through the ex-
hibit managed in New York by F. E.
Goodall. Writing under date of Feb
ruary IA, Mr.. Martin says:
Mr.. Goodall's Methods.
ION a recent visit to New York
| was surprised as well as impressed
with the way your Spokane people
are advertising the apple industry of
Washington, and especially with the
| way that F. e. Goodall of Spokane
goes about It. On Broadway, New
| York, he has a whole store fitted up
with the finest display of apples ever
seen in the east.
| "I think in this way he not only
shows the splendid apples of Wash
ington, but also gives the people of
the east an idea of the value Of the
1 apple growing industry of the Inland