Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-02-09

from Bryon. spitzenberg and mixed
car of Jonathans. Rome Beauties.
Wageners, from Sunnyside. mixed
car of Arkansas Blacks and Wine
saps from Grandview. Yellow Newton
and Spitzenberg and a mixed car OF
Delicious and White Winter Pear
mains, Zlllad. There was also car
load each of Spitzenbergs, Yellow
Newtons and Pippins from Hood Riv-
er. One car of yellow Newtons from
Ashland. one car of Rome Beauties
from Lake Gillian. one car of Wag- /
eners from Spokane Valley and two
car loads of spitzenbergs from Wen
atchee.
The $1,000 championship prize was
awarded to the car load of Spleen
bergs grown by c. II. Sproat, Hood
River, Oregon. This also took first
prize of $3.50 in the special Spleen
berg class. The character of this
fruit and the way in which it was
graded and packed is indicated by
the fact that it scored 997 points out
of a possible 1000. There were three
sizes of fruit in the car load SIS, 96s
and lips. Mr. Sproat reported that
he has 40 acres of apples from which
he reports total yield in 1910 of
1900 boxes, 5000 of these being
Spitzenbergs He also reports that
he picked the winning car load from
two-thirds of an acre. Mrs. Sproat
ana tow daughters sorted the fruit
49, it was packed by Ralph Ordway
anh J. Robinson.
The second prize in sweepstakes
was won by a car of Spitzenbergs,
, grown by Heinman and Grandy from
Wenatchee, Wash. This car scored
! 9S79 points.
? The general district display fea-
: ture was indeed a great attraction
? and created one of the interesting
features of the show. any of the
= commercial and fruit districts avail
= ed themselves of the opportunity for
exhibition much greater number
= of varieties than appeared in the car
y load lots.
T We here found such newcomers as
r King David, Delicious and such old
q standbys as Orthley, Northern Spy
d Bellefeurs, etc, and it is especially
= worthy of mention that the best box
l. es shown at Spokane were Winesaps
g in the 1O-box class and shown by
= H. NJ Gilbert, North Yakima.
These ten boxes scored 799 point:
out of a possible 500. Including the
: quality rank for Winesaps it would
have read 800 out of a possible $40
The pack was perfect, in bulge al
ignment. height of ends. and style
. The fruit being perfect in uniform
>. ity, size and color. The only fault t.
=, be found was that one apple showed
a very slight bruise. for which it wa
scored down one point.
er The apple packing school was
tn very interesting feature and undo
f. the control of p. A. Bateman of Mos
d. Ter. Oregon, assisted by J. NJ Carrie
of of Mosier. There were so contestant
h, competing for the world S. champion
IS. ship and the interest was at whit
ar heat. In this contest we found pacl
an ers from California. Oregon, Wash
n ington. Idaho, Montana, Missouri an
X Michigan. also different points
re Canada. The contest was held on tn
he stage in the Armory. where it coul
RS be easily seen by all in the audience
IS There were seven tables placed O
the stage, on which there were pla
90 ed six boxes of four sizes Of apple
lie which were dumped on them an
Is. thoroughly mixed before the pack'
is took the table. At the word "gc
40 every packer started his work wit
-. the determination to win Ever
81 packer had to line his box with pap
~ and wrap each apple. Each contes
ant hod four boxes to fiji and vii
an audience Of from 1000 to 500
and the various packers well repre-
ented by admirers in the auaience.
is utterly useless for me to attem
to describ tn interest and exciteme
that prevailed, as each packer won
- finish his OF her box of apples. Ho'
ever. after two days of this excitiI
contest the first prize. 500 was w
ks by Charles Mason Of Spokane. he ha
"a ing made a score Of 37S points out
aN- possible 400. packing four box
TO in almost perfect shape in 80 mi
ed utes and 33 seconds. Second pri
J. was won by d. r. Dresbach of Nc