The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13

| in order to show why the winesaps OF
| Mrs. Rowland's won the twenty
| twenty-dollar gold pieces in a leath-
er case" as one of the land show cir
culars announced it. The same analy-
sis discloses several facts that may be
of interest to the general public, al
prise to the Northwest and to the
Yakima valley in particular, and
others that may prove a source OF
consolidation or of pride to certain
individuals and certain districts.
Why Mrs. Rowland Won
When one considers the points on
which the apples were judged. one
discovers that the exhibit of Mrs
Rowland's excelled all it's competit-
ors only in the matter of one item
that of condition. Here it stood one
point out of 200 above any other lot
In the item on which it's average was
lowest, that of pack, it stood five
points below the exhibit winning the
highest average on pack. 1t was sim
ply the high general average of Mrs
Rowland's scores that enabled her to
win. The same thing may be said of
the scores of Robert Johnson, who
won second prieze.
On the point of color, the only ex-
hibit scoring perfect was lot of
Winesaps from the state of Virginia.
second, 1915. with Jonathans, Spitz-
enbergs. Staymans and Delicious
Grant G. Hitchings of Syracuse, New
York, scored 1878 1-3 with Northern
Spies, Kings, Hubbardstons, r. l.
Greetings. Robert Johnson, North
Yakima, scored 1854 with Spleen
bergs, Arkansas Blacks, Winesaps, Sa-
lomes. j. d. Laughlin and Mrs Row
land, whose ranches are situated close
to each other near Zillah, tied at 1876.
The former showed Spitzenbergs
Staymans and Winesaps.
AS to uniformity, j. d. Laughlin
scored 90; Mrs Rowland, 80 2-3,
Beasely and Dinges, North Yakima.
with Spitzenbergs and Winesaps,
9S 1-3 H. M. Gilbert, North Yakima.
ings, each 81 1-3; Robert Johnson,
97.S.
On condition, Mrs. Rowland scored
1913 Is; r. E. Trumbel. Wenatchee,
with Winesaps. 1877 2-3; Robert John
son, 1877 Is: H. NJ. Gilbert, 1877; John
Scoon. Sunnyside, with Winesaps,
1876 Ia. Four out of these five lots
consisted wholly of Winesaps, and the
fifth consisted of two-fifths of that
variety.
On pack. H. NJ. Gilbert scored
1858 1-3; Elmer Johnson of Prosser,
with Ganos, Yorks, Jonathans, Wine
saps, 1913 "a; Beasley and Dinges
191 %; Mrs. Rowland, 1905 1-3; j.
D. Laughln, 100.
Besides the lot of Winesaps from
Virginia, there were ten individual
boxes of those examined that scored
perfect for color. Four of these were
SpitZenbergs, exhibited by as many
different growers. But one box ex-
amined scored perfect for uniformity
1t was exhibited by e. c. Hill of Sc
lab. The variety was Arkansas Black
The only box examined that scored
perfect on condition was exhibited by
H. NJ. Gilbert. Three boxes that were
examined scored perfect for pack. Ir
each case the variety was Winesap
The exhibitors of these We're Rober
Johnson, Beasey and Dinges, ant
John Scoon
The highest score on any individ
ual box, taking into consideration al
the points on which judgment wa.
made, was 994.5, won by Elmer John
son, Prosser, the variety being Gano
The next highest was won by Rober
Johnson, North Yakima, 991, on {
box of spitzenbergs. Mrs. Rowland
came third, with 9gO.5. on Winesaps
OF all the apples in the nineteer
exhibits that we gathered up along
the line Of the Northern Pacific, five
boxes of N w. Greetings in an eX.
hibit grown by w. A. Wilson of Para.
disc, Mont, caused the largest mum
Der of EXPLANATIONS, because of. theil
beauty. OF the red apples that w
| had, if the prize had been awarded t,
an exhibit of them by popular vote, i
undoubtedly would have gone to TIL,
twenty-five boxes of Rome Beautie
shown by the Olson Fruit company o
Parker Bottom. This is because tn,
color of the Rome Beauty is particu
larry attractive when a large numbe
of boxes of them are massed together
the shade being more delicate thai
rich or brilliant; also because of tn
! large size of the apples in this par
! ticular exhibit. The freak exhibit o
the show in the way of apple boXe
was a lot of twenty-five boxes tina
measured about ten inches square AM
| six inches deep, each of which con
tanned two layers of apples filing tn
| bo,: not much more than three-quar
ters full in any direction that on,
might measure the box.
! FRANK s. KlNSEY