Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-11-07
ON A D|FFERENT PLAN
NATIONAL APPLE SHOW AND
FRUIT PRODUCTS CONGRESS
SUCCEEDS APPLE SHOW.
NOVEMBER II TO z, THE DATE SET
All the Different. Phases Of Apple
Growth, Care, Selling and Manu-
featuring Products to Be Dis
cussed-ExhibIts Go East.


Last years successful experiment in
bringing Pacific northwest fruit grow
ers,- bankers, transportation experts
and business men together for a series
of conferences on marketing, financ-
ing, storage and by-products. will pro
vide the central idea in the sixth Ma !
tional Apple Show and Fruit Products
congress to be held in Spokane Novem- |
Der II to %.
Distributing Agency.
The conferences year ago resulted
in the organization of the North Pa
cific Fruit Distributors, a cooperative
non-profit company owned by the grow
ers themselves and controlling 60 per
cent of the fruit tonnage of Washing
ton, Oregon, Idaho and Montana this
year. This work will be strengthened
and extended by another series of con-
ferences.
number Of men of national fame
are to be brought to Spokane to advise
with the growers on all phases of their
problems.
The United States department of ag
riculture has detailed two of it's ex-
perts to attend these meetings and to
participate in the discussions on "Stor-
age and Handling Fruit for Market"
A. w Mckay and S. s. Pratt are the
men chosen.
Standardize Box Apples.
'The Standardization of Box Apples"
will be the subject under the leader
ship of E. H. Shepard, editor of Better
Fruit, Hood River, Ore He is chair
man of the committee of the Interna-
tional Apple Shippers association.
which will meet in Spokane that week
1t includes H. M. Gilbert, Toppenish;
G. J. Tyson, Floradale, Fla; A l..
Howe, Nashville, Tenn. and S. Segari,
New Orleans C. e. Whistler of Med
ford, Ore, also will be a speaker on
this subject
By-Products.
"The Utilization of the Lower Grades
in By-Products" will be led by Pro
lessor c. L. Lewis of the Oregon agri-
cultural college, and many of the man
ayers of big northwest by-product or
/, CARNATIONS will participate in the dis
cussion. Financing the Fruit Crop
will be led by r. H. Brewer president
of the Fidelity National bank, of Spo-
kane. with bankers generally taking
part in the discussion.
cooperative Marketing" will be dis
: cussed, probably by G. Harold Powell
manager of the California Fruit ex-
r change. Hector Mcpherson of the
Oregon agricultural college, who was
E abroad with the national commission
e will give an illustrated lecture on "Co-
/ operative Marketing in Europe"
+ Orchard Care.
. "The Care of Orchards" will be dis
: cussed by the agricultural college ex
perts, who also will maintain a regular
counsel room, where growers can get
such expert advice as will fit their
. individual cases.
Education is the keynote of the
show. To make the name more truly
indicative of the scope and purposes
of the show it has been changed this
year to the sixth National Apple Show
and Fruit Products congress.
No Plate Exhibits.
!. In order to devote all attention to
I education and to improvement of or
$ chard methods and marketing, this
years National Apple Show will be
| held without the carload and plate ex
hibits. Twenty-Five boxes will consti
!. tute the maximum exhibit. By elimi
). mating the carloads and plates the
Z trustees will be in a good position to
p live up to the slogan of the show
which is Take care of the man on the
e job"
/ Exhibits to Go East.
: Following the show one or two car
S loads of the prize-winners are to be
S sent east and south for display in
n prominent show windows of 100 of the
q principal cities in 81 states. AS each
/ exhibit will be accompanied by card
bearing the name of the grower and
e the district where grown, each district
y is alive to the benefits that will follow
: in a publicity way.
e James S. Ramage, Spokane, has beer
e elected chairman of the board of trus
t tees, which includes the following: w
f H. Wicks. Moscow, Idaho; Fred White
sides, Kalispell. Mont; Paul Wey
rauch, Walla Walla; ]. E. Shannon
North Yakima; E. S. Russell, Wenat
chez; ]. A. Perry, Medford; o. NJ. Nor
i ris, Pullman; NJ ]. Highley, Payette
Idaho; H. F. Davidson, Hood River
, Ore, and a large number of Spokane
business men. Gordon c. Corbaley Il
. secretary-manager of the show.
A Record chrysanthemum Plant.