Evening star., 1913-11-19
Four Hundred and Fifty Va
rieties Shown at Ma
tiOnal Museum.
EXHIBIT UNDER AUSPICES
OF POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Other Fruits Also Share Honors.
Many Interesting
Papers Read.


tinct varieties of apples. all at one time.
The big fruit show at the New National
Museum, which is the feature OF the an
nual meeting of the American Pomologf-
cal Society and allied organizations, in
cludes that number of absolutely new va
rieties of apples. never before exhibited
at any show in the world. and all these
new ones are in addition to the scores
and hundreds OF varieties already known
TO apple growers and apple consumers
The fruit show is beyond comparison
and is the most extensive and comprehen-
sive exhibit of fruits and nuts ever seen
in Washington. and officials of the organ
izationS meeting here this week declare
that the show has seldom been equaled in
the east.
More than $500 separate exhibits
were on the stands this morning. and
the work of placing delayed exhibits
continued throughout the day Word
was received this morning that a ship
ment of 1000 or more specimens from
Arizona and New Mexico had been lost
In transit and probably would not be
located until too late for abe show.
All Sorts of Fruit Shown.
The exhibit which is located in the
main corridor of the new National
Museum building. includes every imag-
Unable SORT of fruit and nut indigenous
to the United States or transplanted to
this country and here acclimated The
exhibit of citrus fruits from the south
includes every sort, species, size and
shape of orange, grapefruit-or pomelo
as its growers call the fruit-lemon
lime, mandarin, tangerine and the like
the ingenuity of man has been able
to produce, including crosses and hy-
bridizations that can be distinguished
as members of the citrus family only
by their odor.
A big exhibit of grapes by the Depart
ment of Agriculture attracts much atten-
tion. This exhibit includes grapes of
every size and color. from the tiny. round
black grapes that look much like buck
shot. to the big amber or rosy tokays
The grape exhibit is in charge of the viii
culturists of the department.
Apples, pears. peaches. plums, from or
clardS in Massachusetts and orchards in
Oregon-and about all the states between
the two-make up the bulk of the ex-
hibit. striking displays being those of Vir-
ginia and West Virginia orchardists.
The show is open daily from 10 o'clock
am to 10 o'clock pm
Would Change Name.
That the Ben Davis apple of commerce
should henceforth travel under some other
name Has the proposition advanced at
this afternoons session of the Pomologi-
cal Society by w. ). Perrine of Illinois
Mr.. Perrine argued for a change of name
on the ground that in some parts of the
country the Ben Davis grows to perfec-
tion. the inference being that in those
sections the Ben Davis is actually edible.
Elsewhere, Mr.. Perrine. said, the variety
does not reach the full measure of its
possibilities and has therefore come into
disrepute with apple buyers That the
really good Ben Davises, which Mr.. Per-
rine insists actually do exist. should be
given a new name by the society. so that
they need no longer suffer by reason of
the pomological shortcomings of their
less desirable brethren, was the tenor of
Mr.. Perrine's plea.
An interesting paper presented at this
afternoons session was one of the con-
centration OF fruit juices by refrigera-
ton. read by Prof. III. c. Gore of the De-
partment of Agriculture. Prof. Gore
discussed the possibilities of preserva-
ton and concentration of fruit juices in
a natural state by means of cold, the
paper having much popular as well as
scientific interest.
Other Papers Read.
Other papers presented at this after
Moons session included a description of
fruit growing methods in the irrigated
regions of the west by c. /. Lewis. horti-
culturist at the State Agricultural Col
lege of Oregon. and plea for the teach
ing OF elementary pomology in the public
schools. by c. W. Garfield of Michigan.
At this mornings session G. C. Hus-
mann, viticulturist of the Department of
Agriculture. discussed the past and pres
ent status of the grape-growing industry
in the United States, and Prof. w. T.
Macoun. Dominion horticulturist of Ot-
tawa. Canada told of fruit-growing con-
ditions across our northern boundary.
Other papers We're presented by title and
Prof. Hal 3. Fullerton Of Medford, L. L..
told OF the horticultural work being done
in Long Island by the railway company
Of which he is special field agent.
At tonights session there will be an
illustrated lecture on The Pathological
Tree Crop as National Resource" by
]. Russell Smith of Pennsylvania, and
another address. also illustrated with col
ored lantern slides. on "Orcharding on
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