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SHOW Prize FRUIT
OF EASTERN STATES
Northwestern Growers viii Com
pare Their Apples With Com
petitive Products.

That time -honored question. "How
do northwestern apples compare with
the apples of the east and middle
west?' will be answered for the first
time at the ninth National Apple show
In Spokane November 20 to %, when
special feature display Of Virginia
Winesaps. New York Baldwins and
Kansas Jonathans will be shown.
These will be prize apples, the best
of the varieties with which northwest.
ern apples must compete N the eastern
and middle western markets The dis,
play is under the direction of L. ].
Blot sales manager of the Spokane
Fruit Growers company, who has sc
cured the cooperation Of the Interna-
tiona Apple Shippers association In
the work.
Seek New Labels.
Another new feature of the 1915 ap-
which certificates will be issued for the
best and most valuable box label now
In use In handling apples. A commit
tee of advertising experts will Judge
the labels on attractiveness. suita bility
and advertising value, and the scoring
is designed to show the strength and
weakness Of each label
The big feature of the contests be-
cash prize offered for the best Ave
boxes grown in the world. The COM
petition will be restricted to the fol
lowing varieties: Arkansas Black, De.
licious, Jonathan, Macintosh Red,
Rome Beauty, Spltzenburg, Stayman
Winesap, Wagner, Winesap, Winter
Banana, White Winter Pearmain and
Yellow Newtown.
The grade and pack demonstrations
again will be held for the purpose Of
aiding to secure standard grade and
pack. The leading shippers and asso
Citations in each district will prepare
displays to illustrate the range of fruit
that they understand should be per
mitted within the limits OF each grade
and pack,
In the five-box classes, % varieties
VIII compete, and frst second ana
third prizes of $25. $12.y0 and $40, re-
spectively, will be given the winners
among each variety.
The one-box contests again will be
a feature. First, second and third
prizes of $3.50, $5 and $3.50, respective
ly, will be given the winners among
"A different varieties.
A $40 prize is offered for the best
single-box display Of variety not
previously shown at a National Apple
show and scoring 80 or better.
| The exhibits Of pruning, spraying,
picking, packing and other equipment
will form one Of the great features of
the show. AS the apple growers are
making progress along scientific lines
they are becoming more and more In
terested In doing their work In the
best and most modern manner
Show Orchard Machinery.
The machinery and other industrial
exhibits of last years National Apple
show We're seen by thousands of grow
ers and In many ways attracted the
greatest attention of anything at the
show. These exhibits this year will be
larger and more complete.
Again this year there will be con-
test between the leading apple ship
pers Of the northwest to determine
which can make the best advertising
display of its brand of extra fancy ap.
pies. Each entry will contain 100
boxes of one variety of apples, strictly
standard extra fancy pack, put out by
one shipper under one trade mark
brand.
The original and attractive feature
displays will be open to individuals,
, firms and fruit and commercial organi.
cations. The judges are instructed not
to take into consideration the elements
Of cost and size, but the unique and
, artistic showing only.
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