Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-15
STATE RORTlcUlTURiSTS TAKE
STEPS TO INACCURATE
ANNUAL FEATURE.
FRUIT AND FLOWERS
ON EXTENSIVE SCALE
Exhibition to Take Place of Small APP.
Pile Show Staged in Easement of
State Houss-Objsct to Demonstrate
Possibilities Of State-AppIe Growers
Secured Big Prices This Year.
Special TO Times Republican.

SptSldl 10 L illleS-
DeS Moines. Dec. 15-An apple. fruit
and flower show to- be of such size and
of the people of the state generally,
to be held in some city in the state,
in December, is now being planned. A
committee was named by the state
horticultural society at its meeting here
this week 10 work out some plan for
big annual show of this nature.
The show will take the place of the
annual apple show which is held in
the basement of the state house each
year the second week in December in
connection with the yearly meeting of
the state horticultural society. The OBJ
ject of the show will be principally to
demonstrate what can be done in Iowa
in fruit and flower growing. Iowa now
has a number of apple growers who
are making a success of their work
and are proud of what can be done in
this state in apple production. They
display their fruit each year in the
corridors of the state house but the
show does not draw the crowds it
should. Hence they are DESTROYS Of
putting on the show where it will at
tract its deserved attention.
Possibilities Great.
People don't seem to realize what
can be done here in this state in the
way of apple growing said S. A.
Trowbridge. of Polk county, one Of the
exhibitors at the apple show at the
state house this week. This annual
exhibition should be put on where the
general public could see it 10 better ad-
vantage than is possible in the state
house basement. The fact is Iowa can
grow greater variety OF products than
any other state and if "a mans apple
crop here should fail he has other crops
to depend on. This Is not true in the
west"
The past season was a successful one
for the apple grower in Iowa. The
crop was good and prices We're much
better than usual, due to the fact that
the apple crop in other districts in this
country was d failure. Iowa growers
received all the way from $1.25 to $3.50
per bushel for their apples.
The Trowbridge fruit farm southeast
of Des Moines has more than 800 acres.
over sixty varieties of apples are pro-
duced on the farm. The commercial
varieties however are Jonathan, Grimes
Golden and Ben Davis.
Want Weight Law Amended.
There will be d combined effort be-
fore the next Legislature both on the
part Of the fruit growers and the state
dairy and food commission to amend
the weights and measures law doing
away with the requirement that the
weight Of fruit or produce in a stand
ara barrel or box be stamped on the
same. If the container is standard
size, such as is recognized by the gov
eminent, it should not be necessary
that the weight be stamped thereon.
The food and dairy officials whose
duty it is to see that this law is en-
forced agree with this view.
w. H. Harrison. of the state food and
dairy department, discussed this law
before the state horticultural conven-
ton yesterday. Many Of the fruit men
present held that this requirement of
the Iowa law is impractical. Following
the meeting conference was held
which was participated in by Commits
sioner Barney and a few of the fruit
men at which it was agreed that an
effort would be made before the coming
legislature to amend this law
Iowa Wins Judging Contest.
The apple Judging contest at the
state apple show was won by the team
from the Iowa State College at Ames
Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa had judy
ing teams entered but when the Mis-
souri, representatives learned that there
was a colored boy on the Ames team
they refused to enter the judging. OFF,
Gals of the show at first advised the
colored boy TO withdraw from the team
but later changed their minds and ad-
vised him not to do so. Consequently
Missouri did not compete in the judg-
ing.
The Ames team made score Of
432.49 out Of a possible 500. The Ne
braska team scored 3S1.73. The mem
bers Of the Amea team follow: L. S.
Goode, Ames; E. S. Stillwell, Alabama;
L. l.. Dreibellis, Ames: Harold Cree,
Des Moines; w. VI. Cain, Waco, Tex.
Cain is the colored man to whom the
Missourians objected.