The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-10-21
THE SUPREME FRUIT.

Seattle, Oct. 20.-That the apple is
the supreme fruit of the Pacific north
west has been established by its ex-
cellence, its amazing quantity produc
ton, and its high standing in the mar
kets of the world With Washington
Oregon and Idaho this year supplying
| more than 43 per cent of the entire
apple crop of the United States, there
is no question of the position that the
apple orchards have attained as form
ing one of the great basic industries
of this region.
The Pacific Northwest Fruit Expo
stion, however, is to be just what its
name implies-an exposition of all
the fruit products of the Pacific
Northwest state. Featuring the APP
pie, of course-or rather providing
the means whereby the apple may
feature itself, the Exposition will still
make room for and give full consider
alton to every other kind and variety
of fruit grown in this region. In no
other way than this would it be pos
sible for all the fruit growing dis
tricts of the Pacific Northwest to be
represented; and the Exposition is in
tended, above everything else, to be
fully representative of the entire fruit
industry.
From one or two of the districts
wherein the apple predominates over
all other fruits have come intimation>
of objection to the inclusion of other
fruits in the district Displays as pro-
vided in the rules of the Exposition
management for the district contest.
Examination of these contest provis-
ions show that these rules put apples
in first place with a greater number
of scoring points than is accorded to
anything else in a collective display
Of the 600 points to be distributed to
the fruit in each display, $50 points
are for apples, with reference to col
or, condition, uniformity and pack;
100 points go to pears, and 80 points
to other fresh fruits, such as berries
melons, cantaloupes, ounces, or what
ever may be grown in the district
With the allowance of 200 points for
the commercial and advertising at
Effectiveness of the display and 200
points for its artistic arrangement
and attractiveness, this gives a total
of $50 points within reach of all the
fresh fruit districts, and especially
within reach of the apple districts
For display of nuts of commercial
value, matter of Importance to
some districts, 20 points are allowed
In the provisions relating to canned
and processed fruits, the Exposition
management has particularly in mind
the immense interest of the whole
fruit industry beyond the point Of
the fresh fruit harvest. Undoubtedly
the big thing of each year is to prof
itably dispose of the fresh fruit, but
no wise fruit grower overlooks the
Importance of encouraging use of ali
possible by-products and of dissent
mating a wider knowledge of canning
preserving and processing, so as to
make fruit available, in one palatablc
form or another, at every season OF
the year.
1t is for this purpose that the EX-
position has made provision in district
displays for canned, processed and
evaporated fruits; for jams, jellies
marmalade, candied fruits, fruit
fakes, fruit butter and fruit juices
and all fruit by-products of CONNER
cial value, with a total allowance o.
$50 points.
In the ten, five and one box apple
competitions, the districts and grow
ers specializing in apples have exclu-
size opportunities to demonstrate tn,
superiority of their products. In tbs
collective displays the Exposition
competitions necessarily afford a lati
tude that will admit participation o.
every fruit growing district.