The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-01-06
0ROvItLE APPLES
HELP WIN HONOR
Wilder Medal, Highest Possible Award
In America Won by Washington
Apples.

OrOville fruit has helped to win for
Washington apples the highest pos
sible award in America.
| An exhibit of varieties of apples
shown from different districts in this
state won for Washington the Wilder
medal of the American Pathological
society at its biennial exhibit at To-
ledo. Dec. Z, s and 9, for superior
excellence" in competition with apples
from the best known apple districts
of America.
THE American Pathological society
is the highest authority in the naming
OF varieties and their classification
as to quality. and their recommended
ton has always been accepted as to
proper distribution of varieties for
planting said Prof. O. M. Morris,
head of the horticultural department
OF the college, when congratulating
J. l.. Dumas Of Dayton. on the exhibit
which he and r. T. Reid of Bellevieu.
trustees of the Pacific Northwest Fruit
exposition. prepared from plate exhib-
its at the recent Seattle exhibit and
sent to Toledo to represent the state
growers
Il am especially delighted that
Washington apples should have won
this recognition, said MIR. Dumas,
since it is for unusual excellence.
Eastern horticulturalists have been
willing to admit the beauty Of our fruit
exhibits but have not hitherto granted
our claim as to other qualities. The
Wilder medal is to bear the Inscription
ITO Growers of Washington for Su-
perior Excellence of 35 varities of
Apples Exhibited by Members Of the
A. p. s., from that state"
Mr.. Reid and l gathered donations
OF the best plates in various district
exhibits at Seattle. Many districts
could have duplicated the plates taken
from exhibits Of other districts. but
we mad to confine ourselves to one
plate OF each OF the 35 varIJles."
The ehxibit of. varieties shown from
different districts was as follows:
OrovilFe, Black Ben.
BentoT county, Arkansas Black.
Cashneiere. Chelan, Hoover, Rhode
Island oireening. vanderpool.
Chela<n. Northwest Greening.
Gransdview. White Winter Pearmain.
Lake Chelan. Stayman, Spokane
Beautyt Yellow Belleflour York, I'm
perial
MethQw. Esopus (Spitzenburg),
Hyde's King. Jonothan, King of Wolf
River
Spokane, Baldwin. Northern Spy.
Mcintosh. Wagner. Grimes Golden.
Touchet Valley. Rome Beauty.
Walla Walla. Ben Davis, Monmouth
(Red Checked Pippin),
Wenatchee, Golden Delicious. King
David. Missouri Pippin, Ortley. Winter
Banana.
White Swan. Arkasas (Mamoth b.
Twig), Winesap.
white Salmon, Yellow Newton.
Yakima, Delicious, Red Rome.
Mr. Dumas who is a member OF the
executive committee of the Ameri-
can PomolOgical society, has been
made custodian of the medal, and states
that 1t is to be exhibited each year at
the meetings of the State Horticultural
society. in the interim being kept at
the State College, that it may thus
prove not only an inspiration to the
frun growers of the state, but also as
stimulant to the interests of sue
ceeding generations of students of
horticulture. attracting attention to
the Possibilities of growing the highest
quality Of apples in America in Wash.
ington state.
r. B. Cruikshank. secertary-treas-
urer of the American Pomological So
ciety, in writing Mr.. Dumas of the ex-
hibit, said: 1T attracted considerable
attention from our members and from
the 100000 or so people who attended
the exposition. I certainly appreciate
your interest in the matter. am glad
to inform you that the exhibit was
awarded a silver Wilder medal for its
unusual excellence"