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Third
Section
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17 to 24
Medford Mail Tribune
FOURTH YJ3A.ll.
MBDFOllD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1909.
No. 215.
ROGUE RIVER VALLEY FRUIT
TITLE KIN
DD
WINS
WORLD
F
RST AWARD
TAKEN
MHlPfD
In Every Class In Which Rogue River
Fruit- Was ' Entered First
.Placo Is Easily
Secured.
? Tlio llopie Rivor vnlloy fared well
10 SEND
CAR
ROGUE RIVER'S UNEXCELLED APPLE EXHIBIT
Intcrestlnii Story of How Intcrcs
Was Aroused and Prize-Winning
Car Was Sent
to Spokane.
How Tronson (c Guthrie came
nt
tho nccond nations.! npplo allow, ,'make thu winning display of Rogue
more awards ilnl River valley apples at tho Spokan
.nml the only rouKoii
not come to the vrvlley wa liooiiiifo apple how makes an interesting
more exhibit woro not made. Ah itiMnrv. Tlicv unit word to tho Com
.wa8 to tills valley camo the sweep-,' mcrcial 'dull thnt thoy -woro willii
intakes prize of $1000, for a oar of
Spitzonbergs, which carried with it
,-tho title, "Apjilo King" of Amorion,"
which moans thu world, for no other
land can compete. To tlio vnlloy
nlto camo a prize of $250 for Spitz
ciihnrKH, fiwit prim for a three-box
. exhibit of Spitzciihergri ngniiiHt htin-
' dreds of competitors, third- prize for
. n ton-box diwplny of Spitzenhor
j,nccoii(l irir.e for a ten-box display of
, Yellow Newtown PijpinH, second
.prize for a pinto dUplny of New.
"towiiH ngahiHt -12 compotitorn, mint
firm prize for photographfl of or
chard scene. Theo wero-tho only
fyliiHhcs entered and each mado
excellent hhowinr.
4 Tronvon & Guthrie of Knglo Point,
where they hnvo been orcharding
about three yearn, bocntno tho qttal
Ity "Applo King of America" by
'winning the Kwcopfltnko of $1000
ith a car of Spitzeiibergs. Thl
exhibit of 030 boxen, selected from
n yield of 2800 boxes in n fivo-noro
'orchard of 37-year-old trees, nlso
won tho firnt prize of $250 in it
class.
B. P. Ralph of Ashland won the
' third prize on SpitzenborgH, entering
.1 ten-box display ngninut a lnrgo
'number of competitors. He nlwoJ
n?on second prize on n ten-box flis
piny of Yellow Nowtown Pippins.
.1. A. Wcatorlund of Medford en
tered a pinto of Newtowns against
42 competitors and won second prize.
h. O. Gregory entered n series of
photographs of local orchards and
won first prizo ovor boiiio 20 com
petitors, winning a prizo of $100.
Cur of Xowtomin Harrcd.
Owing to a misunderstanding,
Charles Popo of Ashland was nnablo
.to enter his onr of NowtowiiH for the
carload prizo in that class. How
ever, owing to tho high (uality of
the fruit the board of judges rec
ommended that a special award of
honor bo tendered Mr. Popo. Visit
ors conceded thnt tho car would
have won in its clnss had it not been
disqualified.
W. W. Sawyer of Smmyside,
Wnnh.( win second in tho sweep
ntnko, winning $500, and took the
first prize of $2."(), 1Vr any standard
oommoroial variety, tint named, with
n ear of Grimes' Ooldou npples. The
awards woro mado by a board of five
judges, bonded by Professor II. II.
Vnti I)emnu of Washington, D. C.
His nssociatos woro George J. Kel
logg of Lake Mills, Wis.; W. J.
Oreon of Woostor, O.; A. P. Hnlo
linm of Mosior, Or., and II. M. Dun
Inp of Savoy, III.
Hliow Was Complete.
to devote their time ami energy
selecting the npples from their five
acre Spitzeuburg orclinrd at Engl
J'oint, providing tlio extra expense
would bo guaranteed 'by 1ho club
which thereupon appointed Jo1m D,
Olwell chninnnn of a -committee to
raise the funds.
Shortly after, Assistant Muunge
j-inicy oi tno Apple ottnw nrnvei
and wiw taken to visit (ho orchard
Tho beauty of the apples impresse
him and ho secured a definite prom
itic from Iho orchard ownors to placo
a car on exhibit wKidh afterwards
won the swecpRtakcs an -well nt n
three-box exhibit. Tlio latter won tho
prize ns the best oxli'ibit of apples
grown in any of the vestern sta.;s
Whmilfl Mr. Finley -rrn' "here, ISfr.
Olwell started the contribution fund
tho. following pledging tho amounts
opposite then names: T. 13. TToovcr,
$5; A. S. Roseiibnnm, $10; J. E. En-
ynrt, $20; C. n. Lewis, $10: J. D. 01
well, $25: V. O. Estep, $10; Edgnr
Hnfer, $10; rainier Investment com
pnuy, $10; V, h. Ton Velio, $10; J.
P. noddy, $10: A. Conro Fiero, $10;
K. Whisler. $10; W. T. York & Co.,
$10; J. V. Dressier & Co., $10; Or
egon Realty company, $10; Cusick &
Moyers, $10; Joolin n. Allon, $25;
P. C. Pago, $10; J. C. Rrown, $10;
If. II. Parsons, $10; Anderson-Green
Co., $10; Frank C. Ray, $25; J. A
Wosterlund, $5; C. II. Pierce, $5;
Medford Mail Trionne, $39.00.
Iho Southern Pncifio agreiM to
rebate the cost of the additional haul
and tho Pncifio & Eastern 1inu1od
tho car freo from Eagle Point
Messrs. Olwell nml Rosonlmum gave
their checks to nronnv tho froirfit
bill nnd W. A. Hooker -was emnloved
o accompany Mr, Troilson to opo-
knno to. aid in tho unpacking and re
packing. Tho car nrrived late and
tho repacking had to bo dono ulth
groat hasto.
Messrs. Tronson S: Gnthrio per
sonnny packed tno car, oxamininar
overy npplo nnd passiuj: each
through a pair of calipers, Tlio on
tire cnip from tho five noros, con-
Msting of 2800 boxes, were goiu
over to scenro 050 unifofm in size
and color.
Tho show was complete in ovory
dotail nnd each of tho 20 classos for
prizos nnd promiums aggregating
$25,000 wns fillod. Thoro woro 2100
ontrios from 23 states nnd two prov
inces in Canada, non TT, Rico, soo-retary-inunagffr
of tho National Ap
plo Show, Inc., and those associated
-with him in tho work, undor tho di
rection of tho board of trustooB of
tho National Applo Show, Ino., head
ed by E. F. Cartior Van Dissol, do-
norvo orcdit for tlio ndmirablo nr
; rnngemont of tho exhibits nnd tho
y' Biiecofls of tho exposition. Tho show
i will bo ropented in 1010.
(, Tho oxhibitlon was tho largost of
Us kind in tho history of tho world,
noro thnn 1,500,000 npploa hoiug nu
iUjjluy, Thoso iiioludcd J3 ontionds,
10 limited, 30 freo-for-nll, 73 state
nnd foreign country groups, lis 10
box, .130 fivo-box, 278 singlo box, 28
unnamed vnriotiefl, .15 pyramids of
big apples, It largost applo and 1328
plato entries. The Roma Reauty was
1
tho popular entry.
Apples to Monarch.
Twonty-ono boxos of northwoslorn
niiples woro fiont to Prosidont Tuft,
fivo boxes of Northorn Spy went to
King Edward and 10 boxos of mixed
npples will bo forwarded to tho Em
peror of Jnpnn with tho coiuplimonts
.of tho exhibitors nml trustoos of tho
show.
Outsido tho nwoopstnko event,
chiof interest wnn contored in tho
onrlond olass, $250 to firsts and
$100 to soconds, in which tho awards
woro mndo as follows:
For Romo Iloauty n. C. Camoron,
Fnrminglon, Wnsh., first; J. A.
Rourgniso, Topponish, Wnsh., boo
ond. For Spitzonborg Tronson &
Gnthrio, Englo Point, Or,, first), E.
0. Hill, North Ynkinin, Wash,, boo-
ond. .
(Continued on pngo 21,)
Roguo River vnlley's carload exhibits at the National Apple Show On tho left is Tronson & Guthrie's une.x
celled carlond of Spitzenburgs, which woro nwnrded sweepstakes and won for their growers the title, "Apple
King of Amoricn." The exhibit on tho right is tho enr of Newtowns exhibited by Charles Pope of Ashland,
but which was disqualified because he was unable to unwrap them. Ho was, however, awarded n special prize
of honor.
m
CHARDSOFIWILL PLANT
HEALTHY
Nowhere Is There Greater Intelli
gence Shown Than by the Grow
ers of Fancy Fruit in the
Valley No Pests.
GROWING PRIZE WINNING APPLES IS PROFITABLE PURSUIT
no. 111757
r
Spokane. Wash.
W. D. VINCENT, Treasurer
to ibt'JEWJcr
if 1
Dollars
(AVAOUC AT TMt OLD NATIONAL BANK
WHEN COUNTetBIONCO
ay-rncA-unin
NATIONAL APPLE SHOW, Inc.
APPROV
.ladn fn.iln C. ll lHII-A."-JH
CCnCTAM
The above is a facsitnilo of the largest individual cheek issued by the Xntionnl Apple Show in pnyment of
prizes. The t-heck represents the $1000 sweepstakes prize for carload exhibits, and $100 for first" prize in
tho Western Stntos special class, Tronson & Guthrie entering three boxes of Snitzenburcs against 173 exhib
itors. Their car was nlso nwnrded first prizo for Spitzenburgs, or $250, but it wns understood thnt the win
ner of tho sweopstnkes would not clnim both nwnrds on ono exhibit.
ROGUE APPLES
ASTOUNDED
EA5
T
WIT
SHOW
IN
lice
N. W. Elfcrt Sends Boxes of Apples , Professor Van Deman Says Chlcano
East, Which Aro "Received
With- Much Atten
tion '
Is Logical Point for Holding
National Apple
Show.
Undor the bond, "Gems in tho Fruit SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 27. Pro-
iino," tho Kenton (O.) Daily Demo- feasor II. E. Van Doiunn of Wnebing
rat of Novombor 10 says: ton. D. C, who presided as chief
In tho Surprise store window thoro judge at tho National Apple Show in
is on exhibition n boxo of tho fnuious Spokxino, November 15 to 20, in a
iMowiowii i ippuiH hem iiy tviuuim .loner io uio mnnngoment ot tne en-
ifort. forinoi-lv of Ada. now of tnmriat. rnvinwino lm ilicitlnv nf
F fc. I I 1 vt.v.MI)j ...W ..CT...t1 V.
Medford, Or., to n friend in Kenton. 1,500 npploa nnd contosts for prizes
Thcso npplos nml tho pack give a of $25,000, says that while tho ex
littlo idea of what tho celebrated hibition was tho best in tho history of
Roguo Rivor vnlloy produces and how. tho world, Chicago is tho logical
is put on tho market. 'Una vnlloy point for exploiting Ainorionn nnnlcs.
iaa no rival in tho production of this 'adding:
nit. Thoy nro tho highest pncod "A thousand porsona would seo
pplo raised and nro used chiofly thorn thoro- to ono who will seo them
for export trndo. This littlo vnlloy, hero. Thoy will loam not only nil
iy its pooulinr locution nml cuinnto,
grows tho best of California ponrs
nml grnpos, bosidos nil similar fruits
f tho vory choicest.
Not only is this placo notod for its
womtor lruit, out lor its invigorating
air nnd boautiful bills ami mountains
surrounding it. In tho top of ono of
icso mountains is ono of tho worlds
ondors, known ns Crntor Lako,
(Continued on jingo 20.)
FIRST PRIZE
SEATTLE FAIR
Roguo River Apples Topped All Oth
'.ers In Point of Keeping Qual
ities at the A. Y. P.
Exposition.
a;.'K.
nbout apples, bu tnlso got suggos
tioiiB about how nnd whoro to grow
thorn, Every npplo at your show
should go cast, whoro tho prospective
buyors could soo thoin. Growers will
got moro for tboir npples in Chicago
than thoy could possibly got horo.
"On tho wholo, itwill ho bottor for
tho wostorn growors to show in Chi
ongo thnn nnywhora elso l could
(Continued on pngo 21.3
Tho grnnd prizo won by Rogue
Kiver npplos at tho Alaska-Yukon
exposition .on nccount of tho keep
ing qunlities of tho fruit, is nnother
of Uio proofs thnt this vnlley is the
prcmior fruit-growing section of tho
world. From iho first dny of Juno
until the 16th day of October, Roguo
Rivor vnlloy wns represented by just
225 boxos of apples, as against 1275
from other parts ot tho Mate, 1500
boxos being exhibited in nil, of tho J
crop of 1008. Tho Roguo River fruit I
survived thu tests nml camo throuch.
in porfcot condition and was givon
tho grnnd prizo on keeping qualities.
Ono particular feature for which
Roguo River fruit hns been noted is
tho keoping qualities. Apples thnt nro
fir mnnd perfect in contour in Octo-!
bor following tho year in which thoy
woro harvested, nftor having beon on
exhibition, for sovornl months, nnd nt
tho snmo time have lost nothing of
tlioir othor qunlitios, nre certninly en
titled to tho promier&hip of tho world
(By P. J. O'Garn, Government Path
ologist.) .
There is probably no frnit district
in the United States where so great
attention is paid to the matter of
caring for tho orchards as in the
Rogue River valley; not only aro tho
orchards well cultivated, but every
attention is given to the scientific
treatment of orchard fruit diseases,
which, in so many localities, through
careless effort, have brought about
complete annihilation of the fruit in
dustry. If there ever were any fears
that infectious or other diseases
would ruin the orchards of the
Roguo River valley, these fears no
longer exist, since it has been shown
that up-to-date methods for the
jxeatment of diseases, properly ap
plied, have proven effective beyond -doubt
In order to fight orchard fruit dl
cases successfully there must be at
hand a perfect knowledge of the sit
uation so thnt there will bo no mis
guided efforts, and where certain in
fections diseases are to be combatted
there must be a united effort on the
part of every grower.
I Organization Necessary.
' In order to carry on a successful
campaign against disease, there must
,be organization nnd instruction. Both
of these important factors have been
carefully planned. A corps of in
spectors, each with his own district,
tnkes charge of the inspection of
every orchard and every fruit tree,
no mntter where it may bo. Tho in-
spection is very rigid nnd in the case
(of nil pomaceous fruits thnt nro sub
jeet to pear blight, overy tree is ex
.nmined critically. This is dono, not
'once n year, but several times, if ne
oessnry. Furthermore, tho owners
nro instructed ns to the nature of tho
disenso in question nnd nre given
definite instructions ns to how to
proceed in the eradication nnd thent
mcnt of tho snmo. In order to pre
I vont the introduction of new diseases,
nil nursery stock is given a most
thorough nnd searching exnminntion,
nnd trees condemned by thu inspect
ors nro ordered to bo destroyed nt
once.
j What may appeal to mnny as n
I new feature for n district like the
, Roguo River vnlloy is tho nppoint
I ment of nn entomologist whosso duty
it is to study insect life in its rela
tion to the orchards. Ono interest
ing lino of work which mny bo men
tioned here is the study of tho ood
, ling moth. Entomologist G. W. Tnv-
lor has undor way tho placing of I
MILLION
TREES
Larger Acreage Than Ever Before
Will Be Set Out This Fall
Sixty-five Per Cent
Are Pears.
Sales made by unrserymcn nnd es
timates by Horticultural Inspector
Taylor show that over a million trees
have already been contracted for
planting in the Roguo River vnlloy
this winter, that a larger acreago
than ever before will be set out to
choice varieties of fruit, and that tho
inability to obtain sufficient nursery
stock of the right variety nlono lim
its tho now fruit area.
Of thcso million trees, approxi
mately 65 per cent nre pears, with
Bnrtlett in the lead, D'Anjou, "Winter
Nelis and Cornice following in the
order named. Thirty per cent - nro
apples, with Newtowns nnd Spitzen-
burg leading, with Jonathan, Wine
saps and a scattering of other vari
eties, and 5 per cent peaches. There
will also bo considerable acreago
ilanted to grapes and somo to cher-
n'pR. apricots and plums.
Probably 10 per cent of the new
trees will be used in replanting, leav
ing the estimated new orchard 12,
000 acres. As the planting season
hns just commenced, it is safe to fig
ure that 15,000 acres .of new orchard
will be planted this season, bring
ing the orchard area of the Roguo
River vnlley to a total of 05,000
acres.
This is tho first year that there
has been an extensive planting of
large tracts for subdivision into fivo
nnd tcn-acro tracts for salo on tho
installment plan.
Among tho larger orders already
placed for this purposo aro those of
tho Oregon Orchards Syndicate, who
will set out 8000 trees in Crestbrook;
tho Glen Roguo orchards, who will
plant 7000 trees on their tract near
Jacksonville; the Palmer Investment
Co., who will plant 70D0 trees on
Modoc orchard; Rny Bros., who will
set out 10,000 trees on tho Orchard
Homo tract, near Tolo.
"Thoro will bo tho heaviest plant
ing this year in tho history of tho
vnlley," stated N. S. Bennett, tho
nurscrymnn, "nnd if sufficient stock
could bo- secured, probably double
tho acreago of previous years would
be sot out. All nurserymen report
increased sales, nnd I know mine,
hnvo almost trebled."
fico thnt tho county inspectors '0
ceivo their instructions, which nro in
nccordnnco with tho regulations lnid
down by tho stnte bonrd of horticul
ture for tho eradication of orchard
fruit diseases. All questions regard
ing tho nnturo nnd causes of disoaso
aro referred to tho office, and speci
mens brought in or sent in nro
sovornl breeding cages in different I promptly oxnmined und roportcd up-
pnrts of tho vnlley, whereby ho will on. Another duty of tho pathologist
be nblo to take careful note of the
, development of tho moth, and in this
.wny bo of great assistance to tho
(orchnrdist in determining tho time
for applying tho spray. Besides this
important work, Mr. Taylor will
guard tho interests of tho vnlloy by
i being on tho lookout for troublesomo
insects thnt may bo introduced in
! various ways.
1 Offlco KtalHsliod.
I Through tho efforts of tho Rogue
River Horticultural society, n path
ologist of tho United States depart
ment of ngrioulturo has boon sta
tioned in tho vnlley, and nn office,
with a largo roforenco librarv on ng-
riculturnl and horticultural subjects,
has been provided. Tho government
pnthologist nots ns an advisory
ngont to nny ono desiring informn
tion, nnd visits in porson nil parts
of, tho vnlloy to sqo thnt tho instruc
tions of tho county inspectors nro
fully carried out. It is from this of-
is to nttend tho meotings of tho hor
ticultural sooioties and unions and
lecturo on timely topics which nro of
interest to nil fmitgrowors. Thoso
lectures nro given nt tho regular
monthtly mootings nt different points
so thnt htoy mny bo attended by ev
ery ono interested, ,
l'ests Under Control, .J
. As tho result of this careful work.
tho orchards of tho Roguo River vnl
loy aro not monnced by disease It
hns been shown thnt even so dreaded
a diseaso as penr blight has been en
tirely under control dnrine tho nasi
threo yonrs. Tho commercial orch
ards, through n caroful svstem of
pntrol, havo suffered no loss. Oajv
threo seasons ngo not a man in tha
Roguo River vnlloy know whnt
blight wns, and certainly did not
know anything about its control; to
dny overy grower knows tho causa
?f tn0 '1lac"lJvciLf'B-.itB treat-
vLontinued on page 20.)
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