. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. LAND shows are the lat- est creations in the pro- fession of pubhcity in the Eastern and Middle West cities. For the purpose of exploiting the Western Land Products Exhibit to be given at Omaha from January 18 to 38, 1911, Fred A. Shank, of Omaha, called upon Sec- retary C. C. Chapman, of the Portland Commercial Club, yesterday. He explained to the club that space in the Omaha show by Wyoming, and Colorado, visit here i of getting- v/as reserved Utah, Idaho and that his for the purpose the co-operation C. C. CHAPMAN Secretar}- Oregon Development League, Poitland,
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. LAND shows are the lat- est creations in the pro- fession of pubhcity in the Eastern and Middle West cities. For the purpose of exploiting the Western Land Products Exhibit to be given at Omaha from January 18 to 38, 1911, Fred A. Shank, of Omaha, called upon Sec- retary C. C. Chapman, of the Portland Commercial Club, yesterday. He explained to the club that space in the Omaha show by Wyoming, and Colorado, visit here i of getting- v/as reserved Utah, Idaho and that his for the purpose the co-operation C. C. CHAPMAN Secretar}- Oregon Development League, Poitland, Oregon Manager Promotion Committee Portland Commercial Club of Oregon. Space in the auditorium is being offered to the various Coast States for ?2 a square foot. It is proposed that sufficient space be engaged so that exhibtors from Oregon may place dis- plays without the additional burden of paying for floor charges. To gain this end Mr. Shank suggested that the Commer- cial Clubs subscribe the nec- essary money and thus give the exhibitors a chance to show what Oregon can do in products of this state. He further said that the railways had consented to join the enterprise and that prospects for an excellent show were exceedingly bright. Land shows are on the Chicago will hold. RED GRAVEN STEIN APPLE.—In an orchard of ten acres, at Olga, Orcas Island, San Juan County, Washington, are 50 Gravenstein trees, which have been bearing about ten years. On one of the trees, starting from the main trunk and aliout three feet from the ground, is a limb which from the time the tree commenced to bear, has produced these beautiful apples. This is called by horticulturists a sport, and is of very rare occur- rence. We call the apple the Red Gravenstein because it has the Gravenstein flavor, the Graven- stein shape, the Gravenstein core and ripens at the same time. In fact it is a Gravenstein in every way except color. We have top-worked 68 trees to this apple, Ifi of which are bearing, an
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