. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 64 BETTER FRUIT September FOURTH ANNUAL APPLE SHOW HELD AT SPOKANE TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS in cash premiums and gold and silver trophies will be awarded in cum- petitions. free and open to all. at the Fourth National Apple Show in Spokane. Washington. November 23 to 30. inclu- sive. In addition, there will be a series of growers" conventions, practical dem- onstrations and country life meetings, at which men and women of recognized ability in horticulture will discuss mod- ern methods. Other features to be pro- vided are street festivals and celebra- ti
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 64 BETTER FRUIT September FOURTH ANNUAL APPLE SHOW HELD AT SPOKANE TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS in cash premiums and gold and silver trophies will be awarded in cum- petitions. free and open to all. at the Fourth National Apple Show in Spokane. Washington. November 23 to 30. inclu- sive. In addition, there will be a series of growers" conventions, practical dem- onstrations and country life meetings, at which men and women of recognized ability in horticulture will discuss mod- ern methods. Other features to be pro- vided are street festivals and celebra- tions to commemorate the formal open- ing of the Monroe Street bridge, the largest single span of concrete reinforced construction in the world, and the Inland Empire's thanksgiving for the b'''unti- ful crops. Business men and residents of Spokane have subscribed $ to guarantee the coming exprisitirm and provide for the demonstrations by practical growers, showing the various stages of modern commercial orcharding from breakmg the raw land, setting trees, cultivating, pruning and spraving to harvesting and marketing the crop. Arrangements have been completed to display two million or more of the highest grade products of commercial orchards in the United States and Canada and five experts of interna- tional renown will score the competitive exhibits and award prizes to the suc- cessful growers. The management of the National Apple Show. headed by E. F. Car- tier Van Dissel. has decided to eliminate the sweepstakes contest, the winner of which was awarded .$1,000 in gold at each of the three preceding shows, and in its stead there will be added premiums on carload displays and box exhibits. It is thought that this plan will be more satisfactory to the growers in the various districts, as it affords an opportunity for every district to win a big prize on the variety scoring the highest number of points. Briefl}' stated, the prize purposes of the National Apple Show, w
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