. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. igii BETTER FRUIT Page 4p three varieties shown singly, but in the prizewinning entry of mixed lots in this class there were eighteen varieties. In the unmi.ed 10-box lots there were nine- teen varieties, twenty-four in the 5-box, thirty-seve.n in the 1-box and eighty in the plate exhibits. Fifteen counties were represented, ranging from Modoc, in the extreme northeast corner of the state, southward seven hundred miles to Los Angeles, and the fact that to exhibitors from counties lying wholly outside of the Pajaro Valley and the apple district centering in Wat-
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. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. igii BETTER FRUIT Page 4p three varieties shown singly, but in the prizewinning entry of mixed lots in this class there were eighteen varieties. In the unmi.ed 10-box lots there were nine- teen varieties, twenty-four in the 5-box, thirty-seve.n in the 1-box and eighty in the plate exhibits. Fifteen counties were represented, ranging from Modoc, in the extreme northeast corner of the state, southward seven hundred miles to Los Angeles, and the fact that to exhibitors from counties lying wholly outside of the Pajaro Valley and the apple district centering in Wat- sonville, one hundred won first and thirty second prizes were awarded, is conclusive evidence of the high quality of the fruit grown throughout the state. Thirteen . of the carload lots were shown by local packers; two were exhibited by the Gravenstein Apple Show Association, of Sebastopol, Sonoma County, as agent for the growers. _The displays made by Sonoma, Toulumne, El Dorado, Butte, Modoc and San Luis Obispo Counties were of such magnitude and exceptional quality as to attract universal attention and commendation. The variety, color, size and quality of the apples brought from these counties were such as are rarely equaled and never surpassed. For example, Sebastopol made 4.5 entries, 1, 385 packed boxes and IS plates, showing fourteen standard varie- ties. These entries were awarded 20 first and 9 second prizes, and the average score for the 1, 38.5 boxes was 95 7-10 per cent. Tuolumn.fe County, with 75 entries, 61 plates and, 14 boxes, including 30 varieties, carried away 34 first and 10 second prizes. El Dorado County, with 78 entries, 64 boxes and 46 plates, was awarded 24 first and 2 second prizes. The board of judges was composed of Mr. George E. Rowe, Grand Rapids, Michi- gan, as chief judge, with Mr. George C. Roeding, Fancher Creek Nursery, of Fresno, California, and Mr. A. Levy, of San Francisco, California, all men of more than twenty years' experience in the busi