Show TO 10 TIEI ROYAL PALATE Twenty Boxes of Oregon Apples Started Stared on Their Way to toE European E Twenty boxes of ot Oregon Ole on apples ls were started stared on their way to four Eur European rulers ruler by the Portland Commercial club cluba cub cuba a a few days ago They will be detained In hi New York City Cly for one week during which time they wey will wI be b on exhibition at Maceys l a e s department store in itz j Border or r to let the people of or the te American me metropolis m metropolis see what kind of fruit can be raised out west vest In the meantime the express company Will 1 find out the tle ape specific e address of the king of or Great Gret Brit Britain Brt ain rn am the president of France Fronce the tho em emperor emperor perr of Germany and the czar car of Rue Ilus Russia sia In order that there may he ho no hitch in the delivery delvery delver to the te court tasters tater who wilt will probably examine each box to make sure sur there is no bomb placed in it on the way wa The apples are arc and Newtown Pippins and the boxes are mere ordinary ordinal affairs constructed of Oregon spruce which being a a white and tasteless wood will wI impart no for foreign foreign foreign eign flavor favor to the fruit The express charge on the apples is over 00 or 5 a box box The value of ot the apples In ta Portland is estimated at Si i 4 a n box whIch Is away beyond the price paid or by the tha average a raga Portland housewife The fruit mit fri however has been carefully selected from boxes bOres b that were themselves selected and the th most scrupulous ulous care was as taken that no cud rd ling moth woolly aphis San ToM Jose scale or any other pest pst had reached within a amile amie amile mile mie of it while the fruit frit was wa growing SowIng in m n the he tree tree The shipments are to to reach the tables of r the te respective recipients recipIents tents In time for Christmas dinner The he apples are are Oregon from Hood Rier valley |