Show T NATIONAL APPLE SHOW The Tho national apple show held at In December was a ro success So remarkable was wa waIt It ft that it settled at once the question or a similar exhibit for 1909 md and for this are arc already alread un tin under tinder der wa waAt way At the 1908 show there were In premIums awarded and there were I more than paid admissions to tolie the lie show The best carload exhibit of apples obtained a cash premium of 1000 and was sold to a firm In Lher pool his carload of oC apples was from matcher Wash and contained boxes or apples and scored DG 6 14 11 points out of a possible The Theother Theother I other day dar a man in the Wenatchee country refused an acre for Cor his I fi apple orchard Like In Instances stances of these great grent prices are arc found in III the Yakima Walla Walla Bitter BlUtH Root Hoot and other fruit sectIons The Ore Oregon son gon Idaho British ColumbIa and Mon Ion Montana tana country countr Is It a natural fruIt region for other fruits than apples Cherries In this vear are arc as large as plums The value of the fruit cro crop in the tho Inland empire of the th first three named states In was The Tho state of alone has haM acres In 10 orchards most or of young and not yet In bearing I There are less apples raised in the United States today than there wore were fifteen years cars ago and wo we are export nr If them lii In 1895 we produced barrels and In 1908 In 19 1902 we exported 2 bushels o of apples In bushels The apples will soon bo be the tho national fruit of America The apple show for 10 anything of the kind ever eyer seen It Il will be held at Spokane the heart o othe of the northwest fruit country probably I In November or December and It H will willbe be open to the world AW from everywhere vill bo be on exhibition and andI I It will not only bo be an educational and Inspirational sight but will afford au an opportunity to compare the tho eastern eastorn southern and western apples that wIll wIllbo willbe bo be of oC untold value to horticulture Ap Appie pie growers all over the country should keep In mind the tho national apple show for lIO and arrange arrango to have exhibits prepared for competition |