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Will you, Mr. Kdltor, please state to your readers your opinion of the display, and 

 urge their attention to this Important matter of advertising our .State as no other State Is 

 attempting to do. L. A. Goodman, 



Sec. Mo. State Hort. Society, Exposition Bl'd'g, St. Louis. 



Fruit at the Exposition. 



Editor Rural World— 1 wish to let you, and through you, the friends of the Horticul- 

 tural Society, know of the success of our fruit show. About August 1 I came to St. l.ouls 

 and unpacked all the fruit In glass jars that were exhibited at Chicago. The same fixtures 

 we liad at Chicago were painted up and put In first class shape for the reception of the 

 fruits. 



The Exposition management deserve great credit for the faithful manner In which 

 they have carried out their promise to "put in St. Louis the Missouri woi'ld's fair exhibit. ' ' 

 We have, therefore, not only the space we had In Chicago, but more than double, and have 

 It all nicely arranged for our display. On opening night, thei'efore, we had not only the 

 Chicago exhibit, occupying more than double the space we had there, but In addition we 

 had over 5(X) plates of fresh fruit on the tallies. These fruits were from many parts of the 

 State, and embraced all the apples from Ked June and Early Harvest to the Ken Davis and 

 Willow Twig; from the Wild Goose to the Damson plums; from Champion and Telegraph 

 to the Catawba and Goethe of the grape, and from the Doyenne D'Ete to the Keiflfer of the 

 pear. We have been delighted with the response to our call for members to send In fruit. 



It was with some little misgivings that we asked so largely from our fruit men, but 

 they have responded nobly from fifteen counties of the State— Buchanan, Bates, Clay, Cass, 

 DeKalb, Greene, Holt, Jackson, Jasper, Lafayette, Laclede, Oregon, St. Louis, Pike and 

 Ray. 



Evergreens have been donated by our nurserymen for tlie decoration of our tables, 

 and palms and pot-plants by E. H Michel and Young .fe Co. for the same purpose. 



We have on the tables already some as fine specimens of apples and pears as you see 

 a month later than this. All fruits that come from anyone county are kept strictly together" 

 so that It will get the benefir of the display A list is kept of every man's name and fruit, 

 so that it may appear in the record, and also on the card on the table. 



Send fruits direct to me, care St. Louis Exposition, during the whole forty days, la 

 order that our tables may grow better and better as later apples mature. People are 

 already opening tlielr eyes to the beauty of our apples, and buyers are asking where they 

 can buy them. We depend as before on our good fruit-growers not only to keep up our dis- 

 play, but make It grander and more complete day by day, until we shall have fifty counties 

 represented befoi'e the close of the Exposition. L A.Goodman. 



The Missouri Fruit Show. 



Journal of Agriculture. 



A view of the display of Missouri fruits at the St. Louis exposition revives memories 

 of the great horticultural exhibit at the World's fair. In fact, the display of Missouri 

 fruits at the Exposition will be larger than it was at the World's fair, for It includes the 

 1200 jai-s that were at Chicago, and much fruit besides. Some fine fruits of this year's 

 growth have already arrived and been put In position, and before many days pass a large 

 number of other counties will be represented. 



Xo enterprising fruit-grower can afford to let such an opportunity of advertising the 

 horticultural resources of his county pass. Select the best specimens of the various kinds 

 of fruits, observe Mr. Goodman's directions for packing, shipping, etc., and send at once. 

 The expense of shipping will be paid here. 



Horticulture In Missouri has already attained large proportions, but it is yet in Its 

 Infancy. Tens of thousands of acres of clieap fruit lands are waiting for the man of energy 

 and determination; and the man possossing these qualities, tliough poor in money, can 

 find In horticulture a much better and easier life than in the tread-mill grind of the over- 

 crowded city. Tens of thousands of people from this and other states will attend the Expo- 

 sition, and we hope no one will fail to see the Missouri fruit exhibit. 



