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Horticultural Building at the Pan-American Exposition yesterday. The 

 pleasing odor of the lucious fruit permeated the whole building, and 

 lumdreds of visitors stood before the exhibit, breaking the tenth com- 

 mandment and wishing that they could become possessors of at least a 

 small part of the display. The berries were shipped by the Monett Berry 

 Growers' Association. 



In the display are 16,400 quarts, and they were shipped by freight, 

 leaving Missouri six days ago. The berries look as fresh as if they 

 liad been picked Monday. Every berry is perfect, and upon examining 

 the baskets it will be found that each berry is large, whether found in 

 the top, bottom or middle of the box. In this the display differs from the 

 Eastern market berry, where, without fail, large berries remain on the 

 top of a basket and small ones work to the bottom. 



BERRYLAND. 



The berries come from the gardens of Southern Missouri, and there 

 are seventeen exhibitors. Commissioner Bell says : "The principal berry 

 points are in Southwestern Missouri, at Monett, Sarcoxie, Peirce City, 

 Neosho, Carthage, Springfield and Missouri. In the exhibit at the Ex- 

 position are nine varieties — Gandy, Burbach No. 5, Aroma, Phillips, 

 Seedling, Saunders, Star, \\'arfield, Haverland, Clyde. — From Buft'alo 

 Courier. 



Mr. Erwin : I would like for Mr. Goodman, or some one who is 

 familiar Avith the work, to tell us about the time and how to pack and 

 all about it. 



]\Ir. L. A. Goodman : Peahes must be ripe, not soft. Put in one- 

 third bushel boxes or a four-basket crate, each holding about one-half 

 a peck. Wrap in tissue paper, wrap good and pack in so that they can 

 not move. That is the way we sent them to Chicago and Omaha and 

 they carried there alright. 



Mr. Erwin : Suppose we should find a fine, big cluster of peaches, 

 would you pick them oft' or could you pack them whole?" 



Mr. Goodman : I do not think it is necessary to send them in clus- 

 ters. You can't ship them in cluster very well. You would have to be 

 very careful in wrapping them in cotton batting and see that the stems 

 were all wrapped, and then if they were not very careful in unwrapping 

 them they would pull them off. 



Mr. Erwin: Would you pick the peaches from the stem or leave it 

 with it? 



