REPORT OF STATE HORTICUI,TURIST. Id 



SO noticeable in former years when the show was held in Hor- 

 ticultural Hall and consisted of only horticultural displays and 

 exhibits. 



The Exhibition was carried on after the manner of typical 

 country fairs, with the midway for the most part in the base- 

 ment and the main exhibits, consisting of fruit, vegetables, 

 ornamental shrubs and flowers, birds and animals, on the first 

 and main floor. 



The frutit exhibit attracted by far the most attention and 

 was the principal feature of the fair. The plate exhibits were 

 unusually large and an opportunity was afforded visitors to 

 see some exceptionally good fruit in fancy grades. Beyond 

 these exhibits was the display given by each state, each of 

 which had its own representative booth. The Vermont man- 

 agement should be given a great deal of credit for the manner 

 in which the fruit from that state was displayed and adver- 

 tised, and the plan of giving away a Vermont apple with each 

 ticket on certain days proved to be an excellent one. 



The Connecticut display was made up of some excellent 

 fruit, but the plan of sorting over i,ooo barrels, from one or 

 two orchards, for an exhibit of 50 boxes, hardly seems a prac- 

 tical method for the average fruit grower to adopt. 



The Rhode Island and Massachusetts displays consisted 

 mostly of fruit from one or two large growers of each state, 

 and was undoubtedly selected in much the same way as the 

 fruit from Connecticut. The Windsor Brothers, from the 

 former state, had exhibits of fancy and commercial fruit packed 

 in both barrels and boxes. Their fruit was of the best quality, 

 as was that of A. A. Marshall of Fitchburg, Mass., whose Mc- 

 intosh Reds are famous throughout New England. 



With the exception of a few plates and boxes, the Maine 

 exhibit was shown in the form of a commercial pack, and as 

 only a few fruit growers were represented and but a small 

 amount of fruit shown, it is plain that steps should be taken 

 very soon to give Maine orchardists more encouragement and 

 incentive to defend and hold the title of the best fruit growing 

 state in New England, which our state rightfully deserves. 



On account of the failure of the show financially, Mr. 

 Brown, the secretary of the management of the Fruit Show, 

 through W. H. Conant, representative from Maine, obtained 



