462 BOARD QF AGEICULTUKE. 



The ludiana display in the last days of September was one that all 

 Hoosiers might well be proud of. It differed from any other exhibits in 

 the fact that it contained no fruit of the crop of 1903, while some of the 

 State's shows were made up almost altogether of storage fruits of last 

 year's crop. 



Indiana showed a greater variety of the larger fruits than any other 

 and it was gratifying to have the judges come to Indiana to compare and 

 identify fruits from all parts of the building. 



Indiana horticulturists ai"e well up in nomenclature and made very 

 few mistakes in naming the fruit. I call to mind by Mr. Burton, the 

 Bough apple. It was claimed by Mr. Irvin, one of the jurors, to be an 

 old variety by a local name. 



In looking over the exhibits of other States we found whole tables 

 filled with a single variety of one of the leading commercial sorts, as 

 Arkansas Black, Ben Davis, Jonathan, etc., while the greater part of the 

 fruit shown by Indiana was fruit which has a general or local reputa- 

 tion for quality. This I think a compliment to the tastes of her people. 

 They prefer to tickle the palate rather than the eye or fill the purse. 



The pawpaw attracted no little attention and comment. 



The wild nuts drew many questions from the visitors. And the Knox 

 County watermelons were admired by all, without regard to race or color. 



Of the foreign exhibits the ornamental training of fruit trees were 

 the most interesting, and many other features of the horticulture part of 

 the fair were of great interest, but space and time will not permit me to 

 mention them. Upon the whole, every Indiana fruit grower should feel 

 greatly encouraged by the State's success at the World's Fair. 



President Stevens: I wish to add a Avord of explanation. The com- 

 mittee having charge of this exhibit realized the fact, as Mr. Stout has 

 stated, that it ought to retain one person in charge all the time during the 

 entire fair, but as our means was limited it was impossible for us to 

 maintain one person there all the while. There was no individual that 

 could afford to stay there the entire time simply for his expenses, and 

 the only thing we could do was to divide it among the fruit men who 

 could afford to go thei-e for a couple of weeks and carry on this exhibit. 

 The only reason that one person was not put in charge at the beginning 

 was on account of the lack of means. We only had five thousand dollars 

 appropriated for the entire exhibit, for collecting fruits, cold storage, in- 

 stallation, and everything, and so we had to be very economical to carry 

 it on at all. I say these few things by w.ay of explanation. 



We will now hoar from Mr. J. C. Grossman, of Wolcottville. 



J. C. Grossman: I did not take time to write a paper on this sub- 

 ject, because I saw that there were several on for papers and I knew 

 that it would be so thoroughly discussed before my turn came that pos- 



