Ti8 State Horticnltnrci Society^ 



in an amateur way also. Here are to be seen all the more prominent 

 fruits of Missouri in an educational exhibit. 



The space occupied by Missouri is much larger than any other 

 state — 7,000 square feet — and is kept entirely filled to its utmost 

 capacity. There are on the tables about forty barrels of apples all 

 the time and from twenty-five to thirty barrels have been used every 

 week during the summer to keep it up to the best standard. During 

 the peach season there were on the tables at one time about fifty 

 ];ushels of peaches. 



Since the opening- of the strawberry season there has been no 

 time but some of the tables have been filled with fruit of their season. 

 Sixty-five varieties of Strawberries, fifteen of Raspberries, twelve of 

 lilackberries, and Currants, Gooseberries and Dewberries in abundance 

 during their season. The Grape season is not passed, and yet over one 

 hundred varieties have been shown. Peaches and Plums of every 

 variety which we grow have been on the tables. Pears and early Apples 

 of their time and season have been on the tables for the education of 

 ihe visitors. Now the later Apples are being in evidence in large 

 quantities and of peculiar beauty and perfection, making the fruit 

 exhibit of Missouri the largest and finest and most comprehensive 

 of any ever shown. 



Lessons learned. The value of care in cold storage. The tem- 

 )>erature of 32 degrees as the best. The keeping qualities of different 

 varieties. The value of adaptation of varieties to different soils and 

 climates and elevation. The variation of varieties in different locali- 

 ties, as to color, size, shape and quality. These and many other ques- 

 tions are presented to the student in horticulture and offers us a fine 

 field for investigation. 



The Horticultural Exhibit at the World's Fair will be the most 

 notable event in Horticultural Exhibitions that we have ever had, and 

 with the record kept by the judges, as they are keeping, this exhi- 

 bition will be worth much to the fruit interests of the West and to 

 Missouri in particular. 



L. A. GOODMAN, 



Supt. Mo. Hort. Exhibit. 



CARLOAD OF MISSOURI PEACHFS GIVEN AW^AY. 



Thirty thousand ])cople ate peaches in the Horticultural building 

 nt the World's Fair on Monday, August 15. The unique feast was 



