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son of Utica, E. L. Alason of Trenton, George Meyer of Orchard 

 Farm, Henry ]\Ieyer of Bridgeton, J. C. Whitten of Columbia, H. 

 •Goehrig of Boonville, M. Butterlield of Farmington, Wild Bros, of 

 Sarcoxie, C. W, Steiman of Dalton, T. H. Todd of New Franklin, 

 C. C. Bell of Boonville, S. Y. Thornton of Blackwater, A. J. Davis 

 of Jefiferson City, G. W. Null of Alaryville, \V. II. Skinner of Bethany, 

 ■C. Jewell of Nevada, B. F. Stuart of Rushville, S. P. Bailey of Ver- 

 sailles, C. H. Dutcher of Warrensburg, B. H. Bonfoey of Unionville, 

 Homan & Davis of Easton, G. H. Shepard of Lamonte, R. E. Down- 

 ing of Bowling Green, A. W. Zimmerman of Amazonia, J. E. Roberts 

 of Marysville, L. H. Tucker of Marshall, L. T. Davis of ^liami, J. E. 

 Gladdish of Higginsville, Ozark Orchard Co., Goodman & Lanagan, 

 J. Daniels of Lake City, II. W. Cook of Potosi and L. J. Slaughter of 

 Grain Valley. 



When we reached the spring of 1904 the problem then presented 

 Avas the plan to secure ripened fruit for display upon the tables during 

 the AVorld's Fair. For this purpose a circular was prepared and sent 

 to the fruit growers throughout the State making an appeal for a con- 

 tinued supply of best ripened fruits in the State during the period of 

 the A\^orld's Fair, and also giving explicit instructions as to the method 

 of packing this fruit and the shipment of same by express to L. A. 

 Goodman, Horticultural Bldg., World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo. The 

 result of this circular and the personal correspondence of Mr. Good- 

 man was to create great interest among the fruit growers throughout 

 the State in sending their best ripened fruit to the World's Fair. 

 Again, the fruit growers were able to furnish and did furnish a large 

 and very representative class of this fruit which filled the tables of the 

 Missouri Exliibit during the AVorld's Fair. In this general way the 

 fruits secured carried out the ideas and plans of this department, to 

 show the wonderful possibilities of Missouri's commercial fruit 

 growing. 



The result of this organization, preparation and constant work 

 was to finally install the finest, most complete, most unique and most 

 artistic fruit exhibit ever made anywhere. Just within the main 

 entrance of the Palace of Horticulture was located the Missouri ex- 

 hibit and around its 7,700 square feet of floor space was an imposing 

 facade charmingly decorated by fruits, flowers, statuary and other 

 adornments. Encircling it, upon an elevated track ran a miniature 

 fruit train, furnished by the Frisco railroad, loaded with the various 

 Missouri fruits in their season. On tables, in glass jars, cases and on 

 specially designed plates, ]\Iissouri's ^splay of fruit occupied this 



