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large space. Every inch of space was filled with the finest of fruit. 

 Nearly 200 varieties of apples were shown and for nearly five months 

 fresh apples were daily upon the tables, while apples from cold storage 

 were shown for the entire seven months of the Exposition period. 

 Five hundred bushels of apples were given away on Apple Day, Octo- 

 ber 4. Seventy-two varieties of peaches were shown, with fresh 

 peaches on the tables daily from June 15 to December i. Over sixty 

 bushels of different varieties were exhibited at one time, an unex- 

 ampled picture. On August 15, Peach Day, five hundred bushels, a 

 full car load were distributed to visitors. One thousand plates of 

 pears, of forty-eight varieties, were shown from August to Decem- 

 ber I. Among the other fruits shown, were one thousand plates of 

 grapes with 124 varieties, one thousand plates of strawberries with 

 sixty-four varieties, five hundred plates of cherries with twenty-four 

 varieties, four hundred plates of plums with thirty-two varieties, sixty 

 plates of apricots with six varieties, twenty plates of nectarines with, 

 two varieties, one hundred and sixty plates of quinces with six varie- 

 ties, three hundred plates of gooseberries with eight varieties, one 

 hundred plates of currants with six varieties, two hundred plates of 

 raspberries with twenty-four varieties, three hundred plates of black- 

 berries with eight varieties, one hundred plates of dewberries with 

 two varieties, twenty-four plates of mulberries with four varieties, 

 one hundred and twenty plates of huckleberries with two varieties, 

 and one hundred plates of persimmons, pawpaws, crab apples and 

 thorn apples with eighteen varieties. Ten show cases of Missouri 

 nuts, illustrating forty-eight varieties. There were two thousand four 

 hundred jars of fruit in solution, illustrating four hundred and thirty 

 varieties. Altogether six hundred and ninety-four varieties of fresh 

 fruit were shown, a display unequaled by any State or Country. Out 

 of the one hundred and fourteen counties of Missouri, ninety-six were 

 actually represented by fruit. The Missouri Horticultural Society, the 

 individual fruit grower and Horticultural department of the j\Iissouri 

 Agricultural College contributed materially to the sources of the ex- 

 hibit. The exhibit was' beautifully displayed and was especially 

 popular. On its educational side it taught the adaptability of varieties 

 to particular localities, the value of the soils and subsoils, elevation, 

 cultivation, pruning and spraying, packing and marketing and cold 

 storage, and various points which confront every fruit grower. 



This department was under the direction of Commissioner B. H. 

 Bonfoey of Unionville, Mo., and the organization, preparation and 

 installation under Mr. L. A. Goodman of Kansas City, Mo., assisted 

 by Mr. John C. Evans. 



