214 State Horticultural Society. 



they should at once go forward into the cold storage, so that they can 

 quickly be cooled off. A wait of two weeks before going into storage 

 is often fatal to the fruit. Within a day or two after packing they should 

 be hustled off to cold storage. 



We shall provide storage for one car of 200 barrels at Artesian Ice 

 and Cold Storage Co., St. Joseph, one at Armour Packing Co. cold 

 storage, Kansas City, one at Springfield Ice and Cold Storage Co., Spring- 

 field, and two at St. Louis Refrigerating and Cold Storage Co., St. Louis, 

 so that we can easily and quickly get them into storage. 



In all this, remember well that quality is what is wanted as well as 

 quantity. Barrels may be made up of one, two, six, eight or more vari- 

 eties. If it be more convenient oftimes to fill a barrel with a number 

 of varieties, then do so, but be sure they are up to the standard. Many 

 times it will be more convenient to have a variety in the barrel, when we 

 are putting them on the table. Quality first, quantity second. 



SUMMARY, 



1. Good, sound, hard, ripe fruit. 



2. Large, smooth, free from scab and worm m'arks. 



3. Stem, calyx, bloom on the fruit. 



4. Handled w ith the greatest of care and as little as possible. 



5. Wrapped at once in tissue and then in wax paper also. 



6. Packed closely in boxes or baskets or barrels suitable for the 

 fruit. 



7. Shipped at once to the nearest place designated. 



8. Marked with owner's name, postoffice, county and the variety 

 of fruit. 



9. From the tree to the box or barrel. 



B. H. BoNFOEY, Ch'm. 

 L. A. Goodman, Supt. 



Wrappers will be furnished from St. Louis, 712 North Main, or 

 Kansas City, corner Seventh and Wyandotte, on application. 



FOURTH CIRCULAR. 



MISSOURI At the wori.d's fair. 



Later another circular was sent out by the commission, entitled 

 "Missouri at the World's Fair," and under the department of horticul- 

 ture, these directions, rules and requests were repeated. Also some ad- 

 ditional points were touched upon. 



