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H. T. Kclsey — St. Joseph. 

 Stark Bros — Louisiana. 

 Chas. Patterson — Kirksville. 

 Colman's Rural World — St. Louis. 

 Blair & Kaufman — Kansas City. 

 C. H. Fink — Lamar. 



Nearly two hundred evergreens were furnished, planted in pails and 

 used for decorating the hall. All praise is due to our nurserymen for thus 

 liberally donating the ornamental for our use. 



In giving this list of names of those who have so nobly assisted in 

 our fruit display, I find it impossible to mention all those in our counties 

 where our local societies are at work, and have given due credit to the 

 societies where there are such. But I believe that I have given the names 

 of all others, and, if there be any omission, it is because of over-sight in 

 the hurry of arrangement. 



But whoever has had a part in this great display, can rest assured 

 that our Society fully appreciated all the work which has been done by 

 our members, and that they may be sure they have assisted to show our 

 state fruits as they never were before shown. The result of this will be 

 a great prominence of our fruit interests in the future. 



Foremost among our helpers has been Colman's Rural World, and 

 what they say about the result, the benefits and the value of such work^ 

 as well as the long efforts in bringing this matter to such a satisfactory 

 conclusion, shall be stated in some clippings taken from the Rural : 



THE MISSOURI FRUIT SHOW. 



THE OUTCOME. 



We have presented herein a view of the Great Show of Fruit 

 made by the Missouri State Horticultural Society at the Exposition Hall 

 in St. Louis during the past autumn. The engraving gives but a partial 



