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Cook County, III., said they had frozen up long enough in the north, and 

 were eoine into Southern Missouri to look out homes for themselves 

 and friends. 



Thus so soon are seen practical results from this grand display of 

 Missouri products. 



THE NORTHERN COUNTIES. 



One other point seems to astonish people as they inquire about fruit 

 lands, that up near the northwest corner of the state, at the Iowa and 

 Nebraska line, on the " Loess" formation of the Missouri river bluffs, it 

 is possible to produce such wonderful apples as are shown from Holt 

 County. The fact is that on those " Loess hills" there is one of the 

 grandest apple regions in all the west. It seems to be the end of the good 

 fruit lands of the northwest. Here is the best market in all the whole 

 western country, for the people of Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and the whole 

 northwest are anxious to get every bushel of fruit that the growers can 

 give them, and at very remunerative prices, too. 



Again, the question is asked by hundreds of people, "Is not this fruit 

 show a new thing ?" In regard to this exposition, of course it is, and a 

 very pleasing one, too. But as to being a new thing for the state so- 

 ciety, it is by no means. Around the room are seen hanging some 

 twenty or more certificates of awards, many of them from the World's 

 Fair at New Orleans, one for the " best and largest collection of apples 

 grown in the southern district," one for the "best collection of lOO va- 

 rieties of apples," one for the " best collection oi 50 varieties of apples," 

 and seventeen other certificates for varieties shown. Besides these are 

 shown one gold medal from the World's Fair, two Wilder medals for 

 large displays made at the American Pomological Society, one medal 

 from the Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society for the largest collec- 

 tion of apples made at their opening show here in St. Louis at its or- 

 ganization. 



The visitor is also shown two diplomas from the St. Louis Fair As- 

 sociation for the " best and largest collections of fruits," one for the 

 year 1885 and one for the year 1886. 



NEVER TOOK SECOND. 



Besides all these, the society holds four other medals and has made 

 many shows in different parts of the United States, and has never yet 

 taken second place in any of the awards given. The enthusiastic of- 



