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The space provided for fruit was completely filled, as well as addi- 

 tional temporary shelving with fruit entered for premiums, and much 

 fruit brought in to be shown was placed under the tables for lack of space 

 to exhibit it. The judges were called into action as the fruit was being 

 arranged, and plates that showed plainly they were out of the running for 

 prizes were placed to one side and finally under the tables. 



As usual the bulk of the exhibit was comprised of apples, but an ex- 

 traordinary showing of pears was in evidence. The people of the state 

 have generally considered pear growing as a failure until within the past 

 few years, when pears have been doing better each year, and the present 

 season the pear crop is of such proportions that they are being shipped in 

 car lots from Otoe, Nemaha and other southeastern counties. Grapes also 

 appeared to good advantage this season, as well as plums. The only de- 

 partment that was not up to the standards of former years was the peach 

 exhibition. The severe weather of two years ago killed almost all of the 

 peach trees in the state. Growers have not lost faith in the peach for 

 Nebraska, however, as evidenced by the talk of planting peach orchards 

 the coming spring. Several prominent fruit growers are now planning to 

 plant commercial peach orchards next year. 



The following counties were represented by county collective exhibits 

 of fruit and rated in the order named: Nemaha by Duncan and Hessel- 

 ine of Peru; Washington by Marshall Bros, of Arlington; Pawnee by C. H. 

 Barnard of Table Rock; Lancaster by R. T. Chambers of Bennet; Otoe by 

 Keyser & Marshall of Wyoming. Premiums on individual collections o>! 

 thirty varieties or more were awarded as follows: 1st, Marshall Bros., 

 130 varieties; 2d, C. H. Barnard, 100 varieties; 3d, Charles B. Camp, 

 Cheney, 80 varieties; 4th, G. S. Christy, Johnson, 60 varieties; 5th, Frank 

 Williams, Tecumseh. 



On fifty plates of summer and fall apples, display and condition to 

 rule, Frank Williams won first place with Striped Gilliflower and Esops 

 Spitzenburg; Ray W. Hesseltine was second with a display of beautifully 

 colored Duchess and Yellow Transparent; Marshall Bros, won third with 

 Maiden's Blush, Wealthy, and Chenango Strawberry; and C. H. Barnard 

 won fourth on Chenango Strawberry. These exhibits occupied the center 

 table of the north wing and attracted more attention than any other 

 classes in the hall. On fifty plates to be judged by the score card, Vel- 

 vick & Whittaker, of Brownville, won first; Marshall Bros, second, Key- 

 ser & Marshall, third, and C. H. Barnard, fourth. 



Premiums of $7, $5, and $3 were offered for the most attractive single 

 plate of any variety of apples. Ray W. Hesseltine won first on a plate 

 of Chenango, Frank Williams second on Striped Gilliflower, and W. 

 Sebering, of Dubois, third on Northwestern Greening. 



On a collection of pears J. E. Atkinson, of Pawnee City, won first 

 prize, Ray W. Hesseltine, second, and C. H. Barnard, third. 



On a collection of plums Marshall Bros, won first, W. F. Sidders, of 

 Lincoln, second, and R. T. Chambers, third. 



On a collection of grapes the first prize went to Peru Fruit Farms of 

 Peru, and Charles B. Camp won the second. 



