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ANNUAL SHOWS AND A^^A^ARDS 



ANNUAL FRUIT SHOW. 

 C. G. Marshall. 



The annual fruit show, held in Lincoln in connection with the meet- 

 ing of the State Horticultural Society during the week of January 20, 

 was the largest apple show ever staged in Nebraska, and one of the 

 largest held this season between the Rocky mountains and the Atlantic 

 ocean. Almost 1,000 bushel boxes were on exhibit, as well as hundreds 

 of plates of five apples each. A solid bank of boxed apples extending 

 from the balcony to the floor and the entire length of the city auditorium 

 was placed on the north side. This section contained approximately a 

 carload. Next to it were two pyramids quite as long and supporting 

 almost another carload. 



The display was an eye-opener to Nebraska people who visited the 

 show, as well as to visitors and judges from other states. These apples 

 were carefully packed, every apple having its place in the box just as 

 the fruit of the Northwest Is put up. It was demonstrated to the sat- 

 isfaction of all visitors that Nebraska apples when properly grown and 

 carefully graded and packed are just as attractive as apples grown in 

 any section. Many visitors remarked that they had visited the great 

 apple shows of the West and Northwest but never had they seen a dis- 

 play of better or more attractive apples. Expressions such as "I did not 

 know that such apples grew in Nebraska" were heard on every side. 



A great array of color was presented. The Grimes' Golden and 

 Northwestern Greening, a rich golden slightly tinted with pink, and the 

 Arkansas Black and Black Twigs, almost black in color, make striking 

 contrasts, while the intermediate shades and colors were represented in 

 the Winesap, Jonathan, Gano, Ben Davis, York Imperial and numerous 

 other varieties. Then the long tables crowded with bright colored carna- 

 tions, roses and violets across the east end and the white and yellow 

 corn on the south side of the auditorium made a combination of beauty 

 surpassing anything ever seen at an exhibition of this kind in Nebraska. 



The cooking demonstrations given in an adjoining room by the do- 

 mestic science department of the University of Nebraska attracted large 

 crowds of ladies at every session. Fruits were prepared in view of the 

 ladies present, the demonstrator explaining each step in the prepara- 

 tion of each dish; small bits were then served to the ladies present. Re- 

 cipe books containing numerous recipes for preparing and serving apples 

 and com were handed out with the compliments of the State Horticul- 

 tural Society and the Corn Improvers' Association. 



Box packing demonstrations were given daily by Professor Laurenz 



