210 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



0^yillg to the limited amount of money at our disposal it 

 was necessary to use the most rigid economy in getting the 

 fruit. A price per barrel was decided on at the State Fair 

 and our members who had a fruit crop this year responded 

 very generously, although the money paid for the fruit, con- 

 sidering the necessary selection, care, and packing, was less 

 than the regular market price for the same quality of fruit. 



To the following members of the Society we are indebted 

 for prompt and generous exhibits: 



Marshall Bros., of Arlington. 



Isaac Pollard & Son, of Nehawka. 



E. F. Stephens, of Crete. 



K. H. Davev, of Blair. 



T. P. Brown, of Florence. 



G. S. Christy, of Johnson. 



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Arnold ]\[artin, of DuBois. 



These members packed and shij^ped the fruit to the Bloom- 

 er Ice and Cold Storage Company of Council Bluffs, where it 

 was cared for until the opening of the congTess free of charge. 

 It is worthy of note that in all cases where fruit was put in 

 in good condition it came out and stood the week of the con- 

 gress, and part of the exhibit was repacked and shipped to 

 Lincoln Cold Storage for this meeting. 



In selecting fruit for this meeting we were handicapped 

 by not having the permanent premium list, as they sent out 

 an early prospectus of the meeting, and the one we showed 

 under was not issued until all fruit for exhibition purposes 

 was gathered and in cold storage. For instance, one of the 

 trophies was given for the best 25 boxes of five varieties, five 

 boxes of each. Had we known this we might have added some 

 to the premiums we were able to take and given a little more 

 advertisement to the Nebraska fruit growers. As it was we 

 showed in as many places as was possible for the Society to 

 get in and won some premiums. 



We received an award of a gold medal for the most artistic 

 display, which was a table about 40 feet long with the word 



