260 NEBRASKA STATE HOUTICULTL UAL SOCIETY. 



''Nebraska" stands out iu big, bold red letters nearly two feet 

 tall. 



None of the table exhibits at the exposition attracted more 

 attention than those comprising the Nebraska entries. The 

 fruit was piled on the tables with such prodigality that little 

 of the white cloth covering could be seen in a side view. 

 Clearly defined color schemes were followed in the arrange- 

 ment of the displays on all of the tables. On the central one, 

 showing the name, a deep border of light Grimes Golden and 

 Greenings served as a frame for the fruit mosaic it sur- 

 rounded. Unfortunately the number of prizes possible to be 

 awarded was greatly reduced by the sacrifice of varieties to 

 carry out the beautiful artistic color scheme designed by the 

 artists who arranged the exhibit. Nebraska might easily have 

 added a hundred varieties, all prize winners, but the many 

 colors would have spoiled the beautiful picture. If the judges 

 had been guided by the opinion so universally expressed by 

 the delighted visitors, the Nebraska exhibit would have won 

 many more of the big prizes than were accorded. Each ai)ple 

 was a perfect specimen of its kind, without a blemish, and 

 colored by the subtle chemistry of the sun into the richest 

 offering that a well-cared for tree could give its master. A 

 comparison of all of the varieties shown indicated that they 

 measured up fully to the best rating for same varieties gTown 

 under the perfect conditions and skillful care of the world's 

 standards from the northwestern apple districts, proving that 

 Nebraska apple growers can produce as fine grade fruit, in 

 favorable years, as the best grown elsewhere. 



The principal exhibits were made by the Nebraska State 

 Horticultural Society and were awardc^l some of the best 

 prizes offered by the national congress. These included the 

 beautiful solid silver cup offered by the Council BlutYs Grape 

 Growers' Association for the best general display of fruit 

 made by any State Horticultural Society. The cup was one 

 of the most elalwrate of the many valuable trophies offerf^l, 

 and cost at the factorv more than |.300. It was won not alom- 



