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else in the Horticultural building, it attracted a great deal of 

 attention and called forth as much comment as Missouri's lavish 

 instillation which of itself cost several thousand dollars. The 

 arbor made an inviting place for visitors to rest and in this way 

 we extended Nebraska's hospitality to a great many people who 

 seemed to appreciate this cool retreat for rest. 



On the morning af April 30th, Nebraska's booth was ready for 

 visitors and our tables were covered with four hundred plates 

 of choice apples. Prom the opening day until the close we 

 maintained a continuous exhibition of the finest specimens of 

 fruit grown in the state. Of course we relied upon our stock 

 of cold storage apples mostly from which the tables were cov- 

 ered up until the 1904 crop of apples were ready for use. 



Acting on the advice of Hon. Peter Youngers who was Super- 

 intendent of Nebraska's Horticultural exhibit at the Trans-Mis- 

 sissippi Exposition held in Omaha in 1898, I only collected a few 

 varieties of apples for cold storage. The varieties I had in 

 storage was as follows: Jonathans, Grimes Golden, Yellow 

 Bell Flower, Mann, Stark, Genet, Willow Twig, York Imperial, 

 Smith Cider, Northern Spy, Ben Davis and Gano. All of these 

 varieties kept remarkably well in cold storage. We found that 

 when the apples were in good condition when picked, and 

 shipped properly to cold storage they came out in excellent con- 

 dition. The condition in which the apples opened up when 

 taken out of storage was dependent entirely upon their condi- 

 tion when placed in storage. We opened up some Jonathans 

 and Grimes Golden in July that were as crisp and juicy and in 

 apparently as firm condition as when the were gathered from 

 the tree. 



To illustrate the length of time certain leading varieties re- 

 mained on the tables I cite the following instances: April 29th, 

 eleven plates of Yellow Bell Flowers were placed on the tables 

 and remained for fifty-three days, five plates of Jonathans 

 which remained thirty-six days. June 9th, nine plates of G. G. 

 Pippins remaining on the tables nineteen days, thirty-four 

 plates of Jonathans remaining twenty-five days, July 9th, six 

 plates of North- West Greenings remaining on the tables fifteen 

 days, thirteen plates of York Imperial remaining on the tables 



