Bulletin No. 2. 209 



BULLETIN NO. 2, OF THE NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY, WITH VOL. 37, 1906. 



It is the intention of the Nebraska State Horticultural Society, now 

 that we have established an open office in the Capitol building, at Lin- 

 coln, to issue monthly bulletins of current interest on general horticult*- 

 ural matters. The bulletins of each month will deal with work ap- 

 propriate for that month. 



Bulletin No. 1 contains a list of the different fruit districts of the 

 state, with a list of fruits and ornamentals recommended for planting in 

 each district. Extra copies of these bulletins may be secured by ad- 

 dressing the secretary. 



Membership in the society is open to all who are interested in hor- 

 ticulture. The fee for annual membership is $1.00, for life member- 

 ship, $5.00. For further information, address the secretary. 



L. M. RUSSELL, 



Lincoln, Neb. 



PICKING, PACKING AND SHIPPING FRUIT FOR EXHIBITION 



PURPOSES. 



By J. H. Hadkinson, Benson. 



Picking and preparing fruit for exhibition purposes is an art that 

 can be mastered only with practice and careful observation. 



An exhibitor looks at his fruit on the tree or bush and says to 

 himself, "Well, I have got some good apples," pears, plums or peaches, 

 as the case may be, and feels that if he exhibits his fruit, he is sure of a 

 premium. He gees to work and picks, generally packing the fruit 

 loosely in a box or basket, as comes handiest to him, never thinking 

 that shipping fruit loosely will bruise it, and the judge of the exhibit 

 will not take into consideration the cause of these bruises when com- 

 paring this with the other exhibition fruit, which the judge himself will 

 admit is smaller or slightly inferior in some other way, but not so much 

 so as to be equal to the bruises, therefore, winning out and the exhibitor 

 with the bruised fruit feels hurt. 



The following recommendations for picking, collecting, etc., may- 

 be applied to single as well as collective exhibits. When one has made 

 up his mind to exhibit (which ought to be at an early date, for we are 



