Report of Missouri Farmers' Week. 



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ations. In the Missouri show a few entries came in late but there 

 were no disputes. Those who had sent the meat recognized the 

 fact that it was not the fault of the show management that it failed 

 to get there in time. They were disappointed, but not disgruntled. 



MISSOURI APPLES AT FORTY CENTS EACH. 



(A. A. Coult, St. Louis, Mo.) 



Missouri apples got into New York's most exclusive society 

 last winter and established a record for high prices, at forty cents 

 each, notwithstanding that the apple markets in all sections of 

 the country were glutted and prices were so low that many orchards 

 were not picked. 



The apples were raised by A. T. Nelson & Son at Lebanon, 

 Mo., and they received fifteen cents each f. o. b. Lebanon for 6,000 

 of their fancy apples, packed for the exclusive New York hotel 

 trade. 



Each apple was perfect in shape and color, three and one- 

 quarter inches in diameter, with at least two natural leaves at- 



Young ladies wrapping and packing the forty-cent apples, showing the individual boxes 

 packed in a carton and an open carton of the cheaper grade of apples packed 

 in compartments. Also a cover for the carton. 



