THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 33' FEBRUARY, 1905. No. 2. 



MINNESOTA FRUIT EXHIBIT ATTHE WORLD'S FAIR, 

 FINAL REPORT. 



A. W. LATHAM, SUPT. 



The report made to this meeting a year ago at this time 

 brought the Minnesota fruit exhibit down to that date, which in- 

 cluded the storage of fruits and the selection of space for the ex- 

 hibit. The space selected was a five-sided one, some forty-two feet 

 long by eighteen feet wide. Plans were drawn for an installation 

 to occupy this odd shaped space, providing for a principal frontage 

 of about forty feet on the main aisle, lying north of the space. 

 There was of necessity a frontage on each one of the five sides. 

 The installation provided for the use of the two turn-tables which 

 were used at the Chicago exposition, and there were three refriger- 

 ator cases with double glass covers on the side of the principal 

 frontage and two refrigerator cases on the adjacent side facing 

 towards the center of the hall. For a fuller description of these 

 plans see page 99 in the report of this society for 1904. 



The structure to occupy this space was made in Minneapolis 

 and, together with the equipment, was shipped to St. Louis in a 

 car by itself early in March. The last of that month I went to St. 

 Louis in company with Mr. Thos. Redpath and remained there un- 

 til the structure was erected. I returned to Minneapolis early in 

 April, but Mr. Redpath stayed behind to paint the structure and 

 remained there in charge of the exhibit up to the close of the Fair, 

 Dec. I St, rendering service of conspicuous fidelity. About the 

 25th of April I returned to St. Louis and was there until the 7th 

 of May, assisting in preparing the exhibit for opening day, May 

 I St, and completing necessary details. 



Twenty-two bushels of apples were shipped from the cold stor- 

 age in Minneapolis in be placed upon the shelves at the opening 

 of the fair. On opening day, May ist, every feature of the Minne- 

 sota exhibit was in place and complete except that we had not 



