SUGGESTIONS TO EXHIBITORS OF FRUIT AT MINN. STATE FAIR. 3II 



ate paper packages, keeping the different entries separate as hereto- 

 fore described. They would come in better condition, however, if 

 placed in single layers with paper, cotton batten or other suitable ma- 

 terial between the layers. Under no circumstances put a large quan- 

 tity together in a box or basket and carry them loosely. Remember, 

 bruises on fruit, if not apparent immediately, become so in a day or 

 two and rapidly grow worse. 



Shipping. — The best way to get fruit to the fair is for the ex- 

 hibitor to bring it himself, which he should always do when possible. 

 The next best way is to send it by express, charges prepaid, directed 

 to himself, "Horticultural Department, State Fair, Hamline, Minn." 

 Shipments by freight require too much time and are not as well 

 handled. 



Entry Tags. — Before beginning the work of arranging the fruit 

 at the fair, secure the entry tags at the office of the secretary of the 

 fair, SO that they may be placed with the exhibits as fast as they are 

 set up. It will be noticed that the entry tags are marked to be torn 

 in half, and if it is the purpose of the exhibitor to arrange with some 

 Other person to remove the exhibit at the close of the fair the lower 

 half of the tag should be secured by the exhibitor and given to the 

 person who is to get the fruit, with the proper order to the superin- 

 tendent, so that there may be no mistake about it. 



Putting in Place. — In placing apples on exhibition at the fair, 

 put four specimens upon each plate in a uniform way, preferably 

 with the stem up, having one apple on top of the other three, and 

 with two of the three lower apples facing the front, taking pains al- 

 ways to present the most attractive side of the apple to the front also. 

 (Crab apples require six to the plate, which may be placed in a single 

 layer.) Arrange the plates in the exhibit at a uniform distance from 

 the front edge of the shelf and at a uniform distance apart, allowing 

 about a half-inch space between the plates where there is room to 

 spare. In arranging a collection, by placing the different varieties 

 according to color and size the exhibitor can get a better effect than 

 when placed on the table at haphazard. For instance, the plates of 

 the smallest apples might be put on the lower shelf, those of the next 

 size immediately above on the next shelf, and so on, with the largest 

 apples on the upper shelf. A very nice effect in color may be pro- 

 duced by making every other plate of a yellowish color and the bal- 

 ance reddish, or by alternating colors in the rows. Arrangement is 

 a matter of taste for the exhibitor, and as taste shown in the arrange- 

 ment of the exhibits is considered by the judges, it is worth while 

 to pay considerable attention to this. 



