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Labels. — After the fruit is in place, labels, printed as far as pos- 

 sible, should be secured of the management, and one placed on each 

 plate of fruit, using the label pins also provided. The labels should 

 be put on with evenness, taking care that each one stands erect and 

 faces squarely to the front, to produce a handsome effect. Don't 

 ivrite the name of the variety on the plate containing it. 



Regulations. — It will be noticed that the words "must" and 

 "must not" occur frequently in the regulations of the horticultural 

 department as published in the premium list. It is the duty of the 

 management to strictly enforce these regulations, and the exhibitor 

 who takes pains to inform himself in regard to them — and they are 

 easily understood — will find it greatly to his advantage, Special at- 

 tention is called to the regulation requiring fruits to be in place 

 before the fair opens. 



Personal Attendance. — It is desirable that every exhibitor should 

 arrange his fruit himself, and in the case of large exhibits it is abso- 

 lutely necessary. Small exhibits received from parties living at a 

 distance from the fair are placed on exhibition by the manage- 

 ment if the proper entries have been made and the superintendent 

 notified beforehand, but such fruits should always be directed to the 

 superintendent of the department at the state fair and received in 

 time to put on exhibition before the fair opens. 



It is always a great advantage to the exhibitor to be present and 

 set up his own exhibit and to remain with it at the fair as long as 

 possible. It is the presence of the fruit growers of the state with 

 their exhibits that renders the horticultural department of so much 

 practical value to the public, who are often there for the purpose of 

 getting information in regard to fruit raising, and this can be secured 

 in no other way so well as by personal contact with those who are 

 engaged in the business. 



In the case of a collection, the exhibitor might display his name 

 and address on a printed or neatly written placard tacked to the side 

 of the table just below the exhibit. It undoubtedly adds to the in- 

 terest of the public to know where and by whom the fruit was 

 grown. 



Japanese Snowbali^s. —The good old fashioned snowball that used to 

 be in every yard is probably doomed, says a writer in T/ie Garden 3Iao^azi7ie. 

 The aphides, or plant lice, cause the leaves to curl so that they lose their beauty, 

 and the flowers are not nearly as large as they should be. People could spray 

 them, but they won't. Its place will be taken by the Japanese snowball, which 

 has a smaller flower but better foliage and habit. The common snowball 

 does not make fruit, but the single form has scarlet fruits which are beautiful 

 from August through the winter and are not eaten by birds. Those of the 

 Japanese species begin to color by the end of July and are most attractive in 

 their scarlet stage before they turn to bluish black. There are twenty-six 

 other species of Viburnum worth cultivating, and most of them beautiful in 

 flower, fruit and autumn colors. 



