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•the names of the growers of this fruit, keeping a record of them 

 and also attaching to the jars themselves the name of the grower, 

 but from the way in which considerable of this fruit was taken at 

 the summer meeting and the state fair I fear that it has not been 

 found altogether practicable to do this. Such a record, however, 

 has been kept as far as possible, and a list of the names of the 

 contributors and the fruit contributed will appear in the final re- 

 port of the superintendent. Grapes were most too unripe to be 

 taken from those exhibited at the state fair, but some very good 

 specimens have been secured since. 



All this fruit has been put up b}" Mr. Harold Cuzner, at the 

 State Experiment Station, under the supervision of Prof. S. B. 

 Green. Up to the present time it is looking well, and we believe the 

 various processes that have been used, adapted to these various 

 fruits, will enable us to put up a fine display of this character. 



Quite a quantity of apples have also been secured and placed in 

 cold storage for use during the spring and summer months, from 

 the opening of the exposition until fresh apples can be had in August. 

 One hundred twenty-five bushels in all have been stored, more than 

 tw-ice what was saved for the Columbian Exposition. These include 

 all the leading varieties of apples grown in our state. A full list of 

 this fruit and of those from whom it was secured will also be pub- 

 lished. The management at this time are especially desirous to se- 

 cure a farther quantity of late keeping apples, it being considered a 

 question as to whether the Wealthy apples now in storage are going 

 to keep in good condition until they are needed, appearances at this 

 time being somewhat against it. Any of the members having apples 

 in good condition that are suitable for this purpose would confer 

 a favor by speaking to the writer in regard to it. 



A desirable space for the Minnesota exhibit has been secured 

 near the northeast corner of Horticultural Hall and facing in part 

 the observatory, which lies to the east of Horticultural Hall and be- 

 tween it and the intramural railway. The outline is irregular, it 

 being forty feet on the front and all kinds of shapes in the rear ; its 

 greatest depth, however, is eighteen feet. The present plan is to 

 erect on this a structure somewhat similar to the one now standing 

 in Horticultural Hall at the state fair and with a gallery above for 

 the benefit of visitors. There will also be a space in the rear of the 

 exhibit — which is as much of a front as the so-called front, as the 

 space has wide aisles on all sides of it — which will be a sort of open 

 office on the level of the floor. This will be suitably railed off and 

 provTided with some convenient seats, probably a set of the reports 

 of the society and other equipments, as seems advisable. Part of the 



