THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 32. JUNE, 1904. No. 6. 



MINNESOTA FRUIT EXHIBIT, WORLD'S FAIR, 

 ST. LOUIS. 



A. W. LATHAMj SUPT. 



When the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (popularly called the 

 World's Fair) opened at noon on April 30th, the Minnesota Fruit 

 Exhibit was complete in all its details. Every plate and glass jar 

 of fruit and plant which has a part in the display was in place at 

 noon of that day, and the Minnesota exhibit appeared as shown in 

 the pictures accompanying this report, with the exception that some 

 days later the flag seen hanging above the exhibit, bearing the words, 

 "Fruits of Minnesota," was placed there, and a couple of chairs and 

 a table were also placed within the rail. 



A number of other state exhibits were either completed or nearly 

 so on opening day. Pennsylvania touches elbows with Minnesota 

 in the Horticultural Hall ortthe southwest, and New York adjoins 

 the Minnesota exhibit on the south. The structure belonging to 

 the latter state is to be seen in one of the accompanying pictures 

 and will be recognized by the name of the state upon the exhibit. 

 Both of these exhibits had some fruit on them on opening day, the 

 flat tables used by the New York exhibit being covered with apples, 

 which were, however, moved on the following Monday to permit the 

 completion of the structure. The Washington exhibit is located 

 next to the Minnesota exhibit on the east. Nothing had been done 

 as to the display of this state except to erect a. structure in the center 

 of the space allotted to it, and the boxes containing the Washington 

 exhibit were still unopened when I came away. Some of these boxes 

 are shown to the left of the turntable in the same picture in which 

 the New York installation appears. Next to the New York space 

 on the south is the Illinois exhibit ; nothing was on exhibition there. 

 Beyond that to the south is the Missouri space, where no fruit was 

 displayed opening day, as the structure they are building was not 

 nearly completed. T understand that $22,000 is being put into the 



