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hand to know definitely about it. Perhaps it may be a variety that 

 does not keep well in cold storage. There was one box of Peerless, 

 also from Mr. Jewett, which was in about the same condition as 

 the Patten's Greening referred to. A box of Okabena from the 

 Jewell Nursery Co., containing also about a peck of Hyslop crabs, 

 came out in fair condition. The Hyslops were perfect, and some 

 clusters adhering well to the stem were tacked up on the side of the 

 installation, as may be seen in the engraving. These crabs made a 

 material addition to the appearance of one corner of the display and 

 were often commented upon by passersby, to whom they were evi- 

 dently much of a novelty. There were also two boxes of a seedling 

 apple from Thomas Redpath that kept fairly well and looked very 

 nice on exhibition. This is an interesting seedling as being a grand- 

 child of the Northern Spy. 



Five cases of Duchess of Oldenberg, from the orchard of Mr. 

 F. J. Butterfield, came out in very bad shape, but for this misfortune 

 Mr. Butterfield is not to be held at all responsible, as the fruit was 

 delivered by him according to directions to the depot of the Minne- 

 apolis & St. Louis railroad with the understanding that they would 

 go forward by freight and be delivered at St. Louis the third day. 

 Before forwarding the fruit the railway company ascertained there 

 would likely be a long delay in delivering, so that it was not sent, and 

 by the time notice of it being there had reached me and we could 

 secure it it had already been a number of days gathered, and as a 

 result was too much matured to keep well in cold storage. 



I have gone considerably into detail as to the condition of this 

 fruit on account of the lessons to be drawn from it. In order to 

 keep well in cold storage fruit must be put in immediately after be- 

 ing gathered. Specimens must not have been bruised in the least 

 either in handling or by packing too closely in the box. Pressure 

 may be exerted in the box so as to indent the side of the fruit, which 

 shows at once after taking out, and especially in light colored fruits. 

 Gathered with sufficient care at the right stage and stored at once, 

 almost any fruit will keep well in a uniform temperature of 32 de- 

 grees, although experience shows that some varieties keep very 

 much better than others, Wealthy being one of the good keeping 

 sorts. 



The management of the fair were unfortunate in not being able 

 to furnish us the plates that had been ordered through them, so that 

 temporary arrangements had to be made in setting up the display 

 to have it ready on time. Before I came away from St. Louis, 

 however, the plates were delivered and proved to be very nice for the 

 purpose, a white plate with a gilt edge and a broad band of rich olive 



