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cousins were amazed, and we would often hear the remark, "Why, 

 we knew }OU were the 'bread and butter state,' but did not know 

 that you aspired to rank among the fruit states." Once in a while 

 some southerner would say, "Do you really raise such apples up 

 there among the icebergs?" Or another would exclaim, "We use 

 Minnesota flour, have Minnesota butter in our cellar, but we never 

 tasted a Minnesota apple." Here is what H. M. Levering, master 

 in chancery, Petersburg, 111., said : "Your installation is grand, 

 beautiful; while not so large as some, I would pronounce it the pret- 

 tiest of them all." Missouri is putting up quite an expensive ex- 

 hibit, California is in the lead as to amount of space occupied ; 

 Colorado has a beautiful display and deserves credit for her good 

 taste ; Illinois is not far behind in the race for supremacy ; Washing- 

 ton is showing very highly colored apples as well as other fruit, and 

 if they only had Minnesota's spicy flavor to help them out they 

 would soon be in the lead. Texas has done herself proud and gained 

 the good will of every one by presenting every visitor with a Cape 

 Jessamine blossom. 



We were pleased to find one of our former Minnesota Horticul- 

 tural Society members in charge of the Texas exhibit, Mr. Mc- 

 Henry. Time has changed him somewhat, but he still has a love in 

 his heart for ^Minnesota. Such a good fraternal feeling exists be- 

 tween the representatives of the different states that I think the 

 fair will do much to make us a united people, having .one common 

 interest, the upbuilding of humanity. The state was very fortunate 

 in securing the services of Mr. Thomas Redpath, of Wayzata, who 

 takes pride in keeping our exhibit up to the highest point of perfec- 

 tion. 



In the Palace of Agriculture can be seen wonderful displays of 

 all the different states, as well as from every civilized country on 

 the globe. This building has a floor space of more than eighteen 

 acres, and if one goes through all the aisles and streets of this one 

 building he riiust travel over fourteen miles. And by the time he 

 visits the various buildings of the government, mines, transporta- 

 tion, liberal art, machinery, electricity, palace of education, fine arts 

 . and all'the foreign and state buildings, he will be apt to take up a 

 popular refrain, "It's too big, too big." 



Do not allow apples to lie in heaps or in very large bins to sweat. Sweat 

 ing ripens an apple in a very brief period. Get the fruit from the tree into the 

 hands of customers as quickly as possible. But if it is not to be marketed at 

 oace, then store in a well-ventilated house or, better still, in cold storage. By 

 changing the air during the cold nights of autumn and spring, keeping the 

 house closed when the air outside is warmer, apples can be carried past the 

 autumn surplus to better prices later on. 



