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Horticultural Meeting at Glencoe — Upon invitation of Capt. A. 

 H. Reed, who is enthusiastic in his efforts to organize a strong horticultural 

 society at Glencoe, Prof. S. B. Green and the writer visited that place on 

 Tuesday, June 28th, attending during the day a dairyman's convention and in 

 the evening a meeting of those interested in horticulture. On account of a 

 misunderstanding as to the place of meeting and the stormy evening the at- 

 tendance was light, but those present were sufficiently interested to have made 

 the gathering well worth while. A pleasant feature of the meeting was three 

 rows of little girls in white dresses with bouquets, to whom Prof. Green talked 

 very pleasantly for a half hour before the general subject of the meeting was 

 taken up. There should be such societies organized and meetings held in 

 every community in the state. 



Minnesota Strawberries at the World's Fair.— On June 15th the 

 first case of strawberries was sent from Minnesqta to the World's Fair, being 

 contributed by Frank I. Harris, of La Crescent. The next shipment was made 

 the following Monday, and since that time strawberries have been going down 

 there in a steady stream in sufficient quantity to keep the Minnesota exhibit 

 amply supplied, and in the main they are coming in very fine condition. 

 Under date of June 23rd, Mr. A. K. Bush who was visiting the World's Fair 

 at that time says: "The 64 plates of strawberries we had on exhibition yes- 

 terday were so attractive that about every person who passed the booth stopped 

 to look them over and say good things about the general appearance and high 

 quality." Since the time above mentioned a large amount of strawberries 

 have been sent, so the exhibit must approximate at times 200 plates. 



REErigeraTors for World's Fair Shipments.— Ten refrigerators 

 have been constructed for use in shipping small fruits from Minnesota to the 

 World's Fair. They are made to hold 48 quarts of strawberries or 96 pints 

 of raspberries, and will carry about sixty pounds of ice. Reports from the 

 Minnesota exhibit as to the condition of fruit received in them indicate that 

 they are maintaining a satisfactory temperature. These refrigerators have 

 been placed at the more central fruit growing points of the state from which 

 the largest shipments are being made. From other points fruit is being sent 

 in ordinary cases, and the weather continuing moderate this fruit is also 

 reaching the fair in fine condition. Special care should be taken in gatherirg 

 fruit for this purpose to select berries that are a little under ripe; over-ripe 

 berries it is useless to send to St. Louis. They become mouldy before they ar- 

 rive there even. Invariably gather fruit for this purpose before it is quite rip e 



A. K. Bush at the World's Fair. — Mr. A. K. Bush was present at the 

 World's Fair as assistant in the horticultural department during the last two 

 weeks in June. His report will probably appear in the August number. Re- 

 ferring to the exhibit in the course of his correspondence he speaks of "the 

 fine collection of Minnesota fruits which covered the shelving and filled the 

 various glass containers. The Minnesota fruit exhibit is certainly a credit to 

 the state and to the people who collected and installed it. The average of 300 

 plates compare very favorably with our next door neighbors in the building, 

 the states of New York, Washington, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. We 

 don't show the quantity of apples that the first named states have in heaps and 

 piles, but our variety is fully equal to theirs. The booth is very tasty in de- 

 sign." And again he says "th« Minnesota fruit exhibit, especially of straw- 

 berries, received many compliments." His letter of June 25th says, "Our 

 strawberry exhibit excels anything that has been put on the tables up to date- 

 so we are told. ' ' 



