THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 29. OCTOBER, 1901. No. 10. 



HORTICULTURE AT THE 1901 MINNESOTA STATE 



FAIR. 



A. W. LATHAM, ASST. SUPT. HORT. DEPT. 



The Minnesota State Fair, closing Sept. 7, stands easily at the 

 head of the long line of successful fairs that have been held under 

 the management of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society. In 

 this success the horticultural department claims its full share. Many 

 things contributed to make the 1901 exhibit of fruits 'and flowers 

 especially complete and attractive. First in the list stands the oc- 

 cupation of the new structure bearing on its front the title, "Agri- 

 culture," and on its north end the title, "Horticulture." The horti- 

 cultural exhibit occupied in the north end of this new building a 

 space eighty feet in depth by the full width of the building, 160 feet. 

 This area is of about the same length and a few feet wider than 

 the old horticultural hall, the additional width being taken up in in- 

 creasing the width of the aisle spaces. The tables used were the 

 same in number and practically the same in width as in the old hall, 

 though averaging a little longer. These more spacious aisles, as 

 well as the wide open space, some thirty-two feet, opposite the north 

 entrance, added greatly to the attractiveness of the display as well 

 as to the comfort of the multitudes of visitors. 



The arrangement of the space devoted to horticulture was very 

 much the same as heretofore, the body of the hall being occupied by 

 the tables referred to on which the fruit was displayed, while the 

 florists' exhibits were arranged along the wall spaces. The World's 

 Fair Booth, which has been such a conspicuous object in the horti- 

 cultural hall since 1893, was transferred to the new hall and placed 

 at the north end of it. Evergreen decorations were displayed on 

 the walls between and over the windows, and on the posts support- 

 ing the interior of the structure, and festoons of evergreen rope 

 were suspended between this department and that occupied by 

 ag-riculture. 



