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Horticulture at the Minnesota State Fair, 1901.— What others 

 say of it: 



"This is not a good year for fruit. In fruit growing districts gener- 

 ally the crops are all the way from total failures to fair, but probably relatively 

 better in Minnesota than elsewhere, though not up to the average here. Still, 

 the fruit exhibit at the fair shows clearly that this has become a state of fruit 

 growing on a large scale. The showing was creditable for size and quality of 

 exhibits, and their arrangement was extremely pleasing and is worthy of the 

 splendid building it is made in, the new Agricultural Hall." — Farm, Stock 

 and Home, September 15, 1901. 



"There is a prevalent idea that Minnesota is not in the fruit belt, but a look 

 through the display of the horticultural section of this great building would 

 speedily set at rest that doubt, as over 3,000 plates of apples, grapes and 

 plums, etc., were to be seen, notwithstanding the unpropitious season, which 

 not only cut down the yield, but the quality. Still, the array was more impos- 

 ing than last year, and quality apparently as good. Certainly everything had 

 a tempting appearance. Apples led in number and represented over 200 vari- 

 eties, plums of a hundred varieties following, and then grapes of forty or more 

 varieties. The display of potted and cut flowers was bewildering in variety 

 and beauty, and represented a value of not less than $5,000." — The FarmeRi 

 September 15, 1901. 



"The horticultural exhibit occupied about one-third of the great agricultural 

 hall, and its display of apples, plums and other fruits was magnificent. Next 

 year it is expected there will be a new horticultural hall as large as the agri- 

 cultural building. Long tables filled with plates of apples, grapes and flowers 

 demonstrated the possibilities in fruit growing of the state which Horace Greely 

 once 'damned with faint praise' as very good, except that it 'can never raise 

 apples." "—The Northwestern Agriculturist, September 15, 1901. 



"In this building a magnificent display of Minnesota grown apples was also 

 made that gives one an idea of what Manitoba may do some day."— The Farm- 

 er's Advocate, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 20, 1901. 



"The horticultural department presented the most artistic and in some re- 

 spects the bast display ever made. The new building gives plenty of room , 

 light and opportunity for decorative display, and every advantage was taken of 

 these facilities. The showing of apples was not only especially good for an 

 off year, but both in size and quality would be creditable to some of the more 

 distinctly apple states. This department works in close harmony with the 

 Minnesota State Horticultural Society, with its 1,000 members, and it is 

 through the use of this machinery that the display is improving each year." — 

 Orange Judd Farmer, Chicago, September 21, 1901. 



Capt. J. N. Cross died suddenly Saturday morning, August 3 1st, in the 

 height of his usefulness, and with apparently many 3'ears of work before him. 

 As an earnest advocate of practical forestry he had become a co-laborer with 

 the members of this society in the broad field which its work covers. His 

 taking away at this time is most profoundly to be regretted. 



His biography will appear in the November number. 



