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Arkansas had upon her tables 1,500 plates of fruit, besides some 

 massed displays of sample varieties. Of standard named varieties, 

 there were about 250, and of seedling- and unknown varieties of 

 apples, 61; of pears, 16; of peaches, 30; of native grapes, 18. In aver- 

 age size, perfect form, general appearance and quality, together 

 with the number of varieties, the apple exhibit of this state excelled 

 that of all others. 



Colorado had a spread of 1,000 plates. In the exhibit there were 130 

 varieties of apples, 32 of pears, 20 of plums and 15 of grapes, besides 

 a large and beautiful display of fruit in solution. In this exhibit 

 the apples were most beavitifully colored, and some of the Wealthys 

 had reached the enormous size of four inches in diameter and were 

 more elongated in form than those that grow here. 



Our notes on California are missing. According to our recollec- 

 tion her plates of the northern fruits numbered about 800, with 

 about 15 varieties of apple and a fine assortment of pears, peaches, 

 prunes, apricots, plums, grapes, etc. In the exhibition of citrus 

 and tropical fruits her display was beyond description. 



The Idaho exhibit occupied about 500 plates. There were 60 varie- 

 ties of fine, well-grown apples, 16 of pears, including the new variety, 

 Idaho, of which the specitnens were large and beautiful, 15 of 

 peaches, 10 of plums, 6 of prunes and 10 of grapes. 



The Illinois exhibit was a very large one, covering a space of over 

 3,000 plates. One thousand.of these plates were used for apples, of 

 which there were 100 varieties. One hundred and twenty-five \ arie- 

 ties of grapes were shown on 800 plates, while pears, peaches, pluins 

 and other fruits were shown in great profusion, showing that this 

 is a state of wonderful resources. 



Perhaps, in no one state besides California was such indefatigable 

 energy displayed to make an exhibit that would be an honor to the 

 state as in Iowa. The apple crop of 1892 had been very short in that 

 state, and before the new fruit began to come in they were laboring 

 under great disadvantages. When the exhibit was all up it covered 

 a space of nearly 3,500 plates, in which they claimed 402 varieties of 

 apples, 25 of pears, 10 of peaches, 59 of plums and 69 of grapes. 

 Among the plums were a number of the Japanese varieties, which 

 promise well in that state and to be viseful for crossing with some 

 of our best natives, giving them the inherent qualities they lack to 

 make them popular commercial fruits. 



In the Kansas exhibit there were 800 plates of apples of 76 varie- 

 ties. There were also 22 varieties of pears and 82 of grapes. 



The space occupied by Kentucky was covered by 800 plates. There 

 were 150 varieties of apples,24 of pears,3 of quinces,31 of peaches, 16 of 

 plums, 35 of grapes, besides a fine display of persimmons, walnuts, 

 chestnuts and iiazelnuts. The fruit of this exhibit was luiiformlj- 

 well grown and nicely displayed. 



The exhibit of Maine was not a large one. It consisted of 40 vari- 

 eties of apples and 6 of pears, covering about 300 plates. The exhibit 

 was noticeable for the preponderance of the sturdy red coloring of 

 the apples. 



