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The names of contributors of grapes are A. Bonjour, A. W. 

 Latham, Rev. C. B. Sheldon, and F. G. Gould, all of Excelsior, 

 Hennepin county. 



The sixteen kinds of fruit jellies, prepared and donated by 

 Helen M. Gould, were put up in one hundred goblets, or wine- 

 glasses, representing sixteen shades, running from a light amber 

 to a deep purple, and so perfectly clear that the interested lady 

 visitors could not resist the temptation to tip the glasses (care- 

 fully, of course), expecting it to flow like wine. We had over 

 one hundred bushels of Wealthy apples alone, and between five 

 and six hundred pounds of grapes. The weight of our fruit ex- 

 hibit, including packages, when loaded on a car at Minneapolis, 

 was four and a half tons. 



Our apples never went to Horticultural Hall for competition, 

 with the exception of a few single plates, which did not exceed 

 a peck in quantity. These included Duchess and Wealthy. Each 

 received the prize for best plate of the variety. 



By direction of the commissioner of Minnesota our principal 

 display of fruits was made in the government and states build- 

 ing, with the collective exhibits from the State. The structure 

 upon which the fruit was displayed was about forty feet long 

 and seven feet wide, divided into five sections, raised two steps, 

 making one central, two intermediate, and two end sections. 

 Upon the central section two wire structures were placed back 

 to back. These were constructed with two pockets, or baskets, 

 one above the other, the upper one being six feet above the ta- 

 ble. About six bushels of apples were placed in these two wire 

 structures. Twelve wire globes, standing thirty inches high, on 

 stems or bases of wire, holding something over a half bushel 

 each, were filled with apples and placed on the corners of the end 

 and central sections. The glass jars were ranged along the steps, 

 about on a level with the eye, all along the structure, except the 

 easterly section, upon three faces of which the jellies were dis- 

 played. Plates of apples occupied the most of the first or lower 

 step of the table, and among the globes on the higher portion, 

 cranberries were shown in numerous glass fruit dishes. 



A section of cranberry marsh two and one-half by three feet, 

 with nice fruit on the vines, was placed in a zinc tank here in 

 Minnesota and shipped to New Orleans in perfect condition. A 

 mirror on the back, under the cover, gave the appearance of 

 double the actual size of the swamp, the latter being in a box 

 under a glass cover at the end of the table. Some of the vines 



