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there, but Mr. Gibbs was in authority and preferred to have it made 

 in the Government Building with the balance of the State exhibits, 

 for the purpose of making a very creditable exhibit there, thinking 

 perhaps that it would be of more value to the State to put it up in that 

 way than it would be to compete for prizes at Horticultural Hall. As 

 far as I am concerned I have no opinion to express in regard to that 

 policy at present. It was my wish at the time to make an exhibit of 

 fruit at Horticultural Hall because I wanted to make a show of our 

 fruit. And I will say here that we had very much the best exhibit 

 of Russian apples there; in fact there was nothing of any consequence 

 from any other state in the line of Russian apples. I had about five 

 bushels, comprising eight or ten different varieties. 



Mr. Harris. I would like to inquire whether we did not have a suffi- 

 cient quantity of fruit to make a creditable exhibit in both departments 

 if it had been put up? 



Mr. Gould. 1 had fruit enough to make an exhibit in both places. 

 I could have made a good exhibit in the Government Building and 

 could have used six or eight varieties there without interfering with 

 the exhibit in Horticultural Hall. There was another thing in the 

 way. Everything was behind except in Mr. Earle's department. He 

 had his building and tables ready for fruit the first thing in the Expo- 

 sition. The official opening was on the 14th day of December and he 

 asked to have some fruit placed there from our State. Only a small 

 portion of the states had their fruits^ on hand at that time. It was 

 talked up among the commissioners generally that they would not put 

 any up there then. He came down and made a special request that we 

 should take some fruits up there and I thought it was very important 

 to do it, but I was only one. It was the understanding, however, 

 among all the commissioners at that time, with one or two exceptions, 

 that he should not have much fruit. 



Our structure in the Government Building was not completed until 

 about the 13th of January, so that we could begin setting up fruit 

 there. On the morning of the 14th, when there was no more time to 

 spare, if we made any exhibit in Horticultural Hall — we had to do 

 it that day — I got Mr. Woolsey, who is now present here, to assist me 

 in taking some grapes up there and getting that exhibit arranged. 

 The committee came around once or twice to ask us whether we had 

 things arranged. The next day, when it was too late, I asked the 

 privilege of taking a few apples up there to see if I could not get them 

 on the tables. Mr. Gibbs was then entirely willing that I should do 



