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erecting platforms, etc., undoubtedly cost the society four-fold 

 more than would have resulted from the interest on a sum 

 necessary to pay for the structure." 



In 1892, on the night of September 13, a violent storm blew 

 down nearly every tent on the grounds and practically destroyed 

 the exhibit of fruit and flowers. 



The following year, 1893, the legislature appropriated a build- 

 ing fund sufficient to erect, among other structures, the horti- 



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FIG. ITS. THE FIRST PRIZE PLATE OF ELBEKTA PEACHES IN 1911 



cultural hall, familiar to present day fair-goers. But the time 

 was to come when Horticultural Hall, once so spacious and ade- 

 quate, would fail to care for the ever increasing quantity of 

 fruits from the growers of the state. In 1915 the fruit exhibit 

 was transferred from its former home to the north end of the 

 Manufacturers' Building. The floral exhibit was also transferred 

 to the same place, but the change did not prove altogether satis- 

 factory, owing to lack of space in which to display these products 

 to advantage. It is to be hoped that horticulture may soon have 



