702 THE FRUIT INDUSTRY IN XEW YORK STATE 



a home on the fair grounds that is worthy of the position it holds 

 in the farming industry of the Empire State. 



COLLECTIVE KXIIIBTTS 



From the year 1890 the importance of the fruit exhibit has 

 grown with leaps and bounds in quantity, quality, and the variety 

 and amount of premiums offered. In 1891 a class was included 

 for the first time for "the largest and best collection of all fruits 

 especially designed for family purposes, collected and exhibited 

 by any society or organization which has been in existence for at 

 least one year." The Central New York Horticultural Society 

 received first prize of $200, the Western New York Horticul- 

 tural Society received $100, or second prize, and a special award 

 of $50 was made to the Orange County Agricultural Society in 

 view of the excellence of its exhibit. Similar premiums were 

 offered for collections especially designed for market purposes. 

 In 1892 the conditions were changed to some extent, and premi- 

 ums were awarded for the largest and best collection of fruit 

 grown in the state of New York, collected and exhibited by any 

 society or organization which had been in existence at least one 

 year, without reference to any special purpose or use to which 

 the fruit might be devoted. 



Within the past few years the exhibits by the state horticul- 

 tural societies have given place to displays by counties, for which 

 premiums of $250, $200, and $150 are awarded for first, second, 

 and third places. Ontario, Orleans, and Oswego counties have 

 been represented by such exhibits for a number of years, and 

 in 1915 the counties of Ulster and Niagara entered the lists, the 

 former carrying off first prize. Grange exhibits have also been 

 gradually assuming a more important place. Probably the great- 

 est departure from the custom of early years has been the forma- 

 tion of classes for fruit packed in the form in which it appears 

 upon the market. Packed barrels of apples, boxes of both apples 

 and pears, carriers of peaches, and parcel post packages of all 

 kinds of fruit are shown in ever increasing numbers. 



EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS BY THE STATE EXPERIMENT STATION 



The exhibit of the New York State Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, at Geneva, received special commendation at the hands 



