HISTOKY OF FKTIT KXHIIUTS AT STATK KAIK 



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of the judge, J. S. Woodward, in 1893. It consisted of the 

 following number of varieties: apple, 102; pear, 24; plum, 34; 

 peach, 21; quince, 4; grapes, 125. The splendid display made 

 by this institution has never ceased to attract attention in recent 

 years, and it is altogether probable that this forms the most pleas- 

 ing single feature in the exhibit room. 



PROMINENCE OF SINGLE PLATE EXHIBITS 



In 181)4, 1133 entries of fruit were made. Plums were 

 admitted to the single plate classes in 1895, and peaches soon 



FIG. 180. THE ULSTER COUNTY EXHIBIT WINNER OF FIRST PRIZE IN 1915 



followed. At present the single plate entries made by growers 

 all over the state receive more prominence than large collections 

 exhibited by a few men. This is as it should be, since it offers 

 the greatest encouragement to the greatest number and gives 

 the small grower, as well as the large one, a chance. 



