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handed out to the visitors, who could taste and judge for them- 

 selves the superior quality and flavor of New York apples. 



CHICAGO LAND SHOW 



At the rhicago Land Show, held November 20 to December 

 11, IDltf, the state showed a large exhibit of apples. The installa- 

 tion scheme was of an oblong pyramid with most of the fruit 

 shown in box flats and barrel ends, showing how boxes should be 

 packed and how barrels should be faced and tailed up at the press 

 end. There were one hundred and fifty boxes and ninety barrel 



FIG. 182. EXHIBIT OF NEW YORK STATE APPLES AT THE NEW YORK LAND 



SHOW, 1912 



ends ; there were also about fifty full packed barrels and one hun- 

 dred plates thirty varieties in all. 



The fruit was grown in the leading fruit counties of the state, 

 and was selected so as to give a fair representation of the fruit 

 in the county from which it came. There was no desire to show 

 overgrown specimens or varieties without a commercial value. 

 We had fine color, good size for each variety shown, and uni- 

 formity in pack, with fruit of the highest quality all of which 



