1\-2 THE FRUIT INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK STATE 



went to make up a very attractive exhibit. The aroma from the 

 New York fruit so completely filled with its delicious fragrance 

 that portion of the great colosseum in which it was staged that 

 many people asked if New York fruit had ever been shown there 

 before, saying that it was the first time such fragrance of fruit 

 was ever noticed at the Land Show. 



One feature of this exhibit was the distribution of apples to 

 visitors, and, although many barrels of apples were handed out 

 in this manner, the one thing lacking was that there was not 

 enough fruit for this purpose. Hundreds of people visiting the 

 exhibit did not know that New Y r ork was an apple-growing state, 

 and were much surprised to see such beautiful fruit from other 

 than a western state. It was hard for them to believe, when they 

 read from a placard on the exhibit, that " six counties in the state 

 of New Y r ork produced more apples than all the states except 

 Pennsylvania." 



This exhibit showed very clearly the keeping qualities of New 

 York fruit. After remaining on exhibition for three weeks the 

 fruit was just as attractive as on the opening day. 



THE PANAMA EXPOSITION 



To arrange for and install an exhibit of fruit creditable to 

 the great fruit interests of the state of New York, three thousand 

 miles away from home, is a considerable undertaking. 



In selecting the fruit for this exhibit, the same care was used 

 as in previous exhibits to select only varieties of commercial 

 value and from various fruit counties of the state. As the exposi- 

 tion was not open until February 20, apples only could be shown 

 at the opening. It was necessary to have a cold storage and packing 

 house centrally located, where the fruit was received. At this 

 place it was all repacked in the various ways in which it was 

 to be shown and then returned to the cold storage until the 

 time necessary to load it for San Francisco. There were twenty- 

 five varieties selected for this exhibit. The stock consisted of 

 three hundred and thirty-six packed box flats and one hundred 

 and thirty barrels, packed with various varieties to be shown 

 in different ways. There were also fifty-two dozen of the finest 

 canned fruit produced in the state, consisting of ten varieties, 



