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citrous fruits had now largely disappeared from the California 

 collections, and their places were taken by immense plums, 

 pears, peaches, nectarines and grapes. The Susquehanna peach, 

 which seems to meet with indifferent success in the East, was 

 conspicuous in this collection. The great monument of Cali- 

 fornia oranges was still attractive, although it had lost some of 

 its freshness; and the same may be said of the remarkable 

 citrous display which California made at the south end of this 

 curtain. Against the east wall Maine still held its space, 

 although the exhibit had now dwindled to a few preserved 

 fruits and jellies. About half way down the hall Iowa had a 

 long table heavily loaded with new and old apples, with a 

 sprinkling of native plums. Illinois, appropriately, occupied 

 the largest space of any exhibitor in the hall. It showed great 

 quantities of apples, both old and new crops, peaches, pears and 

 grapes. They were disposed on three long tables with mirror- 

 backed shelves, with blackberries, crabs, plums and some other 

 fruits in a cold-storage case. 



Opposite Illinois, Minnesota had one of the best storage 

 case displays in the building. Michigan, which was very 

 poorly represented in earlier displays, was now beginning to fill 

 its shelves with early peaches and apples, and there was prom- 

 ise of a representative display later on. New Jersey had a 

 good collection of apples and pears, and Wisconsin a small and 

 brilliant display of new apples, with the last of the blackberry 

 show still on the shelves. The Lubsk Queen, an apple in this 

 exhibit, was the most remarkable combination of brilliant pink 

 and white and pruinose color of which the eye can conceive, 

 and perhaps the most striking single variety of fruit shown at 

 the Fair. New York was holding its place as one of the most 

 varied and carefully made collections of fruits in the building, 

 although the season's fruits had not yet appeared in great quan- 

 tity. A large and interesting remnant of apples from the cold- 

 storage fire was still on the shelves. 



Entering the north curtain from the south, one came first 

 upon the large collections of the Canadian Provinces, which 

 were just beginning to feel the effect of the first early apples 

 and peaches. New Mexico followed with a small lot of bottled 

 fruits, beyond which was a wretched collection of wax fruits 

 and vegetables from Louisiana. Montana and South Dakota 

 showed bottled fruits. Arkansas had a long table devoted to 

 an excellent display of apples and peaches. Idaho showed new 

 peaches, apples and plums, but the larger part of its display, 

 and the entire display of Washington, were yet comprised 

 in the bottled products. In the Georgia section, Mr. A. F. 

 Rice, of Griswoldville, showed a lot of Superb grapes, a new 



