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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE. 
October, 1917 
Wisconsin Horticulture 
Published Monthly by the 
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 
12 N. Carroll St. 
Official organ of the Society. 
FREDERIC CRANE FI ELD, Editor. 
Secretary W. S. H. S., Madison, Wis. 
Entered as second-class matter May 13, 
1912, at the postoffice at Madison, Wis- 
consin, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 
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OFFICERS. 
N. A. Rasmussen, President Oshkosh 
D. E. Bingham, Vice-President 
Sturgeco Bay 
L. G. Kellogg, Treasurer Ripon 
F. Cranefield. Secretary Madison 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
N. A. Rasmussen Ex-officio 
D. E. Bingham Ex-officio 
L. G. Kellogg Ex-officio 
F. Cranefield Ex-officio 
1st Dist., A. Martini Lake Geneva 
2nd Dist., R. J. Coe Ft. Atkinson 
3rd Dist., H. H. Morgan Madison 
4th Dist., Henry Wilke Milwaukee 
5th Dist., C. V. Holsinger. . .Wauwatosa 
6th Dist., H. C. Christensen Oshkosh 
7th Dist., Wm. Toole. Sr Baraboo 
8th Dist., O. G. Malde Grand Rapids 
9th Dist.. L. E. Bi-mingham Sturgeon Bay 
10th Dist., C. L. Richardson 
Chippewa Falls' 
11th Dist., J. F. Hauser Bayfield 
BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
N. A. Rasmussen F. Cranefield 
L. G. Kellogg 
Horticulture at the 1917 
State Fair. 
Some fears were expressed in 
the beginning that the fruit dis- 
play at the fair would fall below 
that of 1916 and previous years, 
hut our fears were unfounded. 
In all except color the 1917 
apple exhibit equalled that of any 
recent year. The show of barrels 
was quite as disappointing as usu- 
al, and it would seem that the 
money offered in this class could 
he used to better advantage else- 
where. When single barrel pre- 
miums of $10, $8, $6, $4, and $2, 
covering eight leading varieties 
with an aggregate of $240, brings 
Gilt less than a dozen barrels, it's 
time to quit. 
The same is true of the box 
apple class. Premiums of $5, $4, 
$3, $2 and $1 with a total of $180 
for ten varieties brought an ex- 
hibit of 6 boxes. 
A better apple year might 
bring out a bigger display, but 
it's a question if these classes are 
worth while. The peek and 
bushel lots shown on the tables 
certainly made a more attractive 
display, are educational and sat- 
isfactory to exhibitors. 
The premiums for county ex- 
hibits of fruit in the horticultural 
building were dropped last year. 
These exhibits in past years failed 
wholly to serve the purpose in- 
tended, viz., to exploit the possi- 
bilities in fruit growing in dif- 
ferent counties, and instead of be- 
ing real county exhibits, rapidly 
developed into one-man exhibits 
every one out for the money. 
For the first time in modern 
times vegetables were shown in 
the horticultural building, where 
they properly belong. In the 
hands of three expert growers, 
Supt. Rasmussen, El. C. ('hri ten- 
sen and Wm. Nelson, all of Osh- 
kosh, every class and every speci- 
men was exhibited to advantage. 
Roth the professional and am- 
ateur flower exhibits were just a 
little better than ever before 
shown. 
With the increased interest in 
gardening, the amateur flower 
show at the fair will soon require 
additional space. 
A complete review of all exhib- 
its is impractical in this journal 
and scarcely worth while, but a 
few facts stand out plainly: 
The number of exhibitors is in- 
creasing steadily each year in all 
classes and this is a mighty sig- 
nificant point. We want the old 
timer, he knows how to exhibit 
his products attractively, but 
more than all we want a big lot 
of small exhibitors; we want new 
faces every year and we are get- 
ting them. 
Owing to careful and expert 
judging the character of the ex- 
hibits is improving until no fair 
can show a higher grade of horti- 
cultural products than ours. 
Fakirs of all descriptions have 
been eliminated and horticulture 
has the cleanest and the most 
quiet as well as the most popular 
and attractive building on the 
grounds. 
The department of horticulture 
at the fair demands more room. 
We need a fifty thousand dollar 
building alongside the present one 
so that what we now have can be 
used as an annex. We will then 
he able in a measure to compete 
with the one hundred and fifty 
thousand dollar grand stand as an 
attraction. 
Lubsk Queen. 
Oh, you glorious queen from the 
plains of Russia, 
Your beautiful skin, 
Your cheeks tinted with rose and 
carmine ! 
Your detractors say that your 
heart is false, that you deceive, 
that we should not he taught to 
look up to you, that you are a 
false, wicked queen and that we 
should worship at the shrine of 
McIntosh and Fameuse, but hu- 
man nature is frail and weak and 
will forever bow to beauty. 
And they all paid you homage 
at the Fair until your consort, 
Dudley, also from Door Co., 
turned all green with envy. 
