Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-22
ruE FRulr PALACE NEErISa.
Plans and Report Of The Committee
Laid Before the Association.

Plans and Report OF the C0mml'trr
Laid Before the Association
The Marion county Fruit Growers
A ,sociation met in special session at
p. m. with large attendance.
The committee on exhibit at the
State Fair submitted the following:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
Your committee, appointed at the
WoOdburu quarterly meeting would
respectfully report that they have
decided on an exiblt i'm form 0f
fruit palace, to be erected on State
Fair grounds under management of
this society. To merely display
samples of fruit as has been done
heretofore would possess little value.
An exhibit of an original character,
that will attract attention to our
fruit products, as the greatest feature
of the state fair and that will most
effectively show of their quality,
variety and value.
THE PLAN
is shown by an architects sketch
we have had drawn and present
with colored sketch. 1t can be de-
scribed as an octagon roof resting
upon pillars, the whole covered with
apples, and the structure within
filed with the finest fruits that can
be gathered. Fruits not now in
season will be shown in glass, but
all that can will be shown fresh as it
comes from the orchards. 1t must
all be arranged in a tasty, artistic
manner on the building and within.
WHAT is NEEDED.
We need y thousand dollars in
money in fruit. We need what
money cannot buy your enthusiast
tic support to make this the greatest
and richest fruit country on earth.
The fruit palace will do this if wei
carried out.
WHY ?
Because 1t will show to the world
as nothing else can, three great facts:
l. The immense amount of fruit
that can be raised here when the in
dustry is in state of undeveloped
infancy.
II. The high quality of the fruits
most easily grown here.
III. The great variety of the sta,
Pile fruits that are consumed 10y
most people.
To this end we solicit cash con-
tribution from every nurseryman
real estate dealer and business man
in the county, and a contribution OF
the choicest fruit that can be fur
nished 3y every orchardist or pro-
ducer of fruits in Salem or vicinity.
FRUIT IN GLASS.
To show our finest fruits that are
now out of season we must make a
large exhibit in glass jars. The
committee has had an expert with
team engaged in gathering choice
displays of such fruits as are ripe
and will not keep to show fresh until
the opening of the fair We hope
to put up at least five hundred spec
linens Of plums, peaches and similar
fruit. TO make this exhibit com
plete we suggest the women of
Salem and Marion county loan the
society their choicest samples of ear
lier fruits, such as cherries. straw
berries etc. Private exhibits will
not be allowed. All fruit exhibited
must be in the name of this society
and thus the fruit palace will become
a special advertisement of this section
and add to the fruit-growing fame
of the whole state.
NO OTHER REGION
in the world can furnish the amount
and variety of fruit required to
build a fruit palace as the heart of
the Willamette valley can. 1t is the
duty of this organization to demon
strate this fact to the world-and
still more to the people Of Oregon.
To this end your committee is pre-
pared to labor and asks your cordial
assistance and that Of the public.