New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-29
TIE HORTTCTLTTRIL EXHIBIT.

SUPERINTENDENT POWELL TELLS OF NEW-
WORKS. SHOWING At THE WORLDS FAIR.
Chatham v Y. MAY 26 Spccian.-Goorgc T.
Powell superintc ndcnt Of the New York State horn
cultural exhibit AT the Worlds Fair. Is East on hiN
ness trip relative the fruit exhibit lie was seen
hy Tribune correspondent. who inquired OF III" sue
cess Of the horticultural exhibit. "Ihc general IN
hiMt" said Mr.. Powell" "is an excellent one anu
New York stands in the front rank. on Nav !, the
noniuc dov Of the exhibition had 40 varieties Of
,rit OF the fables bnt men had 10 bring In boards
for the tables on their backs The mud mad" carung
almost impossible. | have admired the renarkab"
n,uck Of the directors Of the Worlds Fair who have
Iabored I'm the face Of difficulties that seemed qm'
,nsurmoun,aiIe and made ANYTHING like pr"Scntahl'
anneorance the first few weeks almost Impossible
"How does the Ncw-lork fruit open as taken from
the cold storage houScs?'
ain very fine condition indeed. took pains 10
have every individual apple wrapped IN paper before
II was barrelled and shipped TO the cola storage
honses and believe this In part accounts Ior 'i'
6nc condition In which we found the stock fr'n'
mon did moi consider this necessary and some cola
storage houses refused TO take wrapped fruit but
indicted and we have been entirely successful
uovo other states met with any difficulties In this
natter"
ayes more or less Canada has been particularly
unfortunate Their loss in fruit VIII pr"""y r'''n
a. 600 and Of course Il IS now too lat" |" r'Pa''
wrapping their apples in paper, but their cola storage
bouses would not accept fruit wrapped ana re-
,u,rod ,bom at an expense Of $iOO 10 r'pacN anu
unrren their frlit and when the stock was opened
for placing on exhibition much OF II was I"'i" W
cavod and entirely useless for exhibition purpose
allow does New York compare in its Horticultural
exhibits with other States =;
eve take a prominent place. Probably California
with her magnificent citrus exhibit takes pr''o'hc'
~ all bnt I'm The matter Of orchard fruit we surplus
all We have 10 varieties % apples alone ana 'l'
quality is fine Vermont has perhaps 'h' "N' ~
bibt in quality. hat II shows only "gh' OF ~"
varieties Oregon and Missouri have good "Nhibi's'
but there Is little Ia compare with our OWL WIN wv
States east Of the Mississippi Canada would have deem
e,ronc competitor had their fruit not dccay"h.
MY present trip East s. 10 prepare strawberry
evbht II Is not easy 10 take these p"rNhablc 1ru's
thousand miles and place them on cNhlp'Io" "''''
critical eyes, but have decided to attempt IT, J
shall 20 to Long Island and through the c'hrai prD
Of the state and personally select the choicest run
can find and shall have 800 varieties on exhibition III
. few weeks ] have ordered special crate ior 'hc
ebpment OF these strawberries. II rests on springs
and each bcrry-for shall seek large ones-wlIl DE
nlaced I'm a compartment of the crat" by hse III ''
same way that eggs are shipped. In This way nope
N got the fruit TO Chicago without much bIuislhe'
The fruit will be picked and shipped rs soon as "i
erst streoks Of color appear the berry. We shall
ais show 100 varieties III pots. Inv PAM az" ~
Growing prodnct Will De shown together. MY aim j
-, make the horticultural exhibit educational as well
os entertaining To this end we shall CIV" Il brl'l
description Of the variety on card a'tachcN 10 IT,
With oppcs We shall briefly give the characteristics u
the tree and fruit. that strangers may get soi"'
idea Of each variety further than the name.
81 presume the same variety of fruit varies some
what in color and general appcaranec when grown i'll
different sections OF the country =! NJ, leland
ui" !. ncc,dodlv So The weknOwn Rhode lslahd
| Il. i,p,
ice on Nomenclature greatly the specimens u,mT
so much I'm appearance. but the reason was nppIirn,
when we were told that The specimens were eI"w row.,
100 miles apart and at different altitude. nav"
en variety of apples that In Newiork was green
while IN Canada II was req. Init, ,.,,o,ishod
Yon expect to have your fruit exhibits fepIe'''n''
and recruited as the season advances - .
Every kind Of fruit will be represented ron i, g.,
on in H. son and the exhibit win De increasing III
Vou sneak Of varieties and exhibits. How many
snecin"ns are considered to make all exhibit oil il
'"s n I appes We were allowed at first only Jour
specimens TO constitute an exhibit OF any tb avn
variety but as plenty OF ron" wpS Po S Seemed best
and some interesting effects have been PRODUCED ~
erecting pyramids Of fruits Of different Narie''S "
One person viii selected to judge each division
one for the Eastern section and another for ,nr
crn BY the Eastern ccon mf" ind Irt al The ap
p pe 'nG another al pcar r al 'hs sT1pG' IL"
eyc one Judge better than three particularly III .
h"r,icUIrai department This single Judge yS.gm
wLch Mr. Th@Cner and p pcs Gav D Dpy refused
onen their exhibits until they can b. assured ,n" thew
single udge system W, n% De Hs Mr. woyero9
az canada has been selected 10 Judge the "pP''
exhibit. i've is an ideal man for the place; o, ,ho,
~ In going about the State this season ma w a.
,,o hiossnms are stronger than they have p','h ~
wears and the PROSPECT Tor so1d ir loo et fr WELD
nd n successful year for the farmer and the ""'
grower"