The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-09-20
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other lines but poor IN fruits But n
there has heretofore been in our minds
a connection between Canada and furs
and between Oregon and salmon we
shall have 70 recast our minds 10 meet
the conditions in those and other
places. as proved by the array OF at
tractive edible fruits shown at the ex-
position. In fresh or green fruits the
exhibits are also large. Ontario shows
80 plates OF fresh apples Of IS varieties.
The exhibits Of stored fruits are also
large and important from other prov
inces-Nova Scotia, Quebec and Prince
Edwards Island.
Missouri probably has the prettiest
fixtures in the hall, but here. too, the
fruit IS the exhibit The woodwork is
all pale ivory, piqued ont with gold.
\ better setting for the glowing or
delicate tints of the fruit could not be
found. Some tiny jars, each holding q
few specimens Of small fruits. are par
ticularly pleasing. All the fruit shown
in this section was grown in Howell
county. on the southern slope OF the
Ozark mountains, in the heart OF the
canic soil is said to impart rich color
ing and fine flavor to both peaches and
apples. Ben Davis is the leading apple
in the exhibit, and it is much finer than
the same variety grown in the north
eastern states. Peaches Of several va
rieties-not less than a dozen-bear
two crops each year. The first ripens
in July, and consists Of large and hand
some fruit; the second ripens late in
September, and is as much better in
flavor as It is smaller in size The only
advantage claimed for the double crop
lies In the fact that as soon as the sec
ond crop begins to ripen it is chosen
for home consumption by the en-
plOyes, who are peach epicures, and
the big late market peaches with far
finer compilations are unmolested-
Illinois was late in getting her ex-
hibit under way, owing TO the delay in
receiving an appropriation. The ex-
hibit is now an attractive one, how
ever, and it is also large. The tables
or shelves are entirely covered with
looking glass, so that the extent OF the
exhibit is apparently augmented. Ben
Davis, Janet. Winesap and Rome
Beauty apples in long and glowing
rows attract much comment The first
fresh berries were also seen in the II
linois section. Iowa, Wisconsin and
Maine show attractive fruits in long
unbrolzen lines.
Oregon has surprisingly large and
snowy exhibit. The long tables are
made of thirty-two kinds of native
woods, and are admirably designed for
displaying large and very fine col
lection of fruits in jars, because they
are unbroken by columns or partitions.
Washington and Colorado occupy ad-
joining sections, and the former has
one of the best displays in the entire
building. Idaho, the so-called baby
state, is, judging by its products, a
remarkable infant. precOciOus 10 n de-
gree and wonderfully well grown
some might think even overgrown, If
the great sizes Of the fruits are to be
accepted as criterions. There are
plenty of blue pearmain apples that
weighed from eighteen to twenty
three ounces when picked, and, as 4
curiosity, plate Of apples of the crop
OF 1891 is shown. All OF the fruit
shown was grown by irrigation, and
most OF il is from the fertile Snake
river valley.
The New York state fruit exhibit is
marked by two unique features that
set it apart from all others. First. il
is the only state that has omitted anti
septicany-preserved fruit from its col
lection Everything shown in jars
(which is very littlel is regularly pre-
Ierved in sugar, and is edible. The
reeond feature-frst in order of impor-
tanee-is the marked educational char
acter given the display by adding 10
the name cards of the most desirable
varieties of apples concise statement
of their merits, habits and needs.
At the north end of the northwest
curtain one passes into the Florida
section through showy arch built of
golden russet orange, from which de-
pends deep fringe Of soft gray south
ern moss. while above and beyond it
rise the great leaves of a eocoannt tree.
II makes 4 pleasing picture. but the