The record-union., 1897-08-14
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBIT.
STATE SOCIETY TO HAVE A
LARGE ONE OF ITS OWN.
A New Departure That Should
Prove Very Interesting to the
States Citizens.

For some time past it has been a
mooted question whether or not the
State Board of Horticulture should have
charge and management of all horu-
cultural exhibits at the State Fair, as
it has for the last three years. or whe-
ther Individual exhibits should be turned
over to the State Agricultural Society,
the State Board Of Horticulture to re-
tain control and management OF its IN
dividual exhibits only.
At a recent meeting Of the two boards
it was decided to leave the matter in the
hands of the Secretary of the Agricult-
ural Society, Edwin F. Smith, and Secre-
tary Of the Board of Horticulture, B. M.
Lelong, and abide by any arrangements
they might make.
Secretaries LeIong and Smith met in
conference on the subject yesterday and
upon the representation of the form%r
that if the Board of Horticulture is re-
Iieyed of the management of private in
dividual displays, it will be enabled to
give more time to and consequently bet
ter satisfaction from its own display,
which will be on a larger scale than ever
before it was agreed that the Agricult-
ural Society shall have charge of all in
dividual horticultural displays, thereby
allowing Secretary Lelong more time to
devote to the State displays.
For several years past the space in
the Pavilion in front of the main en-
trance has been doled out to carriage
manufacturers whereOn to exhibit their
wares. 1t is the most desirable location
for a display in the whole building, and
for some time past Secretary Lelong has
coveted it for the exhibit to be fur
nished by the State Horticultural So
ciety. The State Agricultural Society
has at length taken Secretary Lelong' s
view of the matter, and as a result have
set aside two plots, each 20x4O feet, on
each side of the main aisle and directly
in front of the main entrance, for the use
of the Board of Horticulture.
The exhibit of the State Board of Hor-
ticulture will be made entirely for the
benefit of and as an object lesson for
the people of the State, and it is the in
tention of Secretary Lelong to make
special features Of those things in which
the greatest interest is being taken, and
which, while practically new, promise
to become chief among the horticultural
industry in the State.
With this point in view a special eX-
hibit Of late summer citrus fruit will be
made on a large scale, which it is ex-
pected will call the attention Of large
number of citrus fruit-growers through
out the State to the fact that fruits
which ripen in early summer can be sue
cessfully grown. Anybody interested
can test the prices received for such
fruit by buying a few samples in open
market-prOvided there be any to buy.
Another of the exhibits will be the pro-
cess by which essential oils are extract
ed from flowers and fruits, and to those
uninitiated in the mysteries of the art
this should be an interesting feature.
Another special exhibit will be that
representing the olive and the several
processes through which it goes before
the oil is extracted. The fruit will be
put through all the conditions and pro-
cesses. and oil viii be extracted as an
object lesson to those interested.
It is the intention of Secretary Le-
long to exhibit varieties of fruit from a
commercial standpoint, and practically
demonstrate the theories he has urged
in the past.
Work is already progressing in that
portion of the Pavilion set apart for the
horticultural display and fountains and
arches are being constructed. The State
horticultural display will be complete
when the first visitor arrives, and it
goes without saying that it will be at
tractive from every point of view. The
display is non competitive and is in
tended only to benefit the public.