Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-21
COLORADO WILL Be ON HAND
Mountain State Takes an Active Interest in
the Exposition.
ACTIVITY or The HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Great Quantities of Fruit to BE
Placed on Exhibition ut the
Festival that Is BEING
Planned for Next Year.

Prof. p. w. Taylor has returned from
Denver. where he attended the meeting OF
the Colorado horticultural society. He re-
ports that within the last few months the
people OF Colorado have experienced a great
change OF heart towards the exposition and
are doing everything to make certain that
Colorado will be represented In a manner
that will show the resources OF the state
to the very best advantage. This matter
formed a prominent feature of the discus
sions of the horticultural society and a com
mittee was appointed to take full charge Of
tie matter OF seeing that the horticultural
interests OF the state are given the repre-
sentation which their Importance merits.
This committee includes the following: G..
J. Carpenter. Fruita: G. NJ. Anderson. Boul-
der; Ben Honnett, Harris; E. VI. Smith.
Rocky Ford and Prof. c. S. Carpenter OF
the Colorado Agricultural college at Fort
Collins. Prof Taylor says that q. J. Car
penter, the chairman OF the committee Is a
former resident of Nebraska, having lived
at Fairbury and having been secretary OF
the Nebraska horticultural society for two
years.
Chairman Carpenter told Prof. Taylor that
the people of the vicinity In which he re-
sided would be on hand during the fruit
festival with several carloads Of peaches
and would reproduce Grand Junction Peach
day in a way which would open the eyes
OF visitors to the exposition TO the magni-
tude and extent OF fruit growing In Colorado.
J. C. Kahn Of Rocky Ford assured Prof. Tay-
lor that the people in his section OF the
state where he resided would also be
strictly in it" at the fruit festival and
would send two or three cars filled with
luscious watermelons and muskmelons.
NAMING THE FESTIVAL.
Suggestions OF names by which to desig-
nate the fruit festival to be held on the
exposition grounds some time in September
or October continue to be received by Prof.
Taylor. No selection has yet been made,
and the professor still invites everyone VINO
has a name to suggest to send 1t in.
A number Of names for this occasion have
been suggested. The following have been
received within the past few days; Juicy
Harvest" BY w. II. Brigsby of Fender;
"Pomona's Temple" by P. L. Forgan; "Po-
nona's Feast" "PomOna's Festival" and
Feast of Pomona" by E. F. Test, who
fayors the latter. Charles w. Young OF
Omaha suggests the Garden OF fataGisJ,
Apple Carnation" or "Lavinrac Elppa, the
latter being Apple carnival spelled back
ward. m
The indications are that the occasion will
be a veritable feast and that visitors 10
the great show will be given an opportunity
To eat ALI they want of every kind OF fruit
in season. Judging from reports coming
from all quarters the ground set aside ioI
this feature OF the exposition VIII oe nlieu
To overAowing with great quantities OF tTuit
~ ALI kinds. which will be given to all
comers without price. The great fruit pro-
ducing states are becoming aroused to a
spirit of rivalry and each is promising TO
outdo the others. Apples OF every variety
80, lou. neaches OF all kinds big, juicy
watermeIons and fragrant muskmelons from
the valleys of Colorado, all kinds OF fruit
from Missouri. Arkansas and other trans
mississippi states promise TO AFFORD teast
tlrn,orad with which the banquets OF the
IA snds on the hills OF Olympus sink into
insignificance.