The Green Forest tribune., 1903-07-18
WANTS A FRUIT EXHIBIT.
Supt. Logan Working for a Good Showing at the Worlds Fair.

Hon. John P. Logan, Super intendent of Horticulture, has addressed the following to the fruit growers and farmers of Arkansas:
 Just at this time all eyes are being turned in the direction of St. Louis, where great prepara- tions are being made to hold a great exposition; at this eXposi- tion the manufactured products of every state in the union as well as those from foreign countries, will be displayed. Not only manu- factured products, but the pro- ducts of the farm and orchards, the result of the skill and labor of the husbandman will have a large place in that exposition; every state in the union will vie with each other in trying to show to the world, that fruit can be grown to greater perfection in their own respective localities than elsewhere.
 The worlds fair management has set aside, and will erect an immense building covering sev- eral acres of ground, to be known as the Horticultural Hall and de- voted exclusively to the ex- hibition of fruits. In this build ing will be found fruits not only from every state, but from every country on the globe. We must come in competition with this great gathering of exhibits, and to do so successfully will require the combined efforts, and hearty cooperation of every fruit grower in the state. When I say fruit grower 1 do not mean simply those who are raising fruit for a business, but I Imean every man or woman who has a fruit tree that has on it any fruit that is of a quality sufficient to justify it's being put on the exhibition table, for it very often occurs that trees can be found in isola- ted spots bearing fruit that would win prizes and be a credit to the state, if the owner was only aware of it; so, if you have any and are not sufficiently acquainted so as to be able to judge as to quality, kindly advise me and 1 will try and visit you and we can decide the matter.
 While nature has done a great deal for Arkansas, and, while with ordinary care we can raise the finest fruit in the world, yet we are somewhat at d disadvan- tage this year on account of the late frosts that damaged our fruit and destroyed so much of it, that it will take the hardest kind of work, the closest inspection and a full and hearty cooperation on the part of all the people, to en- able the management to make the fruit display what it ought to be. Arkansas soil is adapted to the growing to perfection of every variety of fruit, and we want and need every kind of fruit grown in any part of the state. While the management will do all in it's power to place Arkansas in the front ranks at this exposition, yet we can do nothing without the assistance of the people.
 As president of the Arkansas State Horticultural Society 1 want to make a personal appeal to the members of that society, who have responded nobly to the call, and who have assisted in making that society today one of the best and greatest in the United States; but not only to them but to every one who has the interest of the state at heart do l appeal, and I beseech you to come to the rescue, and help me in the name of the great state of Arkansas, to carry off the fruit prizes at this the greatest of all expositions.
 Under the rules of the manage ment all fruit exhibited must bear the name of the grower and where grown, and by this rule all who furnish fruit and the locality where grown, will get proper credit, and it is my desire and intention to treat all parts of the