The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-24
FEATURE OF THE
ST. LOUIS FAIR
AppIe-Green Plaques for the
Magnificent Fruit Display.
NATURES SECRET LAID BARE
TINT. NEARLY MATCHES LEAVES
OF ALL FRUITS.

St Louis, No, April 23.-Fruit dis
plays on more magnificent scale than
ever dreamed Of before are an entranc-
ing slght in the great horticultural pal
ace at the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton. An exquisitely beautiful effect
something entirely new in exposition
installation-is produced by one har-
monious color scheme for all the
plaques on which fruits Of all kinds
are displayed. All these PLAQUES have
a rim of apple green, the color most
nearly matching that of the leaves OF
all fruits.
Heretofore exhibitors of fruits at ex-
positions have selected plates and
plaques of any color they desired. and
the result has been rather a crazy
quilt conglOmeration of colors that did
not add materially TO the beauty of the
display. Frederick w. Taylor. chief
OF the departments Of agriculture and
horticulture of the Worlds fair, con-
ceived the idea that the beauty of the
fruit displays would be largely en-
HANGED If all plaques should be Of one
design and color, thereby securing uni
formity and harmony.
In Various Colors.
Samples of plaques in various coIors
from dozen factories were used in
making experiments for the display Of
all kinds of fruits for the genealogical
section of the horticultural department.
and at last it was discovered that there
is no color against which fruit shows
or photographs so well as the green
of the trees. So. apple green was the
color finally selected. Pottery works
had turned out their finest art wares
Tor this investigation and experiment.
and called into play the genius of their
best artisans to furnish rare color COM
binations. But art was beaten by ma
ture- The color produced in the heat
or the potter'S furnace was not to be
compared to the simple green that ma
ture furnished by her alchemy of soil,
dew and sunshine.
The color once selected, Chief Taylor
then opened an international competi-
ton among the pottery works of the
world for designs for the plaque. Sam
pies were received from the famous
pOtteries Of France, Germany and Eng
land. and in this country they came
from New York, New Jersey and Ohio.
After careful comparison Of. all sam
pies. during which fifty photographs
Of fruit on different plaques were
taken, the contest was won by pot
terry in a small Ohio town.
Beautiful Work.
The design accepted is a beautiful
work of patter's art. The back is of
art china. and the top is of the style
of a plaque. The diameter is eight
and One-quarter inches and on the
inside is a band two inches wide of the
selected apple green color. The color
of the plaque is a white circle, four and
one-quarter inches in diameter. In the
center of this circle is the exposition
monogram. L. z. F.. in apple green.
The plaque has a gilt-edged perimeter
This plaque will be used in the dis
plays Of all fruits in the genealogical
section, including those under the fol-
lowing Classifications-
POmaceous and Stone Fruits-AppIes.
pears, ounces. cherries. plums, peaches,
apricOts, nectaTines, etc.
Citrus Fruits-Oranges lemons, lines,
shaddocks. pomelos. etc.
Tropical and Sub-tropical Fruits
Pineapples, bananas. guaras mangos.
tamaTinds. figs. olives. sapOdillas, etc.
Small Fruits-Strawberr raspber-
rieS. blackberries, dewberries goose
berries. Currants. etc.
No sooner had the various state COM
missions and exhibitors been notified
Of the exposition plaque than Chief
Taylor's desk began TO be flooded with
orders. Indiana ordered ninety dozen
at once and New York state 1000. 1t IS
estimated that two or three carloads
or upward Of 5000 plaques will be re-
quired for the immense genealogical dis
plays.
Design of the Palace.
The palace Of horticulture, in which
the fruits Of the world are seen. is one
Of the large exhibit buildings, ana was
designed by +. l.. Masqr~ray, chief OF
design Of tire exposition. It is 500 feet
long. the main central section being
400 feet square. The east wing of the
building is conserva tory, 204X235 feet
I'm area, and forty feet high. and the
west wing has the same proportions.
The main central section of this pal
ace is entirely devoted TO fruits. This
is double as much space as heretofore
has been assigned TO fruits at any ex-
position.
In the horticultural department the
aim was TO make a complete represen-
tauon of gardening and its products
fruits. foliage and flOwers-with eX-
hibitS of gardeners tools greenhouse
plans. methods Of cultivation. hybridi-
cation and development of species as
we'll as TO show the working results OF
the forced culture of plants. The trop-
ical and semitropical plants and flow
yrs are shown in the conservatory, or
east wing.
Outdoor Display.
The department Of horticulture also
has fifty acres Tor. outdoor displays
There is d ten-acre space for shrubs
and evergreens, and a rose garden of
ten acres. where $4,000 rose bushes are
seen in bloom. There is a floral clock
with dial 40 feet in diameter. the nu-
merals in flowers being fifteen feet
long, and the hands fifty feet long.
This clock gives correct time, and at
night is illuminated by 1000 incandes-
cent lights.
Flower shows will be given at various
periods to suit the different species dur
ing the exposition.
The fruit display is given the place
Of honor in the horticultural palace.
and with the artistic exposition plaque
I'm use it presents a beautiful scene Of
harmony and color never equalled be-
fore in the history of universal exposi-
tons. In fact. the vast array of fruits
rival the rose garden and the flower
shows in the riot Of color from Natures
palette.
The genealogical section is under the
immediate direction of John T. Stinson,
superintendent of pomology.