The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-31
ST. PAUL'S DAY AT THE
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR


The horticultural exhibits at the
fair are as numerous and, with few
exceptions, as good as those of 1903,
although this department has been set
back more than any other by the late
season and the earlier fair. Nearly all
the plurns are therefore green; and
many of the apples are not fully de-.
veloped-defects that. would not be
found were the fair to open three
weeks hence. 3 .:slsa ),
But the number of plum exhibits, ac-.
cording to Supt. "A. w. Latham sur
passes the record of any previous year.
They are admirable plums as we'll or
would. be, f-they had not BEEN picked
when green ss.--s--zs-s-sesss
+ More grapes also are shown. They,
too, are not fully ripened.
Among the best displays are those of
the Jewell Nursery company, Lake
City, the state experiment station,
Devines Cook, of Window. and John A.
Howard. of Hammond. The station
contributes chiefly apples and grapes,
The Jewell Nursery has erected with
{ horticultural material an Immense
windmill "life size whose stately re-
volving would have driven the Don of
La Mancha into bellicose paroxysns
The walls of this mill are made chiefly
of apples and ash berries. Mr.. Cook
has one of the best displays of plun1s;
Mr.. Hammond, one Of the biggest as
sortment of apples
Horticultural hall is decorated with
evergreen, ash berries and. other red
arrip ,.-f7n i<ry,c Cd tJ1o
guidance of WEynian7 Elliott, the vet
eran Minnetonka hertioulturist
Mushrooms and bees are two special
displays in horticultural hall that new
er fail to Interest," !
Mushrooms of All Sorts
The mushrooms appear rather less
numerous than last year, although this
apparent falling off may be the result
of a different mode of exhibition. But
there are mushrooms enough for the
most venturesome and hungry of my
cologists-mushroona of every color, of
forms hideOus and ssfor1nS fairylike;
mushrooms looking as dangerous as a
nihilisf bomb, that are labeled s"edible;
and mushrooms, with the air of angel
food, that are inscribed, in red letters,
"peisonous--do not handle.''ar There are
many native mushrooms in liberal pOr-
tions,- and microscopic section of that
foreign variety which raises the price
of restaurant beefsteak tos$2.50.
The bees can't get out. That's the
first important fact about a highly in
teresting display. .0ne. can see the
drones toiling hards to keep their eyes.
shut; the workers chasing round and
round, spraw1ing over each other, and
humping their heads against the glass,
but accomplishing nothing in partieu-
lar, and the queen bee under the
"demonstrator's" thumb
see Many Watc4, Bees ~
tShe's right therel. the man will say
and take away his thumb You viii
gaze steadfastly at a trough house,
inaugurated by some dozens of the
queens subjects, but you'll have to
accept the demonstrators word for it
that her majesty is distinguished by a
long body and the profound respect of
the other bees.
The honey exhibit, says Mr.. Cor
don, honey, apiary and sugar superin-
tendent," is very fine this year." Two
important exhibitors of honey are J. B.
Jardine, of Minnetonka, and the
Moesher apiaries. Other honey work
ing machinery, besides bees, is dis
played by various manufacturers.