The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-03-17
Exposition

making their cocoons, the mode of preparing the
cocoons and the raw silk ready for market They
have made very good start in the silk culture and
are making good business OF the venture"
There were three or four exhibitors of manufac.
tured products such ellies, marmalades and pre-
serves, all of tropical fruits In ellies there were
guava, mango, Roselle, Mammee apple, kumquat,
mulberry and sour tangerine; in marmaades all
these just mentioned and in addition, pawpaw,
orange, pomelo pineapple; in preserves, orange Ro
selle or Jamaica sorrel, guava, pineapple, kum
quat, banana, pawpaw and sour tangerine There
was also pineapple winc pineapple vinegar guava
cheese lime juice sour sop punch e"ndied fruits
The Planters Packing and Preserving Company
of Delray, u little station 20 miles south of Palm
Beach, had very excellent display of canned pine
apples grated. sliced and otherwise prepared; also
okra. This company, If l remember rightly, had a
fine exhibit OF tomatoes at the Tampa Fair, but
entirely sold out 80 had none on display here
As this is the only canning factory south of Balt
more it is to be hoped that its output will become
better known and that other factories in central
and west Florida will be established.
From tent on a nearby town lot heard some
ROSTERS growing On entering found an exhibit
under the supervision Of Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. Hoyle,
and for first attempt to show what is being done
in the way of raising fine poultry in Dade County
it looked decided success. Only thirtythree entries
were made, but that was enough to greatly encour
age the promoters and to inspire the belief that next
year and the years following the poultry show part
of the county fair will become most important
factor.
There was woman's Department in which the
frills and furbelows dear to women's hearts
attractively displayed but mans pen could de-
scribe them, and as they do not belong to my par
ticular department in The SUN, pass them by, only
saying il the oden adage that "dress makes the man.
the want of it the fellow" the same rule must apply
to matron or maid, and yet, Maud Muller, in her
simple dress had charms that even q judge, accus'
toned to the Lady. Vere.de-Vere's of society could
find worthy of notice. AS for me, love the panses
and volets of humanity far above their more aunt'
ing sisters.
But 1 must close, or the managing editors blue
pencil may get in its deadly work. The fair is over.
1t was a decided success finer, I was told than
any held previously. Did it, or rather, will II payf
One naturally asks the question, in view Of free
admission and liberal premiums. With Henry M.
Flager behind 1t, giving substantial financial sup.
port, aided by the liberalminded merchants Of Mi.
ami, it becomes such object-lesson to the thou
sands of Northern visitors tarrying for season in
the rock city the shores Of placid Bscayne Bay,
that in the end II repays all the labor and expense
devoted to it. May the Of prosperity rise and set
upon Mami's people and its annual fair for very
many years to come. Only other county in Florida
be a possible rival. IL lies in the valley
wherein flows the waters of the Caoosahatche river.