Show FEATURE OF THE ST LUIS LOUIS FAIR FAIRI I AppleGreen Plaques for the Magnificent Fruit Display 1 I NATURES SECRET LAID BARE LEVS LEAVES OF ALL FRUITS AL FUS 1 1St St St Luis LOUIS fo Apri dis displays plays on n a more magnificent scale than ever dreamed of before are arc an ing sight in the great horticultural pal ace c at at the Luisiana Louisiana Purchase exposi ton tion An exquisitely effect something entirely new In exposition produced by one bar har harmonIous color scheme for al all the I plaques on which fruits ot of aU all kinds arc AU All these plaques have hae havea haea a rim ot of apple green the color most nearly matching that of the leves leaves ot of aU all fruits Heretofore exhibitors of fruits at e ox positions have hac selected elected plates and Plaques of oC any color they desired and nd the result has been rath rather r a crazy craZ quit quilt conglomeration of colors that did not add materially to the beauty or of the display Frederick W TaYlor chief of te the departments or of a agriculture and horticulture of the thc Worlds fair con the Idea that the beauty of the fruit displays would b be largely largel en I if al all plaques should be of one desIgn and color cotor thereby securing uni and harmony harmon In Various Clors Colors Samples o of plaque plaques In various varius colors from a a dozen factories were used In making experiments for the display of oC aU all kinds or of fris fruits for the section of the horticultural department nt and at last last it wa was discovered that there is 10 no color against which fruIt shows or photographs so wel ell as tIme the green of the trees So apple green was the color finally Se selected led Poter Pottery works I had turned out their finest art wares for this investigation and experiment and called into pla play the genius of their best artisans to furnish rare llor color corn com I But art was beaten b by na an nature ture The color olor produced in the beat of the potters furnace was not to be compare compared to the simple gren green that na nature nature j I ture furnished by her alchemy of sol soil dew den and sunshine I The color once selected Chief Taylor i then opened an international competition ton tion among Ue the poter pottery works of the world Cor for the plaque Sam Samples pies ples were received from the famous poteries potteries of oC France FIance Germany and Eng Bag land and In this country they came from New e York New Jersey Jerse and Ohio After a careful comparison of al all sam pIes during which ff fifty photographs of fruit on different plaques were taken the contest was won b by a pot potter pottery ter tery In a small Ohio town Deut Beautiful ul Work Time The design accepted is a beautiful work ork of patters art arl The back is of art china and the top Is o of the style of a plaque The Tue diameter Is eight and om quarter inches and amI on the Inside is a band two inches wide of the I selected apple gen green color The Thc color I of the plaque Is a white circle four and ando o quarter incItes in diameter In the i center of this circle i is the exposition monogram L P E In apple green 1 geen The plaque ha has a gle ged perimeter This plaque wi will b be used in the dis displays pla plays s of al all fruits In the section ecton Including those under the fol I lowing classifications and Stone pears cherries cherrie plums plum peaches peache I apricots nectarines etc t Citrus lemons Imons Jmes limes I I haddock etc tc I Tropical and SubtropiCal Fruits Pineapples bananas guaras man manges os tamarinds f figg s olives sapodillas et etc Smal Small 11 rles 8 blackberries goose gooseberries berries currants et eto etc No o sooner had the various state com coni commissions missions and exhibitor exhibitors hl been n notified of the exposition plaque than Chief I Taylors desk began hgan to he flooded with I orders Indiana ordered ninety dozen at t once onre and Nw New York tate state It I is I estimated that two os 01 three carloads or r upward of 00 OGO plaques wi vIll be r re required I plays for Cor the immense e ills D Design sign of the Palace TIff The palace o of horticulture In which the lie fruits of oC the world is are seen on one of th the large exhibit asia ana was as designed nJ hy by E B L ray chief bier or of fI design of UH the exposition I It Is S ft feet long the main central eton being 40 feet Ct square rho east wing of the buildIng it is I a conservatory feet In area arca and fort forty flet feet high and the I west est winS wing has th the tamp caine proportions The main central section of this pal palace ac ace is entirely doted devoted to fruits This i is double as aR much sare space as heretofore has been assigned to fruits a at tal any ex cx position pOlton In the horticultural department the aim wait wa to make a a complete of gardening and Is its products fruits foliage and ox ex exhibits hibits of gardeners too tools greenhouse plans plan methods of oC cultivation and de development nt of species as aswell wel well as to sho show the working results or of orthe the forced culture of plants plant The trop tropIcal Ical and semitropical plants and fe fers flew era rs are arc shown In the conservatory or east wing wing Outdoor Display The de department O of f horticulture also has fifty foci or outdoor I Ter There is a tenar pace apace fat ot shrubs and evergreen evergreens and a a rose rOC gaden garden of offen fen feh acres where ThOO OO rose bushes are seen neen in bloom There is a foral floral cock clock dial 12 reet feet In diameter the n nu numerals In fower flowers being being freen fifteen feet long and the fifty feet reet long longI This clock gives correct time and at I night Is illuminated by 1000 Incandescent cent lights I Flower shows wl will be given ghen at various I periods to suit the different specie species dur during ing the exposition The fruit display Is given the place of honor in the horticultural palace mind and wih with the artistic exposition plaque In use it pre presents a beautiful scene ot of harmony and color never equaled equalled be before before fore In th the history ot or universal exposi ton ions In fact the the yat vast arr array of rival rhal the rose rosc garden and th the fower flower shows In the riot of oC color from Natures palette Te The section is under the immediate direction of John T Stinson superintendent nt of |