| Show GREAT GREA RECORD w K E cu K V AT COUNCIL COUNCI L BLUFFS 9 I 1 aa As BIG FRUIT SHOW at first prizes and aeda taken in several instances that utah presented the hand and most artistic display of fruit at the recent national corn com en tion of Horticulture in council bluffs december to was m the opinion of everyone who saw the tile dib displays plays made there this statement was given out saturday by J edward taylor secretary of the utah state board of horticulture on his return from council uncil bluffs la ia where here he has been superintending the exhibit of utah taylor says that the whole exhibit was the most beautiful that behas has ever attended in his whole experience and he states that he has been ken present at all of the principal Als displays plays of the kind which have been conducted in recent years tho the rooms were beautifully deco rated with green and there v a profusion of flowers eer evo 0 herein here in the exhibition halls in spite of th the L general attractiveness of the exhibit ahn n utah won three r arat prizes and one second and secured the gold ledal for tho the handsomest and most attrib display the utah t chib it t attracted v great deal of att aan n tion taylor said from the display ot of handsome hard some trophies which had bad been won bv the state in previous echi bitin biti ln jtb including the magnificent heir t trophy won at the recent Na ah timal nal irrigation cong congress reps held at albi luc lunique ique N AT last fall tb th utan exhibit w ts d placed on a boar I 1 tl in glam cases caws enre fullY pro tid td from the dust and ren mai i I 1 in splendid condition ahr r hout bout the entire week of the com antion an attractive fence gom COM 0 cd ed of gilt chains strum strung from lar posts surrounded the enair exhibit of this state thus mar larl ing it out for observation in a way ay offered by no othor othar state the pi thaw were ivere surmounted by large col ored globes illuminated day and night by electric lights the trophies were ere arranged on pedestals on one side of the space in an artistic manner and were kept filled with hugh bunches of roses taylor who mio was as vice president of the convention from utah nas as kept busy with his assistants explaining I 1 the features of the display and received many compliments on the beauty of the exhibition he ile has nothing but the highest praise for the manner in which aich the whole ex hibit was handled and the treatment the utah delegation received at the hands of the managers of the convention ven tion and in fact from everyone j in the city of council bluffs in regard to the dispatches sent out by the associated press early in the convention stating that idaho had won first prize with utah fourth taylor explained that the prize mei mea tinned in those dispatches concerned only that granted for the largest number of varieties of fruit As utah fruit f rutt growers make a specialty of commercial fruit and hence cultivate only those varieties which are best for home use or shipping purposes they did not present nearly so many varieties as some of the other states although what they did show were the finest in the entire exhibit the fact that utah secured first prizes for the beat displays of dried 0 41 4 4 4 4 A T P V t T A 1 0 1 1 0 lot OK 4 A Q fa 0 R 1 0 V na 4 4 4 4 UTAH TROPHIES EXHIBITED AT COUNCIL B BLUFFS fruits canned fruits c canned tomatoes and for the finest and most artistic display in general and second prize for the best display of nuts not to mention the gold medal shows that there was little question n of the excellence of the exhibit it was unfortunate taylor said that early reports were ere so disparaging to utah uta bat bit he the final results were moat most satisfactory sati factory the convention will behel be held devery every after dimand this and if all arc are as successful i year ear as ag the last one will ill bo be of immense adan advantage tage to fruit growers all over tho country |
