The effort to make a complete fruit exhibit on behalf of Idaho had its justification in the wide advertising its fruit and agricultural lands would receive from an effective presentation of the products of the many fine orchards of the State.  The exhibit contained many surprises, such as the soft-shell almonds.  Idaho’s grape display was a surprise to many of the States.  In the exhibit were about a dozen varieties that are new in this country, the vines of which were brought from Persia and other eastern Mediterranean countries.  Among these were the Hunisa, a dark grape which is regarded as a distinct gain to the Pacific slope grape-growing interests because of its fine flavor and sweetness and good keeping qualities.

The educational exhibit was collected by Miss May Scott, State superintendent of public instruction, installed at State expense, but maintained at the personal expense of Mrs. S.M.  Harris, of Silver City, and Mrs. C.J.  Johnson, of Pocatello.  The Boise exhibit showed the work of all grades, elementary, secondary, and high school pupils doing themselves and the State credit in comparison with other States.  Lessons, drawings, photographs, and maps were displayed in 37 bound volumes, besides 5 volumes of district school work and 33 card mounts of lessons, embracing the 8 grades of the primary schools.  Silver City exhibited graded work from the first to eighth grades, inclusive, very attractively mounted on cards.  Credit is due the Weiser schools, also, for all-around good work.  The schools contributed to the general display a fine collection of mounted cards in elementary work, and the Industrial School sent a good display of the work in manual training, including needlework and photographs of buildings.  Moscow made a good general display of school work, and particularly in composition and writing.  Every community was shown to be alive to the importance of having good schools.  A part of the space in the exhibit was devoted to photographs of the University of Idaho, about which a great many questions were asked.  The work of the Mountainhouse School was handsomely bound in a burnt-leather cover.

The Pocatello public school work was delayed and reached the exhibit so late that it could not be judged.  The display consisted of photographs of the children and schoolhouses and the work of the schools from the kindergarten to the high school.  The Shoshone County exhibit was displayed in 79 volumes, embracing the work from the first grade to the high school work.  A number of mounted cards of kindergarten work were also shown.  The Wallace schools were commended for several excellent examples of map drawing contributed.  Kendrick made a good display in 11 bound books.  Coeur d’Alene sent a dozen volumes of bound work.  Bonners Ferry and Sandpoint contributed good work in a number of bound books and photographs.  Idaho County made a good display of raffia work and Indian pictures, besides the school-work exhibit.  The Albion State Normal School made a large display of photographs showing the institution and its equipment.  Oro Fino sent a collection of drawings, and Council and Harrison both made good displays of what their schools are doing to keep up with the times.  The work of the Lewiston schools, which would have formed a conspicuous and very creditable part of the Idaho educational display, was lost in transit.