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September 7, 8 and 9, 1881. This meeting was mainly for the reading of pa- 

 pers and discussions, but a small exhibition of fruits was made at the Cincin- 

 nati Exposition, then in progress. 



The Society having no funds at its disposal for printing i)urposes, a full re- 

 port of this meeting was published with the report of the Missouri State Hor- 

 ticultural Society for 1880-81. 



At this meeting the following officers were elected : 



President— Vavker Earle, of Cobden, Illinois. 

 First Vice President— G. W. Campbell, of Delaware, Ohio. 

 Secretary — S. M. Tracy, of Columbia, Missouri. 

 Treasurer— J. C. Evans, of Harlem, Missouri. 



During the next year the Society had full assurances that arrangements 

 could be made for holding a meeting and exhibition in connection with that 

 of the Chicago Fair Association, and these assurances were continued as late 

 as August — too late for making any other arrangements— when the Fair As- 

 sociation failed to secure its grounds, and the meeting called for September, 

 1882, was adjourned to meet in New Orleans, La., February 21, 1883. 



LIST (3F PREMIUMS 



Aivarded at the First Exhibition of the Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society, held in- 



St. Louis, September 7, 8 and 9, 1S80. 



APPLES. 



Best collection by any State or local society or individual (not more than one 

 hundred varieties), Missouri Valley Horticultural Society; second premium, 

 Warsaw Horticultural Society, Illinois. 



Best forty varieties — First premium, A. C.Hammond, Warsaw, Illinois; second 

 premium, W. G. Gano, Parkville, Missouri. 



Best ten varieties from south of 37th parallel — First premium, W. M. Samuels,. 

 Clinton, Kentucky ; second premium, S. H. Nowlin, Little Rock, Arkansas. 



Best ten varieties raised between 37th and 41st parallels — First premium, S. E. . 

 Willetts, Brussels, Illinois ; second premium, Z. S. Ragan, Independence, Mis- 

 souri. 



Best ten varieties raised north of the 41st parallel — First premium, Grand Eiver 

 Valley Horticultural Society, Grand Rapids, Michigan; second premium, J. H. 

 Ricketts, Newburg, New York. 



Best plate Sweet Bough — Wm. Rowe, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 



Best plate Bailey's Sweet — A. C. Hammond, Warsaw, Illinois. 



Best plate Porter — J. T. Hubbard, St. Joseph, Missouri. 



Best plate Maiden's Blush — J. T. Johnson, Warsaw, Illinois. 



Best plate Lowell — Wm. Rowe, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 



