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so-called second-rate apple State. — Michigan. 1 am afraid that there is some humbug 

 in this matter. Yon pick out from the apples you grow a few of the very best ones, 

 and send a committee over the State to gather up the very hnest of these again, and 

 then go before the world claiming that your double, — yes, trebly, and still oftener, 

 picked fruits, are a sample of your Iowa apples. Bring on your nice apples; I will 

 take a barrel of them any day, if you will tell me where I can find them. My palate 

 longs for taste of these Iowa beauties.' I managed here to head oil" the Professor as 

 he paused to take a huge bite from the side of the Baldwin he held in his hand. 'You 

 must bear in mind, Professor,' said I, * that the State is young yet, and that the orch- 

 ards are not yet in full bearing ; but when they are older no doubt — ' The mouthful of 

 Baldwin disappeared, and my sentence was drowned, 'Get out with such an excuse. 

 Don't I know that practically the apple producing region in Michigan is no older 

 than the eastern third of Iowa. Why does not that eastern third furnish us with 

 apples ? If you raise apples so well there, why is it that Michigan apples are brought 

 right through and sold in our markets? I am no Pomologist, but 1 have read a good 

 deal of political economy, and I would like to have you show why it is possible for 

 Michigan, which you say is not so good an apple State as Iowa, to send her fruit here 

 live hundred miles by costly railroad freights, and yet sell them at such rates as to 

 keep out the competition of home orchardists. I suspect that you don't raise enough 

 to supply the home demand even.' 



" I had an appointment with a student which compelled me to leave the Professor 

 at that moment, and I am afraid he thinks he got the better of me in the talk; but I 

 am confident I shall beat him out when we eat our next lunch; and yet the more I 

 think of it. the more I ask the question, why is it that these Michigan grown fruits are 

 so largely sold in Iowa? " 



Another result which must be evident as following the successful display of 

 Michigan fruit at the Centennial is the encouragement which fruit growers re- 

 ceive to continue taking good care of their orchards and planting more trees. 

 Michigan fruit will now command fair, living prices in all the markets of the 

 world. There is practically no limit to the demand, and the business of expor- 

 tation will only stop each season when the supply ceases. 



[This is an endeavor to give in permanent form a record of one of the most 

 important efforts ever made by the State Pomological Society to place Michigan 

 pomology in a true light before the world. The record is imperfect, and un- 

 doubtedly some contributors do not receive all the credit they deserve, but as 

 no provision was made for clerical labor, no official record was kept, and the 

 information here given is collected under many disadvantages. No omissions 

 are designedly made, and the fullest credit has been given where the facts 

 could be obtained. Should the Society ever make another important public- 

 exhibition of this character it is to be hoped that some system of individual 

 entries will be adopted similar to that so successful at State Fairs, so that the 

 press can obtain information that can be relied on as accurate, and all uncer- 

 tainty avoided.] 



PREMIUMS AWARDED. 



The following are the premiums awarded by the Centennial Bureau of 

 Awards for Michigan fruit: 



DIPLOMAS AND MEDALS AWARDED 



Michigan State Pomological Society for continuous exhibits of fruits. 



J. \V. Humphrey, Plymouth Apples. 



Michigan Stale Pomological Society. Peaches and Plums. 



Michigan State Pomological Society Apples. 



J. \\ . Humphrey, Plymouth Apples. 



