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G. C. Brackett of Denmark, that state. These apples have resulted from 

 eflPorts to procure from certain parts of Russia fruits hardy enough to 

 withstand the extreme cold of winter in the northwestern prairie states. 

 There is a promise of a degree of success in the experiment. 



A new departure in the premium list this year was a requirement 

 for a peck of fruit of each entry of a single variety. At first this appeared 

 to be a mistake, but the array of 150 of these peck entries proved the 

 wisdom of the new arrangement. 



The exhibit of canned and preserved fruits and jellies was not large, but 

 was of exceptionally fine quality. 



IN flora's realm. 



A floral exhibit of far greater dimensions than the society ever presented 

 before kept company in excellent taste with the brilliant array of 

 fruits. Each of the two tow^ers of this department and a large 

 space adjoining one of them, was filled by S. Taplin of Detroit, 

 with large palms, ferns, agaves, cannas, and other foliage plants, 

 and this gentleman also made many entries of beautiful and rare 

 things from his greenhouse. An elegant display of the same sort 

 was made by John Breitmeyer & Son of Detroit, in a central space 

 of the main tower. Carl Bogula of Detroit, was an exhibitor of 

 greenhouse plants and cut flowers; M. Wetterling of Ionia sent asters, 

 Joseph Dunkley of Kalamazoo some of the finest of roses, and Bev. J. 

 Yenning of Ypsilanti some single petunias of gorgeous colors and strange 

 markings, many of them deeply fringed, the result of his own hybridizing. 

 Joseph Zimmerman of Detroit showed an ivy of surj^assing size and 

 novelty of form. B. Schroeter of Detroit filled a large floor space with 

 ribbon borders and designs for flower beds and lawn decorations. In cut 

 flowers the famous house of James Vick of Rochester, N. Y., made an 

 admirable exhibit ( the bad season considered ) of dahlias, geraniums, 

 gladiolus, plilox, asters, zinnias, and a number of other sorts in less extent. 

 In this department some rare things from Jamaica were shown — cocoanuts 

 in their husks and plants of nutneg, cinnamon, alspice, and clove, all in 

 queer pots made of bamboo; and there was a quantity of cocoa beans 

 both clean and bottled and in their pods. 



That part of the exhibit made by the Michigan Agricultural college 

 continued to the end a center of attraction, and must have resulted in 

 great practical benefit to the college in familiarizing the people with the 

 scope and high quality of its work. 



THE VEGETABLE SHOW. 



The vegetable show was one of rare merit in its quality and numbered 

 about two hundred entries. Its main features were the two great collec- 

 tions of Kennedy & Stillman of Hornellsville, N. Y., and George Beard 

 of Detroit, the former containing over 75 sorts of vegetables, and more 

 than six times as many specimens, was in all respects first-class, and 

 received first jiremium. Mr. Beard's collection took second money, but it 

 was inferior only in quantity. Its quality could scarcely be excelled. 

 These two exhibitors shared between them many premiums for single 

 varieties; but the first prizes for both large (white plume) and dwarf 

 (golden self-blanching) celery went to Mr. Wetterling of Ionia, against 



