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three competitors. Joseph Duiikley of Kalamazoo, took second on white 

 plume (large) celery. 



The judges were Prof. J. H. Ragan of Greencastle. Ind., secretary of 

 the American Horticultural society, and Alex. McD. Allen, of Goderich, 

 Ont., i^resident of the Ontario Fruitgrowers' association. 



A collection of twelve plates of foreign grapes grown under glass by 

 Mr. A. Sigler, of Adrian, Mich., was an interesting feature, as likewise 

 were some baskets of Early Black cranberries from Cape Cod, supplied by 

 Dwyer & Vhay of Detroit. To the latter gentlemen the society feels deeply 

 obligated for many favors. 



LIST OF PREMIUMS. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Class 60.^- General Collection of Fruits for Family Use. 



Most judiciously selected, best grown, and most carefully handled general collection 

 of fruits affording an adequate set of varieties of each class, as far as practicable, for 

 both dessert and culinary xjurposes throughout the entire year, collected and exhibited 

 by a society or grange — Lenawee Horticultural society, first; South Haven and Casco 

 Pomological society, second; Oceana county Horticultural society, third; S. M. Pearsall, 

 of Grand Rapids, fourth. A special premium of $10 was awarded S. M. Pearsall for 

 tasteful arrangement of exhibit. 



Most judiciously selected, best grown, and carefully handled general exhibit, as 

 above, grown by exhibitor — J. M. Blowers, Lawrence, Van Buren county, first. 



General collection of Russian fruits, not less than fifty varieties, correctly labeled in 

 accordance with the revised nomenclature of the American Pomological society — G. B. 

 Brackett, Denmark, Iowa, first. 



Class 61. — General Collection of Market Fruits. 



Most judiciously selected, best grown, and carefully handled general coUection'^'of 

 market fruits, affording, as far as practicable, an adequate set of varieties of each 

 throughout the entire year, collected and exhibited by the accredited representative of 

 a society or grange — South Haven and Casco Pomological society, first; Oceana county 

 Horticultural society, second. CZ '. 



Most judiciously selected, best grown, and carefully handled general exhibit of 

 market fruits grown by the exhibitor, conditions otherwise as above — J. M. Blowers,^ 

 Lawrence, Mich., first. 



Class 62. — Special Exhibits of Apples for Dessert and C^dinary Purposes. 



Most judiciously selected, best grown, and carefully handled exhibit of apples, grown 

 by the exhibitor, affording a choice, as well as a succession of varieties, throughout the 

 year, for both dessert and culinary purposes, superior quality, delicacy of texture, and 

 beauty, in the order named, to be the ruling considerations — J. M. Blowers, Lawrence, 

 Mich., second. On this entry the awarding committee reported: "The committee did 

 not consider this exhibit worthy of the first premium, many of the specimens being 

 spotted and uneven." 



Most judiciously selected, best grown, and carefully handled exhibit of thirty 

 varieties of apple, adapted to the general wants of the family, including both dessert 

 and culinary use, conditions otherwise as above — A. A. Olds, Decatur, Mich., first. 



Class 63. — Special Exhibits of Market Apples. 



Most judiciously selected, best grown, and carefully handled exhibit of five varieties 

 of market apple, grown by the exhibitor, without regard to succession, conditions 

 otherwise as in premium No. 1,000 — Emil Baur, Ann Arbor, Mich., second; N.J. Clinton, 

 Windsor, Ont., third. 



Remark by awarding committee: " In making our awards we have exercised our 

 authority in withholding first honors where the exhibits were deemed unworthy." 



Most profitable, best grown, and carefully handled single peck of a variety of apple 

 for market purposes, grown by the exhibitor. (In competing for this premium the 

 exhibitor is expected to put in competition only specimens of the single variety by him 



