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was the best grown on exhibition, and the most correctly named. The awards 

 have already been reported to the society. In my opinion this exhibition of 

 our fruit at the great fair of the Mississippi valley horticultural society is of 

 the first importance to the fruit growers of western Michigan, and that it will 

 bring about greater results than any other exhibition from our State up to the 

 present time. 



At the State fair our society exhibited a general collection of family fruits 

 consisting of fifty-three sorts of apples, four of peaches, three of grapes, 

 four of pears, and four of crab-apples. 



Owing to the extreme warm, wet weather when the fruit was being collected, 

 and the prevalence of mildew in grapes, the exhibit in peaches and grapes 

 was not up to the usual standard of the shows of our society, and in conse- 

 quence the collection received third premium. 



In Division B, a general collection of market fruits, 100 plates apples, five 

 of grapes, six of pears, four of crab-apples, received the first premium. 



In Division C, special exhibit of apples for general purposes, consisting of 

 sixty-seven varieties, received the first premium. We also received first pre- 

 mium for most correctly named collection in this division. 



The society also took premiums on sixteen plates of different sorts of apples. 



At the West Michigan Fair, the Secretary entered a collection of fruit, and 

 received the first premium. Also, on a collection of apples he took first pre- 

 mium, and took a dozen single plate premiums. 



At the adjourned annual meeting of the society, held on the 26th day of 

 October, the officers for the ensuing year were elected to wit : 



President — Wm. Eowe. 



Vice President — W. K. Munson. 



Secretary — W. N. Cook. 



Treasurer — S. L. Fuller. 



Members of the Executive Board — Wm. K. Emmons, Eugene Carpenter, 

 S. M. Pearsall, P. W. Johnson. 



In conclusion, I wish to congratulate the society on their successful labors 

 during the past year. While our membership is small, the interest has been 

 kept up, and I see nothing to prevent them performing greater success in the 

 future. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



