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granulate, and that the papers devoting so much space to this subject do 

 it largely in the interest of these parties. Several members testified to 

 having made or used syrup from the Amber cane, but none pronounced 

 it superior to that from some other varieties. A. H. Gaston had suc- 

 ceeded in making the syrup (or a portion of it) granulate. J, S. 

 Johnson had no better success in attempting to make sugar from it than 

 from the older sorts. Mr. Wier stated that a sample of sugar sent him, 

 which was said to have been made from Amber cane juice, proved upon 

 being tested to be glucose. 



SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT ON FRUITS. 

 Mr. Earle presented the following: 



Your Committee on the Fruits Exhibited beg leave to make a brief 

 supplementary report. 



We find upon reviewing our work of yesterday that there was one 

 entry of Willow Twig apples which escaped our attention, and that we 

 did an exhibitor an injustice. It is our conviction that the peck of Wil- 

 low shown by Mr. R. De Garmo is on the whole superior in merit to any 

 other in competition, and as we don't feel justified in withdrawing an 

 award already made, we recommend a special award of five dollars to 

 Mr. De Garmo, of Shelby county. 



The following is the list of ten varieties receiving the award for 

 Northern Illinois : Jonathan, Winesap, White Pippin, Smith's Cider, 

 Yellow Bellflower, Willow Twig, Rawles' Janet, English Gold. Russet, 

 Domine and Minkler. 



The list for Central Illinois for which the first award was made is 

 Jonathan, Winesap, Ben Davis, Rawles' Janet, White Pippin, Rome 

 Beauty, Smith's Cider, Willow Twig, Minkler and Limber Twig. 



Those receiving the second award for Central Illinois are, Jonathan, 

 Ben Davis, Winesap, Grimes' Golden, Fulton, Willow Twig, Red Canada, 

 Minkler, Rawles' Janet and Northern Spy. 



Your committee wish to use words of warm appreciation of the two 

 beautiful baskets of flowers presented to the Society; the first by Baird & 

 Tuttle, of the Phoenix Nursery; the other, which is especially superb, by 

 Mr. F. A. Bailer, of Bloomington ; also we find a most beautiful large 

 bouquet, the handiwork and gift of Mr. Gregory, florist, of Bloomington ; 

 also a basket of foliage plants, donor's name not known to us. 



We have examined with interest a new grape, the Prentiss, sent to 

 the exhibition by Mr. T. S. Hubbard, of Fredonia, N. Y. It is a white 

 grape, fair-sized bunch, thick skin, good, rather sweet flavor, and is well 

 preserved. We have no knowledge of the character of the vine. 



We have also found two specimens of Japanese persimmons, contributed 

 by Baird & Tuttle, of Bloomington ; these specimens, we are told, were 



