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The report of the committee on premiums was read and 

 adopted. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON AWARDS. 



Mr. President and Members of the Wisconsin Horticultural Society: 



The undersigned having been designated by you to make awards upon 

 the fruits upon exhibition at the present meeting of your society, would 

 respectfully report that we have given them as careful an examination as 

 the time at our disposal would permit, and awarded the premiums accord- 

 ing to our beat judgment. We desire to compliment the exhibitors upon 

 the attractiveness and elegance of the show which far surpassed that of 

 last year, made at Madison. We have experienced considerable difficulty 

 in comparing the entries, owing to each individual having marked his 

 various entries together, and would urge the adoption of a rule that sepa- 

 rate spaces be set apart for each separate class or variety, thereby saving 

 the committee making journeys from [one part of the hall to another to 

 find the individual entries in the classes. 



RUSSIAN VARIETIES. 



The award for long keepers, first premium, was placed upon Repkama- 

 lenka, a variety of medium size and very good quality; the specimens be- 

 fore us would doubtless keep for another month and are much better than 

 Ben Davis, liittle Romanite and Willow Twig, is of fine flavor; and speci- 

 mens 'of the wood accompanying the exhibits show unmistakable appear 

 ances of great hardness, even greater than the Duchess of Oldenburg. The 

 second premium was awarded to the Red Queen, which is doubtless a long 

 keeper and valuable for cooking purposes and as good or better in flavor 

 than the Red Romanite. The exhibit of sections of the wood of Russians 

 and the hardiest American varieties affords an interesting object lesson for 

 study. Thirteen of the last awards under entries Nos. 1, 4, 6, and'lS are for 

 varieties not named in your premium list and from the best information 

 at hand were grown in the lake belt, but they are so superior in quality 

 and appearance and add so much to the exhibit that we have deemed them 

 worthy the awards we have made. 



We find plates to the number over 450. Among varieties not entered 

 for competition we find one named Harvy, by Luther Witt, of good quality 

 and appearance, a long keeper and has a favorable record wherever tried; 

 also very fiae plates of the N. W. Greening, by E. W.Daniels, — and also a 

 splendid table of winter blooming plants bearing no entry card, hence we 

 have made no awards upon them. J. S. HARRIS, 



WM. REID, 

 J. V. GOTTA. 



