518 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



A. B. Dimlap has seven plates of grapes ; eleven of peaches ; two of appleS;. 

 and a fine lot of canned fruits. 



Wm. Eennie, three plates Hawley apples ; E. Mullen four plates of grapes, 

 and four of apples. There are also in this collection fifty plates of apples, 

 twenty varieties, contributors' names not given. 



Passing from the grange fruits we come to the following 



INDIVIDUAL COLLECTIO]SrS : 



J. McDonald, nineteen plates of apples and one of peaches. In Mr. McDon- 

 ald's collection are eight plates of superb Northern Spies. A. T. Allen has 

 eight plates of apples and one of pears ; A. Campbell, two of apples ; J. Par- 

 ody, one of apples — finest Gillflowers we ever saw ; 0. Johnson, one of apples ; 

 Eiel Johnson, twelve plates of apples ; Jos. Sours, twenty-six plates of apples ; 

 G. E. Steele, five plates of apples ; M. Gay, three plates of apples ; E. Sherman, 

 twenty-one plates of apples. 



A. K. Montague has thirty-eight plates of apples, one of quinces; B. Mon- 

 tague, nine plates of apples, and two of pears; J. K. Gunton, two plates of 

 apples, one of crabs, four of pears, and nine of grapes. 



Next we come to individual collections 



FROM LEELAISTAW COUNTY. 



James Lee — he's always on hand at fair time — has forty plates of apples, 

 four of pears, three of grapes, two of crabs, one of prunes ; Wm. Mebert has 

 eleven plates of apples, each of a different variety. 



M. V. 0. Miller, proprietor of the Mission orchard at New Mission, has a 

 very fine collection of apples, eighty-eight plates in all, and made up of some 

 thirty varieties. He has also two plates of pears. The fruit from Leelanaw 

 county is all very choice. 



COLLECTIONS OF VEGETABLES. 



There were several collections of vegetables at the fair which were worthy of 

 special notice. The largest collection was that of J. K. Gunton. It was, in- 

 deed, a model collection. Every article in it was first-class, from the smallest 

 item to the fourteen-feet sunflower. These vegetables were all from Mr. Gun- 

 ton's garden, three miles from town. It does injustice to no one to say that he 

 has the finest garden in the Traverse region. 



A. P. Gray, Geo. Eoush, 0. E. Clark and D. C. D. Brooks also had fine col- 

 lections of vegetables. Neither of them had as large collections as Mr. Gun- 

 ton, but their articles were equally excellent. Every fair is largely indebted to 

 these gentlemen for numerous contributions. 



CANNED AND PRESERVED FRUITS. 



In this line Mrs. Gage and Mrs. Dunlap had fine collections. Judge Eams- 

 dell and H. W. Curtis had several samples, all of excellent quality. P. Allyu, 

 who took so many premiums at the State Fair, was, of course, on hand with 

 numerous samples, all good. The conclusion we came to was that Grand 

 Traverse ladies and gentlemen, too, understand fruit canning and preserving 

 to perfection. This must be so, or else there is something in the fruit or in the 

 atmosphere that makes fruit preserving unusually easy. Mrs. Ide had fine 

 samples of canned fruits. 



FLOWERS, ETC. 



Flowers, as usual, were abundant, notwithstanding the lateness of the season. 



