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We exhibited two hundred and fifty plates of fresh fruits of this year's 

 growing, which was contributed by E. L. Smith, Hood River — Baldwin. 

 Spitzenburg, Wealthy, Kay, White Winter, Pearmain, and Gravenstein ap- 

 ples; William Anderson, Milton — 20-ounce Pippin apples; Asa Haladay. 

 Scappoose — Gravenstein, Wealthy, Hislop, Siberian, and Transendant crab 

 apples; B. G. Leedy, Tigardville — three-tier Gravenstein apples. 



W. J. Baker, Hood Hiver; L. T. Reynolds, Salem; J. C. Courtney, Port- 

 land — Bartlett pears. 



L. T. Reynolds, Salem; Alex. Anderson, The Dalles— Fellenberg (Italian) 

 prunes. 



Mrs. A. J. Armstrong, Portland — Fellenberg prunes and egg plums. 



Lewis Bros., Russellville — Fellenberg and Giant prunes. 



Mrs. C. M. Shields, Freewater; Dr. J. R. Cardwell, Portland— Coe's Gol- 

 den Drop plums. 



Mrs. S. Sutton, Portland; Adam Fleck, The Dalles; John Strahn, Free- 

 water; K. S. & D. Fruit Land Co., Arcadia; H. C. Sholes, Portland; Emile 

 Schanno, The Dalles: W. H. Taylor, The Dalles, and Henry E. Dosch. 

 Hillsdale — Pond (Hungarian) prunes. 



Lewis Bros., Russellville; T. V. Sluman, Mount Tabor — Pacific prunes. 



There are no doubt others who will send us fruits in due season, equally 

 meritorious, as well as those who have sent fruits earlier in the season, 

 and all can feel a pride and have a full share in the winning of the 

 highest award for excellent and perfect .specimens of their several fruits. 



The immense size and high color of our apples, pears, plums and prunes 

 was a revelation not only to the committee of awards and other members 

 of the American Pomological Society, but also to the thousands of visi- 

 tors, who are so profuse in words of admiration. 



The contributors of strawberries, cherries, peach plums, peaches, and 

 other earlier fruits are: G. J. Gessling, Hood River; Mrs. Capt. Anger- 

 stein, Portland; Mark Levy & Co., Portland; Cyrus H. Walker, Albany; 

 W. J. Magoon, Portland; H. W. Prettyman, Mount Tabor; A. T. Webb, 

 Portland; B. S. Huntington, The Dalles; Richard Scott, Milwaukie; L. M. 

 Gilbert, Salem; S. S. Shields, Freewater; M. E. Hendricks, McMinnville; 

 J. N. Scriber, La Grande; H. A. Lewis, Russellville; Mrs. C. M. Shields, 

 Freewater; C. M. & G. G. Stackland, Cove; H. J. Geer, Cove; J. E. Court- 

 ney, Portland, and E. M. Mclntire, Ashland. 



WHAT IT MEAJ^S. 



The Oregon delegation here as well as the visitors from our glorious 

 state are naturally highly elated and proud of the honor conferred, and 

 their rejoicing is pardonable when we consider that nearly all other state 

 exhibits are so very much larger than ours, many having one thousand 

 plates to our two hundred and fifty plates, but blood will tell, and it was 

 "quality" and not "quantity" that won the Wilder medal. The winning 

 of this medal means much for Oregon; it is worth more to our state 

 than all the medals and diplomas awarded to us at the expositions, past, 

 present and to come, as it is an honor no exposition, however large, can 



