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by the Superintendent of the Hall till after the committee had made their 

 report, but had they seen them they should have reported them entitled to the 

 first premium as best specimen of Crawford's Early on exhibition. 



The Secretary also read the report of the committee on pears. They find 

 the largest collection is exhibited by C. Engle, of Paw Paw, who has fourteen 

 varieties, among which are some choice specimens of the leading varieties, — 

 Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, Onondaga, etc. 



Dr. Winans, of Benton Harbor, shows three varieties, all fine. 



C. T. Bryant, of South Haven, exhibits six varieties, embracing fine speci- 

 mens of the Flemish Beauty, Louis Bonne de Jersey, and Vicar of Wakefield. 



D. C. Loveday, of South Haven, seven varieties, with very fine Duchesse and 

 Vicar specimens. 



G. W. Stute, of the same place, six leading varieties, all superior specimens. 



Wm. Gates, Benton Harbor, 2 varieties, — fine. 



G. W Griffin, South Haven, 2 varieties, of which the Flemish Beauty were 

 an extra lot. 



S. 0. Knapp, of Jackson, fine specimens of 5 varieties. 



Clapp & Eaton, of Ganges, 3 varieties, all good. 



L. H. Bailey, 5 varieties ; W. H. Gregory, of Pine Grove, 6 of the leading 

 varieties, embracing some fine specimens. 



Linderman, Thompson & Holmes, of South Haven, exhibited 12 baskets of 

 Flemish Beauty and Bartlett, of superior quality, and pronounced by the com- 

 mittee extra No. 1. 



P. C. Davis, Kalamazoo, fine specimens of Clapp's Favorite. 



N. P. Husted, of Lowell, 8 varieties, all fine. 



H. E. Bidwell, of South Haven, G varieties, among which were specimens of 

 Bartlett and Flemish Beauty hard' to beat. 



In addition to these the committee found some collections without the 

 names of the exhibitors. 



They state that the Flemish Beauty, Bartlett, and Onondaga varieties 

 appear far superior in all the collections, and they place the Beauty first for 

 the same reason. The committee beg to acknowledge the meagerness of their 

 report considering the extraordinary quality and quantity of the fruit shown 

 under this head, and attribute the short-coming of their praises to a lack of 

 time for elaboration. 



Wm. Bort read the report of the committee on apples, which shows that the 

 95 varieties of L. H. Bailey constitute the largest collection on exhibition. 

 Norman Phillips, of the same place, has the best collection of varieties; Olivia 

 Sprague, H. A. Fowler, and Mrs, I. Hoppin have also fine collections ; and 

 there is a smaller but finer lot by G. W. Toles, of Benton Harbor. E. J. Shirts 

 exhibits some fine specimens of Duchesse of Oldenburg, raised by Mr. Lake, of 

 Oceana county. Levi Loomis, of Allegan county, twelve varieties, very fine. 

 C. W. Griffin, of South Haven, six fine varieties. T. A. Bixby, of South 

 Haven, fifteen very fine varieties. J. S. Linderman, ten very choice varieties. 

 W. H. Gregory, of Pine Grove, a very large collection. A fine collection is 

 exhibited by H. Dale Adams, of Kalamazoo, and by E. Howe, of Casco. 



A basket of crab apples raised by John Byers, of Bainbridge, and shown by 

 A. A. Old, is worthy of much attention. A name is desired for the fruit, which 

 is as yet known only as a seedling. 



Upon the question of naming the crab apple referred to in the report, it was 

 suggested that itlse called Byer's Beauty, as the general opinion was that it is 

 worthy a name and due consideration by the Society. 



