150 GENERAL HISTORY. 



December 20th, reaching there on the 22d, finding the fruits lying at the 

 Michigan headquarters in the Government building, exposed to a temperature 

 often as high as 90", the refrigeration promised not being yet prepared for 

 their reception. Several barrels were at once removed to Horticultural Hall, 

 and the space assigned to Michigan occupied temporarily, awaiting the time 

 for the competing exhibits to be placed on exhibition. The arrangements 

 for refrigeration were vexatiously delayed, and although the fruits were trans- 

 ferred to the cold storage room as s on as practicable, the r^'frigeration was 

 not actually applied till about the 25th of January, prior to which date over- 

 hauling and assorting had twice become necessary, and the quality as well as 

 quantity of fruits was sadly reduced. 



The best disposition possible was made of the collections yet remaining 

 when the period arrived for the examinations and awards of premiums, but 

 owing to the sad waste of specimens the larger entries were no longer possi- 

 ble, the highest entry actually made consisting of no more than ten varieties 

 of apples. 



Notwithstanding these accumulated misfortunes, the display from Michigan 

 was awarded premiums as follows: 



Best collection of ten varieties of apples to Geo. Seagrove, Spring Lake, 

 Ottawa county, silver medal and 825. 



Best collection of three varieties to W. N. Cook, Grand Rapids, Kent 

 ciunty, silver medal and $15. 



Best plate Bailey's Sweet to J, McDiarmid, Bear Lake, Manistee county, $5. 



Best plate Twenty Ounce to J. W. Van Deman, Benzouia, Benzie county, 

 $5. 



Best plate Cooper's Market to J. F. Taylor, Douglas, Allegan county, S5. 



Best plate Flushing Spitzenburg to Neil Munro, Elk Eapids, Antrim 

 county, '^b. 



hest plate Mann to Neil Munro, Elk Rapids, Antrim county, $5. 



Best plate Northern Spy to Neil Munro, Elk R ipids, Antrim county, $5. 



Best plate Pomme Gris to J. F. Taylor, Douglas, Allegan county, $5. 



Best plate Red Canada to J. C. Woodruff, Hastings, Barry county, $5. 



Best plate Rhode Island Greening to S. Rice, Bear Lake, Manistee county, 

 $5. 



Best collection plums, ten varieties or more, to D. L. Garver, Hart, Oceana 

 county, silver medal and $50. 



Near the close of December there arose a necessity for early action by 

 judges upon the exhibit of fruits from the Pacific Coast, which were exhibit- 

 ing symptoms of decay. 



Mr. Earle therefore designated the following persons as judges to award the 

 premiums in these classes, viz: T. T. Lyon, of Michigan; E. H. Calkins, 



Iowa, and Professor Mohr, of Alabama, who awarded the premiums on 



grapes, Japnn persimmons and pears, while for the awards on apples in this 

 disirict Pofessor Mohr was replaced by J. C. Plum, of Wisconsin. 



On January 14th the annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Horticult- 

 ural Society was held upon the exposition grounds, and during its con- 

 tinuance the names of a horticultural group of twenty-five judges were 

 announced, of whom only one, T. T. Lyon, was a resident of Michigan. 



To Lyon, of Michigan, Brackett, of Iowa, and Peffer, of Wisconsin, was 

 assigned the work <-f correcting the nomenclature, a task utterly beyond the 

 ability of any single committee within limited period prior to the action of 

 awarding committees. 



