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king of fruits, the apple, makes the greater part of the collection. No worms 

 are found in these fruits and the specimens are otherwise very free from 

 blemishes. 



Twenty varieties of Eussian apples are exhibited from the orchard of A. 

 G. Tuttle, of Baraboo, Wisconsin. This is a very interesting collection, as 

 showing the hardy sorts that the fruit growers of Wisconsin are securing to 

 take the place of the sorts grown so well this side of the lake, but which will 

 not stand the more rigorous climate of Wisconsin. They are clear, beautiful 

 specimens, and quite distinct in appearance from the other collections on the 

 tables. 



The Midland Connty Agricultural Society makes a neat little display of 

 twenty-five varieties of apples brought by Mr. M. P. Anderson. The color 

 of the fruit is fine but the codling moth has prematurely tinted a good many 

 of the specimens. 



The county of Charlevoix, through the secretary of its agricultural society, 

 Mr. L. D. Bartholomew, makes an exhibit of sixty varieties of fruit, highly 

 colored, with clean waxen surfaces. Among the varieties that give character 

 to the collection are Maiden's Blush, Twenty Ounce, St. Lawrence, Rhode 

 Island Greening, Wagener, Alexander, Bailey's Sweet, six varieties of highly 

 tinted crabs, several plates of well ripened grapes and plums ; a plate of 

 tomatoes and several strings of corn, to show how well ripened these products 

 are in this northern clime. 



McNaughton & Blakely of Jackson have a very unique advertisement in 

 an ideal plan of home grounds with lawn, trees, shrubs, walks and drives, a 

 vegetable garden and other attributes of a city or village home. As an edu- 

 cational feature of the fair, this is certainly commendable, even if it is used 

 as an advertisement, and appropriately finds a place in the exhibit of the State 

 Horticultural society. 



A year ago a few leading men at Luther, Lake county, asked me to go up 

 and organize a horticultural society, saying they desired to begin at once 

 to interest their people in the culture of fruits. They already had a few 

 branches in bearing, but had little knowledge of names and methods of cul- 

 ture disseminated among the farmers. The society was organized and sends 

 down to the State fair a most delightful exhibit of over one hundred plates 

 of fruit; they were perfectly packed and certainly came out of the cases as 

 bright as a dollar. For hight of color and firmness of flesh these fruits will 

 rank with any ever shown at a fair in Michigan. This exhibit is at the south 

 end of the west table in Poraological hall and certainly no better advertise- 

 ment could be made of the capabilities of Lake county. In the center of the 

 display is a gigantic squash, weighing one hundred pounds, which nearly filled 

 the barrel in which it was shipped. 



