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There Avere nine entries in tliis class, und nearly ull of them meritorious. The 

 committee found that they must adopt a system of work before attem))ting to 

 award })rcmiums, so it was thought best to give sj)ecial attention to three lead- 

 ing points, viz. : general appearance of the collections, the varieties as to their 

 market qualities, the condition of specimens as to imperfections. This neces- 

 sitated a considerable amount of labor, but resulted in perfect unanimity in the 

 decisions. 



Class 2. Township Collection of Peaches — First premium. South Haven Po- 

 mological Society, Township of South Haven, 18; second ))remium, C. A. 

 Sessions, Blackberry llidgc Townshii), Oceana county, $5; third ])remiuin, Jos. 

 C. Wood, Tompkins, Jackson county, !ii>3. 



A fine collection by F. J. Dowland, of Ludington, was found wortliy of sjjec- 

 ial notice, but not sufiiciently meritorious to out-rank those receiving the awards. 



Class 3. Township Collection of Pears — First Premium, H. B. Chapman, 

 Reading, Hillsdale county, $8 ; second premium, I. E. Ilgenfritz & Co., Mon- 

 roe, 15; tliird premium, L. G. Bragg & Co., Kalamazoo, ^3. 



Class 4. Township Collection of Grapes — First premium, L. G. Bragg & Co., 

 Kalamazoo, $6. 



Class 5. Township Collection of Plums — First premium, E. J. Shirts, Shelby, 

 Oceana county, $5 : second premium, F. J. Dowland, Ludington, Mason 

 county, $3. 



Your committee found a very convenient arrangement of fruir. The collec- 

 tions Avere side by side so that a comparative estimate could be easily made. 

 Evidently the superintendent in charge had done his duty. But the darkness 

 of the hall and the narrowness of the shelves upon which the fruit was placed 

 were very unfortunate circumstances. The fruit did not show well, neither was 

 it })ossible to remove for comparison any single plate, without a general dis- 

 turbance of all, which might be avoided with a proper arrangement of shelv- 

 ing and a good quality of plates. The full shelves and the number of entries 

 in each class were a credit to the members of the State Pomological Society 

 who have made the effort for a display this year of scarcity. In a comparison 

 with the awarded premiums of last year we find that there are very many more 

 awarded this season, and a larger list of entries in the divisions upon which we 

 were to pass Judgment. A beautiful society collection, for which there is no 

 place in the premium list of this year, we found entered by the South Haven 

 Pomological Society. It consisted of fruits in variety, and in consideration of 

 its merit we recommend that the diploma of the State Pomological Society be 

 awarded this exhibit. 



Coinmittce — Eli Bidelnian, Cold water ; Emmons Buel, Kalamazoo. 



DIVISION D — COLLECTIONS EXHIBITED BY INDIVIDUALS. 



Class 1. Collection of fruit grown by exhibitor — First premium, Reynolds, 

 Lewis & Co., Monroe, $20; second premium, I. E. Ilgenfritz, Monroe, 815; 

 third premium, C. A. Sessions, Blackberry Ridge, |^10 ; Fourth premium, 

 David Geddes, Saginaw, $5. 



Your committee on this division find four entries, two of which arc especially 

 fine, these were awarded first and second premiums, either of which would reflect 

 credit upon any grower in any State. Apples, pears and grapes were very fully 

 represented in these collections. Too much cannot be said of these firms in praise 



