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of the energy and care required in bringing together such extensive exhibits. 

 The collections of apples in both of these entries in this year of scarcity is 

 quite wonderful, and we desire to call especial attention to this portion of their 

 exhibits. The collection taking the third award, from Oceana county, was 

 also a fair exhibit, and, coming as it does from a new country, it conYe3^s the 

 impression that ere many years the older settled portions of Michigan will have 

 a close competitor in the fruit from this county. The collections were all 

 worthy of premiums and Ave granted them in accordance with instructions. 

 Your committee wish to add further that there came too late for entering a 

 collection from the township of Peninsula, Grand Traverse, in care of H. G. 

 Keynolds. It consisted of six plates of apples, four plates of pears, four plates 

 of peaclus and ten plates of plums. Tliis exhibit was exceedingly line, and 

 speaks loudly in favor of the Grand I'raverse region as a fruit country. The 

 plates of Maiden's Blush, all of the pears, and many of the peaches, rivaled 

 anvthing in the hall. 



Committee — 0. Engle, Paw Paw; E. J. Shirts, Shelby; J. X. Stearns, Kal- 

 amazoo. 



DIVISION E — APPLES. 



Class 1. Collection of ajiples grown by exhibitor — This class was given into 

 the hands of a special committee consisting of S. 0. Knapp, of Jackson^, A. 

 C. Glidden, Paw Paw, and C. N". Merriman, Grand IJapids. who made the follow- 

 ing awards: First premium, I. E. Ilgenfritz, Monroe, 820; second premium, 

 W. D. Manly, Hartford, Van Buren Co., ^15 ; third premium, J. M. Blowers, 

 Lawrence, SIO ; Fourth premium, Thomas Jewett, Chelsea, Washtenaw Co., 85. 



Class '6. Plate Eed Astrachau — Third premium, Iveynolds, Lewis & Co., 

 ^Monroe, 25c, four specimens shown and one wormy. 



Class 4. Plate Duchess of Oldenburg — Second premium, C. A. Sessions, 

 Blackberry Pidge, 50c, one poor specimen. 



Class 5. Plate Maiden's Blush — First premuuii, II. F. Thomas, Jackson, 

 75c; second j)remium, Mrs. D. IL Rauney, Jackson, 50c; third premium, 

 AV. A. Holcomb, Francisco, 25c. 



Class G. Plate of Primate — First premium, N. & C. Chilson, Battle Creek, 

 75c ; second premium. South Haven Pomological Society, 50c. 



Class 7. Plate Large Yellow Bough — First premium. South Haven Pomolog- 

 ical Society, 75c. 



Class 10. Plate Early Strawberry — First premium, Reynolds, Lewis & Co., 

 Monroe, 75c. 



Class 11. Plate Early Joe — First premium. Reynolds, Lewis »& Co., Monroe, 



75c. 



Class lo. Plate Lowell — First premium, South Haven Pomological Societ}'^, 

 75c ; second premium, Wm. Rowe, Grand Rapids, 50c. 



Class 14. Plate Porter — First premium, Reynolds, l^cwis & Co., Monroe, 

 75c, all specimens perfect; second premium, AV. A. Holcomb, Francisco, 50c; 

 third premium. South Haven Pomological Society, 25c. 



Class IG. Plate Cayuga Red Streak — First premium, Robt. Van Brunt, St. 

 Joseph, 75c; second premium, Reynolds, Lewis & Co., Monroe, 50c; third 

 premium, South Haven Pomological Society, 25c. 



Class 17. Plate Chenango Strawberry — First premium, Wm. Rowe, Grand 

 Rapids, 75c; second premium. South Haven Pomological Society, 50c. Both 

 plates were exceedingly fine but the former was as a whole the more perfect. 



