THE ANNUAL FAIR OF 1879. 



THE PREMIUM LIST. 



The list of premiums for 1879 did not: vary but little from that of the pre- 

 vious year. The changes made all proved for the better, and many who criti- 

 cised tlie arrangement of special exhibits of fruits, when first planned, expressed 

 themselves well satisfied with it the present season. The separation of dessert 

 from market fruits in the awarding of premiums, is a good point made, and 

 the fruit catalogue issued by the society materially aided the exhibitors in 

 arranojins: their collections. It was doubted bv some of the exhibitors whether 

 the committees paid enough attention to the rule which restricts them to con- 

 sider poor varieties as derogatory to the standing of a collection. Still the 

 committees themselves thought in many cases they were as severe in their 

 ruliniT^s as the law would warrant. 



NOTES OX THE REGISTER OF ENTRIES. 



Strenuous efforts were made to secure as large a proportion of entries as pos- 

 sible previous to the fair, with very indifferent success, as not one hundred were 

 numbered before the opening of the fair. This seemed discouraging, but the 

 excuse of the horticulturists was that they could not tell what they had that 

 was fit to carry until it was collected, and they could not collect until just pre- 

 vious to the fair week. 



Notwithstanding this unpromising opening, before the date for closing the 

 entries they numbered over 1,500; that is three hundred more than in 1878. 

 The following counties were represented in the list of entries : Berrien, St. 

 Joseph, Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Jack- 

 son, Washtenaw, Wayne, Allegan, Eaton, Ingham, Livingston, Oakland, 

 Macomb, Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Clinton, Shiawassee, Genesee, Lapeer, Saginaw, 

 Tuscola, Oceana, Bay, Mason, Manistee and Grand Traverse. 



The report of the Superintendent of Fruits will contain details concerning 

 the exhibit of fruits, and the lloral department will be written up by the 

 Superintendent of Plowers, both of which reports appear later in this volume. 



LIST OF AWARDS MADE BY THE MICHIGAN STATE POMOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY, AT THE FAIR HELD IN DETROIT SEPT. 15 TO 19, 1879. 



The awards in Divisions A, B. C, D, II, and J, were made by a committee 

 consisting of Messrs. II. T. Brooks, Pearl Creek, N. Y., and C. li. Coryell, 

 Jonesville, Michigan. In division E, by Eli Bidelman of Lansing, and E. H. 

 Reynolds of Monroe. In divisions F, G, K, and N, by H. G. Reynolds of Old 

 Mission, F, W. Noble of Detroit, and Thomas Love of St. Joseph. In divi- 



