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two very fine collections of hot-house grapes, grown by Mrs. 

 Morris and George Kendall of Grand Rapids city. Several par- 

 ties entered varieties for best collection of native grape (among 

 whom was W. Slocum, city), supposing they could compete 

 for best five-pound premiums, to which they would have 

 been entitled but for this mistake in entering. We cannot 

 conclude without noticing the most attractive specimens of 

 all, — the justly celebrated California grapes, which eclipsed 

 everything else by far ; and we hope to be able to return the 

 compliment at some future time to the State of California. * 



E. BRADFIELD, 

 J. G. RAMSDELL, 

 Wm. HALDANE, 



Committee. 



DIVISION Q— PLtrM8,ArEI0OTS. AND UECTARINES. 



Tellow Egg— First premium, N. P. Busted, Lowell, Kent county. 



Lombard— First premium, Sanford & Snow, Muskegon. Second premium, T. J. 

 Eamsdell, Manistee. 



Single variety plums — ^First premium, N. P. Ilusted ; variety— Canada Egg. Second 

 premium, J. U. Ramsdell, Manistee ; variety— Duane's Purple. 



A branch of Imperial grape, from Manistee, is entitled to 



favorable mention ; also, two plates of Coe's Golden Drop, 



wrongly entered as Yellow Egg. It being past the season for 



most varieties of plums, the show is meager, but the specimens 



exhibited furnish convincing proof that the sandy soils of the 



Michigan Fruit Belt, as well as the heavier soils of the interior, 



are well adapted to the growth of this delicious fruit, and the 



committee would recommend every owner of a rod of ground 



to plant at least one plum tree, and thereby in a few years 



gratify the laudable ambition of becoming " worth a plum." 



It being past the season for apricots and nectarines, no entries 



were made. 



C. L. SHEPHERD, 



CHAS. ALFORD, 



Committee. 



* Note.— The committee do not mention the very fine exhibition of many varieties 

 of grapes made by Mr. E. Bradfleld, nor Mr. Haldane's noted Isabella, probably on 

 account of these gentlemen being members of the committee. — Seceetaey. 



