22 ANNUAL REPORT 



Dr. D. C. Estos appeared before the meeting, ami invited all to visit 

 his museum of natural history, which invitation was accepted. 



0. Gibbs, Jr., as Chairman of the committee on articles on exhibi- 

 tion, reported as follows: 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON EXHIBITS. 



Mr. President, and Fellow Members : — It is with more than ordinary pleasure that 

 3^our committee undertake tlie duty of summarizing the exhibits at this meeting, 

 for a permanent record ni tlie transactions of the society, as we have here, before 

 us, for the first time in our liistory, what appears to be, in our leading department, 

 that of autumn fruits, a display of nearly all the varieties in the state, with the 

 exception perhaps, of a few undiscoverd seedlings, and insignificant crabs, and 

 shown as a general rule in good condition as to form, size, maturity and color, and 

 that outside bloom and finish that makes all our well-grown Minnesota fruit 

 remarkable by contrast with the same or similar varieties grown elsewhere. 

 Besides this statement, we think it is the opinion of all present that our display at 

 this time is the best ever yet obtained in the State on any occasion, although per- 

 haps the number of individual exhibitors may possiblj^ be less than at some of our 

 State Fairs. We find upon our tables 100 plates of apples, seventy of hybrids and 

 crabs, twenty-four of grapes and ten of plums. 



The individual exhibitors of fruit and the varieties shown, are as follows : 



Underwood & Emery, Lake City. Duchess, Tetofsky, Wealthy, Fameuse, Sax- 

 ton, White Astrachan, Plumb's Cider, St. Lawrence, Fall Orange, Deomia, Minne- 

 sota, Whitney No. 20, Conical, Gen. Grant, Maiden Blush, Orange, Akin's Striped 

 Winter, Jewell's Red Winter, Beecher Sweet, Hutchinson Sweet, Russet Sweet, 

 Golden Beauty, White Winter, Green Winter, Lady, Early Strawl)erry, Angular, 

 Orion, Pickett's Prolific, Vermont Red, Pine and Yellow Transparent, in apples 

 and crabs. Forest Garden, Weaver, DeSoto and Miner Plums Delaware, Agawam, 

 Clinton, Janesville and Lindley grapes. 



Oliver Gibbs, Jr., Lake City. Haas, Minnesota, General Grant, four varieties 

 u inamed hybrids, Angular,Talman Sweet, Price's Sweet, and seedling winter apple. 



S. S. Workman, Lake City. Concord, Agawam, Rogers' 19, Delaware, Musca- 

 dine, Dracut Amber, Clinton, Hartford Prolific and seedling grapes. 



G. M. Dwelle, Lake City. Quaker Beautv, Hyslop and unnamed red crab 



M. M. Ingram, Lake City. Talman Sweet. 



Abner Dwelle, Lake City. Wallbridge. 



S. K. Gates, Lake City Sweet Seedling apple. 



Mrs. Montgomery, Lake Cit\'. Angular and Meader's Winter. 



S. Hazlett, Lake City. Quaker Beauty and Seedling apple. 



Wm Jewell, Lake City. Hutchinson Sweet. 



Myron Hill, Lake City. Hyslop. 



F. H. Doughty, Lake Citj'. Concord and Clinton grapes. 



IT. D. Wickham, Lake City. Perry Russet and Golden Russet. 



