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ors about the usual amount of fruit was shown, and as the fair 

 was held a few days later than last year and the season was a lit- 

 tle earlier, the exhibit was nearer mature than the show at the state 

 fair of 1905, the fruit being larger in size and showing more col- 

 or. 



The plum exhibit especially was an excellent one. Mr. 

 Wynian Elliot says that it is the best plum exhibit ever made 

 at the state fair. There were exhibited one hundred and ten 

 single plates of plums entered for premiums, and the collec- 

 tions aggregated three hundred fifty plates, making a total in 

 the plum exhibit of four hundred sixty plates. No information 

 is at hand as to the number of varieties exhibited. Many of 

 those shown in the collections were seedlings, though none of 

 of extraordinary merit. 



There were two hundred plates of grapes on exhibition, 

 averaging much finer fruit than that exhibited last year. Mr. 

 Gust Johnson «howed the only collection, something like forty 

 varieties, and, there being no competition, he received as 

 award the whole premium of $60 offered pro rata for collec- 

 tions of grapes. 



In the class of professional collections of apples there were 

 five competitors, of which J. A. Howard showed the largest 

 number of varieties, having the maximum number permitted 

 of seventy-five. Other exhibitors in this class were Messrs. 

 Clarence Wedge, W. L. Parker, Frank Yahnke and P. H. Perry. 



In the amateur class there were shown nine collections of 

 apples, aggregating in all 295 plates. The professional col- 

 lections aggregated 245 plates. 



There were six lots of apples shown in the sweepstakes 

 class. Mr. R. C. Keel and Mr. Frank Yahnke exhibited, in 

 each case, the maximum number permitted, seventy-five. In 

 all there were shown in this class three hundred and sixty-six 

 plates. 



There were seven collections of seedling apples on the ta- 

 bles, the principal one being, as for some years past, that from 

 Mr. T. E. Perkins' seedling orchard, at Red Wing. Many 

 of his trees are not bearing this year, so that only fifty kinds 

 were exhibited. Amongst them were some fine looking fruits. 



Special mention should be made of the exhibit from the 

 Owatonna Orchard Experiment Station, T. E. Cashman, Sup- 

 erintendent, which consisted of one hundred fifty-five varieties. 

 There were very few small specimens in this collection, and a 



