HORTICULTURE AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR, I9O5. 3/1 



new tables were generally considered a considerable improvement 

 upon those heretofore in use, and it is probable that other similar 

 tables will be constructed for the use of this department. 



In addition to those above mentioned there were five collections 

 of apple sweepstakes, also the exhibit of seedling apples, of which 

 special mention should be made. In the seedling department were 

 five collections varying from five very nice varieties shown by Nils 

 Anderson, of Lake City, to the magnificent collection of Mr. E. R. 

 Perkins, of Red Wing, consisting of 140 varieties, all grown from 

 the seed of Malinda at one planting, a beautiful lot of uniformly 

 good sized fruit and finely set up. It was by far the most attractive 

 feature of the apple exhibit this year. D. F. Akin, of Farmington, 

 showed an exhibit of twenty-six varieties; A. B. Lyman, of Ex- 

 celsior, twenty-three Wealthy seedlings of unusually high quality; 

 and Andrew Wilfert, of Cleveland, fourteen specially handsome 

 sorts of a character unknown to the writer. There were sixty-one 

 exhibits of single plate seedling apples. As to the awards, in this as 

 in other classes of fruits, the reader is referred to the premium list 

 appearing in this number. Special mention should be made of a 

 display of 170 varieties of apples from the state experiment station 

 at Owatonna, exhibited by Thos. E. Cashman, its superintednent. 

 There were many fine appearing varieties of seedlings in this collec- 

 tion but as far as tested none of marked merit as to quality. There 

 being no one at hand when the committee examined it to point out 

 the most valuable sorts, the test as to quality was confined to com- 

 paratively few varieties. 



There were on exhibit for competition 167 plates of grapes, Mr. 

 Gust Johnson, of Excelsior, showing an especially fine collection 

 of over forty varieties which showed skill in placing upon exhibition 

 as well as in growing and handling in preparation to exhibit. It is 

 a pleasure to commend such good work as this. 



The plum exhibit consisted of five sweepstake exhibits, seven 

 collections, two half pecks, seventy-five single entries and a few 

 seedlings. The seedlings were especially disappointing, and only 

 one award was made in this class, the others shown not thought to 

 be worthy of awards. Altogether 290 plates of plums were shown. 



The Minnesota State Fair always has a plate or two of peaches, 

 and the record was maintained by an exhibit of this fruit from the 

 orchard of Mr. A. D. Leach, of Excelsior. 



Visitors in the hall may have noticed that the turntables of the 

 old World's Fair booth, standing in the east end of the hall, were 

 in motion, power having been obtained from the street railway 

 company, which was employed to run the same motor that was used 



