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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



(c). Seedling-s, to receive awards, must be characterized by excel- 

 lence at least equal to that of established varieties. 



(d). A premium will not be awarded to a seedling, except as part 

 of a collection, that has before received a premium at any Minnesota 

 state fair. 



11th. Fruits may be exhibited that have been preserved in cold 

 storage, but not by any other process, except as otherwise pro- 

 vided. 



12th. Where the numberof competitors in any lot is less than the 

 numberof awards offered, the judges may, at their discretion, award 

 the lower prizes, omitting the higher ones, but premiums will not 

 be awarded on inferior collections or specimens, even if there is no 

 competition. 



13th. Exhibitors are requested to make entries with Secretary E. 

 W.Randall, Hamline, at least one week before the opening of the 

 fair, and positively no entries will be received after Saturday, Sep- 

 tember 2. 



MUSHROOMS AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR. 



W. M. BABCOCK, MINNEAPOLIS. 



The exhibit of the Minnesota Mycological Society, in the center of 

 Horticultural Hall, attracted a great deal of attention. 



To the society is due much credit for bringing to the attention 

 of the people of Minnesota the great quantity of food that goes to 

 waste annually in its woods and meadows. 



The Mushroom Exhibit. 



There were on the table not less than eighty varieties of mush- 

 rooms, out of which at least twenty were edible. Much interest was 

 shown in two plates of poisonous mushrooms, containing several 

 varieties of the fatally poisonous amanita family. 



Each day there were present one or two members of the 

 society to answer questions and tell the inquiring public how to 



