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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



grape growing region of Lake Minnetonka. The plum exhibit was 

 also light, there being very few in the state. The exhibit was, how- 

 ever, much in excess of what was anticipated. 



The principal professional apple exhibitor was F. I. Harris, son 

 of the late J. S. Harris and owner of his fine experimental orchards. 

 In the amateur class Wm. Oxford led with eighty-three varieties, 

 many of them very fine specimens. The list of exhibitors was little 

 changed from a year ago, though there were a few who stayed away 

 on account of the unsatisfactory condition of their fruit. The Wil- 

 liam Somerville orchard, at Viola, has changed hands during the 

 year, the exhibit being made this year by the present awner, J. W. 

 Lufkin. 



EXHIBIT OE ALASKA VEGETABLES. 



The season was especially favorable for the Mycological Club, 

 and their show of mushrooms was an object of great interest to the 

 crowds who stood around their tables. Fifty dollars was divided 

 amongst the members of the club who participated in the display. 



The show of plants and flowers by the florists was equal to any 

 exhibit they have ever made. This occupied the benches around 

 the room, making the horticultural exhibit as a whole a bower of 

 beauty. 



There were three nursery exhibits in the hall, the Jewell Nur- 

 sery Co. occupying the same space as last year with a striking de- 

 sign in which they used the same foundation as they did a year 

 ago, surmounted by a tower veneered with apples inlaid with high 

 bush cranberries. It was a beautiful conception and attracted at- 



