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PREMIUM LIST. 



.Articles exhibited must he growu bj- exhibitor. 



FLOWERS. 1st Preiu. 2d Prem. 



Collection of cut roses $3.00 S'J.OO 



Collection of cut pansies 3.00 2.00 



Collection of cut carnations^ 3.00 2.00 



Floral design 5 00 3.00 



Hand bouquet -00 100 



FKIITS. 



Strawberries— Collection of not less than three named varieties, 



one quart each 3.0<J 2.00 



Largest fruit of any one variety, one quart 2.00 1.00 



Minnesota seedling, not before exhibited 2.00 1.00 



VEGETABLES. 



Collection, not less than six kinds 3.00 2.00 



Asparagus, three bunches 100 .50 



Beets.six. 100 .50 



Carrots, six 100 ..TO 



Onions, six LOO .;)0 



Radishes, six .- 100 .50 



Turnips, six - 1-00 .50 



Pieplant, six stalks 100 .50 



Lettuce, six heads 1-00 .50 



Cabbage, three heads 100 .50 



Cauliflower, three heads 100 .150 



Green peas, half peck LOO .50 



String beans, half peck LOO .50 



New potatoes, half peck 100 .50 



Cucumbers, six 100 .50 



Summer squash, six 100 .oO 



RULES. 



All exhibits must be in place by 1 p. m. The awarding committee will have 

 power to recommend special premiums on seedlings and articles of special merit 

 in fruits, flowers or vegetables, not provided for in the schedule of premiums. 

 Preniititns irill not be awarded to articles unworthy of exhibition, even if 

 there is no competition. 



Competition will be open to all, but the annual membership fee of one dollar 

 will be deducted from premiums awarded to persons who are not members of 

 the society. 



SUMMER MEETING. 1893. 



The meeting- was iti the nature of a basket picnic and was he]d in 

 the grove at the St. Anthonj^ Park Experiment Station. June 28, 1893. 

 The morning was devoted to an interchange of friendly greetings; an 

 examination of the experiment grounds; to the arrangement and ex. 

 amination of the fruits, flowers and vegetables entered for competi- 

 tion and to the award of premiums; and closed by ample apprecia- 

 tion of the bountiful picnic dinner, to which all had contributed. 



The afternoon session, still under the trees, began at two o'clock 

 with Pres. Underwood in the chair. The program was impromptu, 

 and was opened by a few words of greeting from the president 



He spoke of the pleasant memories connected with last summer's 

 meeting at Lake City and wished that he might always welcome the 

 society there; of the pleasure of meeting in such a beautiful spot 

 and of the gratification of watching the experiments going on at 

 this farm; of the pressure of work upon the horticulturist at this 



