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horticulture came to the front in great shape, not all Avith good fruit, 

 but, in the emergency, all with willing hands. That j'ou may realize 

 something of the difficulty of the situation, I will give four of the 

 replies to the above circular, all dated August 30th: 



"I can send you four apples of each of the following varieties: 

 Peach, Duchess and Duchess seedlings, four varieties. Apples are 

 all small this j'ear. Very few trees have any apples. I am willing 

 to do all I can for the exhibit. Am sorry I have not got the supply 

 I had last year." Signed, P. /. Frenn, Red Wing. 



"Mr. Latham — I have been round the neighborhood considerably 

 and can find nothing in the fruit line that would be of credit to Min- 

 nesota at the World's Fair. D. V. Plants, Long Lake." 



"Dear Sir— There are no apples or plums to be had here. W. B. 

 Strom, Hector." 



"Dear Sir — No fruit of anj^ kind to be found in this localitj'. 

 Yours truly, O. K. Opjorden, Milan." 



These are a pretty fair average of the replies, but by the help of a 

 large number of contributors and considerable hustling on the part 

 of Mr. F. G. Gould, who aided very materially in gathering the fall 

 fruits, %ve managed to get together in number of varieties, at least, a 

 fairly creditable exhibit. Of plums there were shown fortj^-one 

 named varieties, besides a great number of seedlings; and of apples, 

 including crabs and hybrids, ninetj^-one named varieties, besides a 

 large number of unnamed seedlings. It was a pleasant surprise 

 that in the case of both apples and plums, premiums were awarded; 

 though considering their size, color,perfection of form and freedom 

 from blemish, there is no occasion for pride when we remember the 

 Minnesota apples and plums that have almost invariably been 

 shown at our former exhibitions. 



Fortunatelj", there were secured a few bushels of fairl}" well 

 colored Duchess and Wealth}' apples, and on these, especially the 

 Wealthy, we had to relj' in making the exhibit attractive. The 

 beautiful Wealthy apples, far the handsomest apple shown in 

 the horticultural building, interspersed with plates of our fine 

 Minnesota grapes, were the redeeming features of our fall exhibit. 



The grape exhibit was a highly creditable one, the number of 

 varieties shown being fifty-two. While not up to the highest stand- 

 ard of Minnesota grapes, yet the}^ were most excellent and attracted 

 a great deal of attention. The judges stated that our Concords and 

 Delawares were the best of their kind the}' had ever seen. As these 

 are the two standard varieties of the country, it would seem that no 

 higher compliment need be desired. Of course, the state received 

 an award on grapes. 



A list is here given of the contributors to the fruit exhibit from 

 the crop of 189.3 and the names of the varieties contributed. As in 

 the list for 1892, 1 have not undertaken to give in detail the dates of 

 the various shipments or the quantity contributed. It would make 

 too cvimbrous a report and would not be of special interest to the 

 public: 



