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_ Owing to their crowded condition the judges found considerable difficulty in 
- making just awards. 
Garden Vegetables, 
- The competition in this department was spirited and the show large, but in 
general appearance the specimens did not give a fair example of what our gar- 
-deners can do in a favorable season. 
The University of Minnesota had on exhibition ‘a very large collection that were 
raised on the State Exp. Farm, which, to those who have a personal knowledge 
of the farm spoke volumes for the skill of t!.e producer (for the soil of the farm is 
a poor bed of sand that had been entirely exhausted by cropping before it came 
into the possession of the University), Busch, Hollister & Co., Wyman Elliot, 
J.T. Grimes, and several others showed extensive colJections. There were no 
huge squashes or mammoth cabbage to help out the show. 
Premium List. 
We have a premium list for the Horticultural department that compares favor- 
ably with that of any other state, but I think the time has arrived when it should 
be revised. A special premium should be made for apples of Russian origin to 
encourage their trial, and professional nurserymen ought not to be brought into 
- competition with orchardists and farmers. A special premium should be given on 
the lists adopted by the Horticultural Society. I would suggest that a suitable 
committee be appointed by this society to revise the list before the next State Fair 
or that it be made the duty of the executive committee to do so. 
JOHN S. HARRIS. 
The society then adjourned to meet at nine o’clock Wednesday 
morning. 
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
TREE PLANTING LAWS. 
The society was called to order by President Smith at nine 
o'clock. The subject of Congressional tree-planting and other 
forestry laws was referred to a committee consisting of Messrs, 
Hodges, Brand and Elliot. 
A communication from Dr. John A. Warder, of Ohio, requesting 
action on a memorial, asking the appointment of a commissioner 
to visit and report upon the forests of Europe, was read and referred 
to the same committee. 
