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fine. Mr. Latham also had the Duchess, Haas, Plumb’s Cider and some other 
varieties of apples, and on grapes took a regular list of premiums; on Concord, 
Delaware, Iona, Rogers No. 4 and 15. His grapes were exceedingly fine in 
appearance, and more fully ripe than any other. It was suggested to me that 
girdling the vines, and clipping the smaller bunches at the proper time, would 
have a very beneficial effect for exhibition purposes. . 
R. Knaupheide, of Reserve town, Ramsey county, S. Ellington, Bloomington 
Ferry, Hennepin county, and one or two others, had very fine collections of 
grapes. John Hart, the old apple seed planter, made a very creditable show of 
summer, fall and winter apples, also a plate of seedling pears. Mrs Campbell, 
_ of Winona, sent up the Duchess, Haas, Fameuse, and a large collection of seed- 
ling apples, some of which were quite large and of good quality. Geo. W. Clark, 
of Winona, also had a good exhibit of apples, but as neither he nor Mrs. Camp- 
bell were present to arrange and classify their fruits, they perhaps did not receive 
the consideration that was justly due. W.B. Henry, of Dayton, Minn., displayed 
several plates of fall, winter and seedling apples. A. Stewart, of Richfield, pre- 
sented a few plates of fail, winter and seedling Jronclads. 
There are other exhibitors which [ would like to mention, but even space must 
have a limit. ; 
Towa. 
_ The management saw proper to throw all the doors of competition wide open 
to the world, and in the fruit department we find no less than six competitors 
from the State of Iowa. 
_E. H. Smith, of Dubuque, carried off the first prize for the largest collection of 
apples, but with this exception no premium was awarded to any fruit shown side 
by side in competition with that grown within our own State. 
Decoration of Hall. 
The fruit, floral and vegetable hall was very handsomely decorated with ever- 
greens, showing admirable skill and judgment in projecting and carrying out this 
most difficult part of the work so.as to harmonize in good taste with all the sur- 
roundings. But I cannot speak in too high praise of the ladies and gentlemen of 
Minneapolis, who have made horticulture part of their study, and are always 
ready for any emergency of the kind that skillful fingers and willing hands can do. 
Floral Exhibits. 
In the floral department there were seventeen exhibitors whose collections were 
made up chiefly of greenhouse, window and bedding-out plants, the most con- 
spicuous of whom were G. A. Bracket, W. Elliot, Wm. Buckendorf and R. J. 
Mendenhall, of Minneapolis, J. E. Booth, of Minnehaha, and James Aldons. of 
Iowa City. Mr. Bracket made nine entries, consisting of green and hot-house 
foliage, decorative and specimen plants, fuchsias, begonias, colens, olander and 
plants in bloom. 
Mr. Elliot, fourteen entries; specimen plants and plants in bloom, bedding 
plants, geraniums, rustic stands filled with growing plants, boquets and cut 
flowers, the whole being festooned with choice hanging plants. Mr. Buckendorf, 
nine entries. Display of specimen succulent, bulbs and bulbous, rooted plants, 
