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and call them vegetables, too coarse for use, for man or beast, but the judges 
say it beats the world, and here’s your premium. My friend Richard Poole, of 
Minneapolis town, had a full assortment of garden products, and I must say he 
well deserved the encouragement he received at the hands of the viewing com- 
mittee. 
And then there was D. C. Custer, Geo. H. Morrison, David Giles, Wyman 
Elliot, O. C. Chase and others, of Minneapolis, James Smith, of Lyndale, John 
Hooper, of Crystal Lake, James Archer, of Northfield, J. W. Mann, of Minne- 
tonka, and a number of others, all of whom know what first-class vegetables 
are and did produce them, but then old birds are sometimes caught with chaff, 
or rather those men were like the men travelling from Jerusalem to Jericho who 
fell among thieves who beat, and left them upon the paras without a cent to 
pay their tavern bills. 
How this was done it is not for me to say, but by permission you can all refer 
to one E. H. Smith & Co., of Dubuque. Iowa, who carried off more honors than 
all the other competitors together. 
Mr. Harris spoke of the abuse of premium taking on fruit col- 
lected and not grown by the exhibitor. 
Mr. Dart asked if such were not liable to prosecution for so doing. 
The answer was in the affirmative. 
FRUIT LISTS RESUMEED. 
Blight. 
The revision of the fruit lists was then resumed. It was moved 
that the votes be omitted in publishing the blight lists. It was 
moved to amend by stating in a note that there had been no blight 
the past year, and that these lists simply expressed the action taken 
at the last meeting. The amendment was carried. 
Grape List. 
It was moved to continue the grape list of fai year which mo- 
tion was carried. 
Strawberry List. 
It was moved to amend the strawberry list by adding Hart’s 
Minnesota Seedling to the list for “general trial for amateur culti- 
‘vation,’ which was carried. 
Mr. Harris moved to recommend Kramer’s Seedling ‘for trial” 
which was carried by a vote of eleven for and none against. 
Raspberry List. 
It was moved to continue the raspberry list of last year, which 
motion was carried unanimously and the following discussion en- 
sued : 
