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Collection of Pansies — Geo. S. Woolsey. Minneapolis, first 

 premium. $2: William Lyons, Minneapolis, second, $1. 



TEGETABLES. 



Asparasius — J. T. Grimes. Minneapolis, first premium. $1; 

 William Mackintosh. Langdon. second, fifty cents. 



Beets — Early Egyptian. A. Eowe. Miuneai3olis. first premi- 

 um. $1. 



Carrots — Henderson. A. Eowe. Minneapolis, first premium. $1 



Onions — Silverskin, J. S. Gray, Minneapolis, first premi- 

 um, $1. 



Cabbage — A. Eowe. Minneapolis, first premium, $1. 



CauUHoicer — A. Eowe. Minneapolis, first premium, $1. 



Green Peas — A. Eowe, Minneapolis, first premium. $1, 



Cu<^umbers — A. Eowe, Minneapolis, first premium. $1. 



The fruits on exhibition were appropriated for the pur- 

 poses of the picnic, which was spread upon ample tables, ar 

 ranged in a grove near the farm buildings. There was an abun- 

 dance of provisions for all. including strawberries and cream. 



The meeting was called to order about 2 o'clock, p. ii., by 

 President Elliot. After the reading of the list of awards made 

 by the committees on premiums, the president announced the 

 discussion of the subject "Small Fruits for Market and Home 

 Use." The discussion was opened by the following paper: 



SMALL FEUITS FOE MAEKET AXD HOME USE. 



By J. S. Harris, La Crescent. 



Mr. President: If I am to open this discussion upon the sub- 

 ject of fruit for market and home use, I will say in the first 

 place that I am one who has always firmly believed in having 

 an abundance of fruit for home use; I also think we should have 

 fruit to supply the market, enough to give away, fruit to send 

 everywhere throughout the United States, and fruits to send to 

 the foreign parts of the world. I have always said it would be 

 done some time — which shows my "greenness, '* perhaps — but I 

 have always said we could raise fruit in this country and we 

 were bound to do it. I believe the necessities of mankind are 

 such thatthev will have fruit. It it was not designed that man 



