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Premium. Amount. 



Asparagus, William Mcintosh, Langdou Second $ 50 



Beets, J. S.Gray, i\Iinneapolis First 1 00 



Beets, J. AUyn. Red Wing Second 50 



Onions, J. Allyn. Red Wing First 1 00 



Onions, J. S. Gray, Minneapolis Second 50 



Radishes, J. S. Gray, Minneapolis First 1 00 



Radishes, William Lyons, Minneapolis Second 50 



Pieplant, H. F. Basse, Minneapolis First 1 00 



Pieplant, W^illiam Lyons, Minneapolis Second 50 



Lettuce, J. S. Gray, Minneapolis First 1 00 



Lettuce, William Lyons, Minneapolis. Second 50 



Peas, William Lyons, Minneapolis First 1 00 



Cucumbers, William Lyons, Minneapolis First 1 00 



Cucumbers, J. S. Gray Second 50 



Tomatoes (special), J. S Gray, Minneapolis First 2 00 



A.fter the awards were made, a picnic dinner was served, at 

 which more than one hundred persons were present, both of 

 ladies and gentlemen, and of old and young. 



After dinner, President Elliot called the meeting to order, and 

 an informal discussion was had with reference to visiting Lake 

 Minnetonka the following day. It was decided to visit the lake. 



President Elliot said that Prof. Green had been invited to ad- 

 dress the Society briefly on horticultural topics. 



REMARKS BY PROF. GREEN. 



Members of the Minnesota Horticultural Societji, 



Ladies and Gentlemen: I am glad of the opportunity of 

 addressing you, because it gives me a chance of expressing my 

 warmest sympathy and admiration for the work which has been 

 and is being done by your Society. And is it to such societies 

 as this, in connection with experiment stations, that the horti- 

 culturists of the state must look for their encouragement and 

 profit. 



Minnesota can not look to other states for precedents in horti- 

 culture. She must have a system of horticulture of her own. 

 It must be developed on her own soil, and be built up by the 

 laborious and practical methods of careful experimenting, trial, 

 observation, and comparison. 



As I have traveled over your state (and it is my state now), 

 I have, as would any enthusiastic lover of horticulture, been 

 struck not so much by the lack of development of commercial 



