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finest in the Northwest, furnishing ample room for the legisla- 

 ture, state offices, State Horticultural Society, State Agricultural 

 Society and headquarters of the superintendent of, the farmers' 

 institutes. Everything about the capital is in harmony with 

 the greatness, wealth and prosperty of the state, and points to 

 the fact that agriculture is recognized as the bed rock upon which 

 this prosperity is founded. The present meeting, February, 5th 

 -9th, was one of the largest ard most enthusiastic ever held in 

 the state. All railroads carried delegates the round trip for a 

 single fare, and nearly every county in the state was represented 

 by energetic and progressive tillers of the soil. 



THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The meeting of the State Horticultural Society was formally 

 opened on Monday evening, February 4th. The time was chiefly 

 occupied in receiving reports from absent members and discus- 

 sing the merits of popular varieties of fruit. The forenoon of 

 Tuesday, the fifth, was chiefly taken up in the disposition of 

 business matters and the setting up and arranging of the mag- 

 nificent exhibition of fruits. The exhibition was comprised of 

 something over 600 plates, chiefly apples, and a few vegetables. 

 Chas. Hirschiuger, Baraboo, showed 40 varieties of standard ap- 

 ples, 13 of seedlings and 7 of Siberians, in all 160 plates. George 

 Jeffrey, of Milwaukee county, showed 60 varieties of standard 

 apples, 8 of Russian, 8 of Siberian, 3 of winter pears, about 130 

 plates in all. Geo. P. Peffer, of Pewaukee, had about 40 varie- 

 ties of standard apples, 29 of seedlings, 1 of pears and "6 of 

 grapes. G. J. Kellogg, of Janesville, 12 varieties of apples, 6 

 plates of grapes and a good display of garden vegetables. James 

 O'Zane, of Kenosha county, showed 11 varieties of very fine ap- 

 ples, among them, some that are rarely fruited in the ]S"orthwest. 

 F. H. Chappel, of Dane county, showed 20 varieties of standard 

 apples and several fine seedlings. E. Wilcox, of LaCrosse county, 

 showed 15 varieties of standard apples and several seedlings, and 

 was awarded the first premium on seedlings and on the Wealthy. 

 A. G. Tuttle, Baraboo, showed 15 varieties of standard apj^les 

 and about the same number of Russians. 



In general appearance, size and condition of the specimens, 

 most of the fruit was very fine, a credit to the exhibitors and 

 a valuable object lesson to the many hundreds who looked upon 

 it; and justifies the prediction that Wisconsin is destined to be- 

 come a very good apple producing state. 



