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* experimental Fruit Farm; F. G. Gould, Excelsior, horticultural 

 delegate to the Kew Orleans Exposition; Wyman Elliot, ("ol. J. 

 H. Stevens, of Minneapolis; W. E. Brimhall, Col. D. A. Eobert- 

 son, St. Paul; J. S. Gray, M. Pearce, W. J. Ahernethy, Minne- 

 apolis; M. W. Cook, A. W. Sias, M. J. Hoag, Rochester; Fred. 

 Busch, George Labbett and wife, Wm. Lyons, C. H. Burwell, 

 Charles H. Clarke, H. F. Busse, E. S. Spaulding, G. T. Gibbs 

 and wife, Lake City; J. W. Manning and wife of Redding, Mas 

 sachusetts; Lewis Chase, of Rochester, Jfew York. 



One of the most interesting features among the exhibits was 

 sixteen boxes of strawberries of the Wilson variety, displayed 

 by F. G. Gould, of Excelsior, grown near Lake Minnetonka, 

 which were considered equal to any similar exhibit ever made 

 in the State. Secretary Gibbs, of Lake City, also had a very 

 fine display of Wilsons. Another interesting feature was a cred- 

 itable display of blooming plants, cut flowers and floral designs 

 from the Mendenhall greenhouse, of Minneapolis. This occu- 

 pied a table forty-five feet long and three feet wide, at one end 

 of the hall, and was the occasion of many complimentary re- 

 marks, both on account of the j)erfection of the plants and the 

 arrangement of the display. The two most noticeable floral de- 

 signs were a lyre of white roses and pansies, from the Menden- 

 hall greenhouse, and a large and most exquisite platter of 

 pansies, arranged in designs by color, displayed by Geo. S. 

 Woolsey, of Minneapolis. A beautiful display of roses, by Mrs. 

 T. M. Smith, of St. Paul, was also much admired. 



PREMIUMS AWARDED. 



The judges having made their awards, the list of premiums 

 was read as follows: 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Wilson. — F. G. Gould, Excelsior, best display, first premium; 

 George J. Kellogg, Janesville, Wis., second. General Market 

 Variety, Oliver Gibbs, Jr., Lake City, first premium. F. G. 

 Gould, Excelsior, best quart, first premium; W. H. Brimhall, St. 

 Paul, second. 



