STATE HORTICULTURAI. SOCIETY. 223. 



OFFERING PREMIUMS. 



Mr. Dartt then offered the following resolution: 



Resolved, That in offering premiums on apples especial prominence should be 

 given to Minnesota productions; and in bringing out new varieties many pre- 

 miums on separate plates of such fruits as are new varieties will be more likely 

 to promote the end sought than offering large premiums on collections. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Harris. Mr. President, last year, in order to draw out as 

 large a collection of seedings as possible, we made very liberal 

 premiums on seedlings, at least compared with the means we 

 had at our command. There was one premium, offered for a col- 

 lection, of ten dollars, and one of five dollars, and at least five or 

 six premiums on Siberians; premiums for all purposes — best 

 sweet, best winter, best autumn, etc. ; and I am willing that you 

 should, and the society are probably ready to start in motion 

 this action on the part of the society as to the arrangement of 

 those premiums. We consider the encouragement offered to- 

 wards the production of seedlings is an important matter. The 

 agricultural society have always co-operated with us and given, 

 us almost everything we asked. There is no society hardly that 

 gives one-half the premiums that we do. I am in favor of this^ 

 I move to amend that we request the agricultural society, in 

 making up their premium list, to omit a premium for a collec- 

 tion of Siberians. 



GRAPES AT NEW ORLEANS. 



Gen. Jennison, secretary of State, here appeared and present- 

 the following telegram from Mr. F. G. Gould: 



Exposition Grounds, ) 

 New Orleans, La. Jan. 21, 1885. j 



Gov. Hubbard, at State House: 



Grapes awarded three silver medals, ten prizes in all; only 

 medals except California; we break Ohio on Catawbas also. 



(Applause). 



Gen. Jennison. I judge from that that there are ten prizes 

 offered and that Minnesota gets three silver medals, the only ones 



