78 ANNUAL BEPORT. 



Farm in full accord with this Society; I wish to receive the sugges- 

 tions of its members as to any of the lines of experimentation that 

 they wish to have employed and carried out. 



Every member should have a deep interest in the success of this 

 Experimental Station — it is yet in its infancy, and will need all the 

 support and encouragement you can give it, but by such assistance we 

 can make it worthy of our Society, our State, and its grand resources. 



The Judges being ready to report, the following award of premiums 

 was then read : 



AW7\RD OF PREMIUMS. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Best general collection of five named varieties, George S. Woolsey, 

 Minneapolis, first premium, $5; J. C. Kramer, La Crescent, second, 

 $3; best four varieties, Wm. Lyons, Minneapolis, first premium, $3; 

 G. S. Woolsey, second, $2; best three plants in pots, H. F. Busse, 

 Richfield, first premium, $3; Wm. Lyons, second, $1. Largest fruit 

 o± any variety, (Sharpless), Mary E. Hintgen, La Crosse, Wis., first 

 premium, $2, 



Minnesota Seedling — (Early Princess.) J. C. Kramer, La Crescent, 

 first premium, $.5; Wm. Lyons, second, $3. 



Wilson—^. F. Busse, first premium, $2; Geo. S. Woolsey, second, 

 $1. 



Crescent — Prof. L. Asire, Minneapolis, first premium, $2; A. W. 

 Sias, Rochester, second, $1. 



James Vick — J. C. Kramer, first premium, $2; Geo. S. Woolsey, 

 gccond, $1. 



3Ianchester — Wm. Lyons, first premium, $2; Geo. S. Woolsey, 

 second, $1. 



Glendale — G. S. Woolsey, first premium, $2; Oliver Gibbs, Jr., 

 Lake City, second, $1. 



Cumherland Triumph— k. W. Sias, first premium, $2. 



Minnetonka Chief— Wm. Lyons, first premium, $2; G. S. Woolsey, 

 second, fl. 



Sharpless— MsiYy E. Hintgen, La Crosse, Wis., first premium, $2; 

 H. H. Dyar, Minneapolis, second, $1. 



Bidwell — John Van Loon, La Crosse, Wis., first premium, $2. 



Boyden — John Van Loon, first premium, $2. 



CURRANTS. 



Stewart's Seedling — J. F. Gilmore, Richfield, first premium, $2. 



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