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SO, and I took up a few specimens in a common market basket, carry- 

 ing them up on my arm, and succeeded in getting two premiums on 

 that lot. 



Mr. Harris. Are we to understand that that was all the apples that 

 we had there of our immense collection that came in competition with 

 those of Wisconsin and other states'? 



Mr. Gould. Yes, sir, that is all; it was either four or five varieties. 



Mr. Hoag. I would like to know how our fruitscompared with the 

 fruits of Iowa and Wisconsin. 



Mr. Gould. Well, there are some testimonials here that I might 

 read which were given by strangers of their own free will who saw 

 our exhibit. 



1 will say that Ohio brought down some of their Catawba grapes, 

 expecting, of course, to carry off the prize, for they are supposed to be 

 the Catawba people of all the rest of the country. They had some in 

 nice condition; they were almost perfect; the stems were yet'green 

 and the grapes well preserved. But those exhibited by Minnesota 

 were the best. The management there are still owing the State Hor- 

 ticultural Society ninety-five dollars in cash for premiums awarded. 

 It is doubtful whether the debt is worth anything. They owe us some 

 medals which they will give us if we will make them. Bat in this re- 

 spect we have fared the same as the people from other States. I pre- 

 sume foreign premiums have been awarded, but I do not know. Ohio 

 tried hard to secure that prize, but there was no question that Minne- 

 sota had the best. One gentleman of forty years' experience in fruit- 

 growing in New York came to me and inquired if our grapes were 

 grown in the open air. He thought they must have been grown under 

 glass; but they were all grown out doors. Kansas exhibited some 

 seventy varieties, but they did not succeed in preserving them to ex- 

 hibit them in a presentable condition. I had some photographs taken 

 of our exhibit. I have one left which the Society can keep if desired. 



Mr. Harris. What about our exhibit of Minnesota wine? 



Mr. Gould. I don't know whether that was entered for competition 

 or not; I was not there. 



Mr. Harris. It is suggested by Mr. Kellogg that perhaps the judges 

 drank the wine and forgot to make a report. 



Mr. Gould. I think it was used up after T came away. I noticed 

 that apples from difi'erent parts of the country varied much in form 

 and color; the apples that were grown on the Pacific coast, especially 

 those from California, seemed to take on an elongated habit. The 



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