STATE I'OMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. llf) 



WOl^.D'S COLITMBIAX FAIR AWARD. 



Aliout the middle of May. lS9(i. the secretary received the awards 

 for tlie "WorlfTs Columbian Commission. They consisted of an en- 

 j>raved diploma and a bronze medal. The diploma reads as follo^^•s: 



THIC UNITF.D STATES OF AMERICA. 



By act of their Couiiress have authorized the World's Columbian 

 f'ommission at the Intei-national Exhibition held iu the city of Chi- 

 cago, state of Illinois, in th year 18i)3, to decree a medal for specific 

 merit which is set forth below o\er the name of an individmil judge 

 acting as an examiner, ujjfin the finding of a Jioai'd of International 

 Judges, to State of aMaine, Augusta. Exhibit, collection of apples. 



Award — For a collection of highly meritorious apples, contributed 

 by eighteen growers of the State. The fruit is of good size and color 

 and is free from lilemishes. The nomenclature is very correct. 



B. Starratt, President De))artment Committee; B. Starratt, in- 

 dividual .Judge; (jeo. U. Davis, Director General; John Boj^d Hacker, 

 Chairman Executive Committee of Awards: T. W. Palmer, President 

 World's Columbian Commist ion; Jno. T. Dickinson. Secretary World's 

 Colli nd)ian Commission. 



The P.ronze ^icdal is iji relief and on one side shows the landing 

 of Columbus. On the reverse 11k- rollowing words: "\\'oi Id's Colnni- 

 l)ian Exhiljition. in connnemoration of the four hundi'cdth anni\t'r- 

 sary oF the landing of Columbus, 1492-1S9:]. To Maine Pomological 

 Society." The medal is nuninted in plnsli and contaijicd in an alnm- 

 inum case. 



Shortly after Secretary IMcKeen of the State Itoai-d of Agriculture 

 recei\ed another r|i])loma and medal. 



The Diplonuis and Medals ^vill be on cxliibition at the Society's 

 fairs, after \\liich one will lie hung in the rooms of Board of Agri- 

 tulture in the State House, the other will be subject to the order 

 of the Society. 



