THIRTY-THIRD BIENNIAE SESSION 
283 
REPORT IN FULL OF THE COMMITTEE ON WILDER MEDALS.* 
Your Committee appointed to award the Wilder medals begs leave to 
make the following report: 
Silver Medals. 
To Charles G. Patten, Charles City, Iowa, for a display of hardy seed- 
ling apples of known parentage adapted to Northern Iowa and contiguous 
territory. 
To Glen Saint Mary Nurseries, Glen Saint Mary, Fla., for display of 
material exhibiting varieties; methods of propagation; and work in the 
pollination of Japanese persimmons. Also for an exceptionally large dis- 
play of citrus and sub-tropical fruits of unusual educational value. H. Har- 
old Hume in charge. 
To the National Nut Growers’ Association for an interesting and in- 
structive exhibit of pecans. C. A. Reed in charge. 
To the New Jersey Horticultural Society and Experiment Station for a 
general collection of fruits of the state, very attractively displayed. A. 
J. Farley in charge. 
To the State of North Carolina for an excellent display of mountain 
grown apples, and nuts. S. B. Shaw in charge. 
To L. A. Goudeau, Lake Charles, La., for a meritorious new seedless 
orange, the Goudeau. 
To the Canadian Government for a splendid collection of new and prom- 
ising varieties of apples for the northern territory. W. T. Macoun in charge. 
To the Montana Board of Horticulture for a general collection of com- 
mercial apples very effectively displayed. M. L. Dean in charge. 
To the Missouri Fruit Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, Mo., for a 
large and very instructive and attractive exhibit of seedling apples of known 
parentage, the result of artificial crossing of the Ben Davis and Jonathan, 
Dr. Paul Evans in charge. 
Bronze Medals. 
To the Miami Board of Trade for an attractive and instructive miscel- 
laneous display of sub-tropical fruits. H. E. Van Deman in charge. 
To Silas Wilson, Idaho, for a general collection of choice commercial 
apples. 
To the Northern Nut Growers’ Association for a general collection of 
northern grown nuts. Dr. W. C. Deming in charge. 
To Jas. M. Hoge, Virginia, for a meritorious new variety of apple named 
Branch. 
To the Wisconsin Horticultural Society for a collection of choice com- 
mercial apples adapted to that state. Frederic Cranefield in charge. 
♦Action on varieties of nuts entered for awards under this committee 
was deferred until the committee can obtain further data as to the merits oif 
both trees and nuts. — Secretary. 
