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dants, t^slops, &c. What shall we say, then, but good cheer to all, 
the faithful, the resolute? 
Prominent among the non-professional cultivators who carried 
off the first prizes in the list competed for, were Wm. Reid, North 
Prairie; Mrs. M. A. Lewis, Lake Mills; James Ozanne, Somers; B. B. 
Olds, Clinton; D. Huntley, Appleton; F. C. Curtis, Rocky Run; 
Luther Rawson, Oak Creek; D. T. Pilgrim, West Granville; Daniel 
Gelser, Oakwood;E. B. Thomas, Dodge Corners; Geo. Jefferey, Five- 
Mile-House; Jas. C. Howard, Milwaukee; F. S. Lawrence, Janesville; 
Myers & Son, East Troy; Geo. W. Ringrose, Wauwatosa. 
Among the professional cultivators, these were in their usual 
places, also taking first premiums: A. G. Tuttle, Baraboo; G. P. Pef- 
fer, Pewaukee; Gould's Nursery, Beaver Dam; J. C. Plumb, Milton; 
Geo. Wolff, Dansville;E. W. Daniels, Auroraville; C. H. Greenmail, 
Milton; Mrs. Alexander Mitchell, Milwaukee; Geo. J. Kellogg, Janes¬ 
ville; Stickney, Baumbach and Gilbert, Wauwatosa. 
It would be a matter of special interest to know and to record the 
varieties of each fruit exhibited where a premium was awarded. If 
for the best ten varieties of apples, what they were; also pears or 
grapes, but I have no record at hand from which to write. 
The best ten grapes were shown by C. H. Greenman, and were 
Delaware, Janesville, Salem, Diana, Lindley, Concord, Worden, Ag¬ 
awam, Massasoit, Rogers No. 43. The second premium was taken 
by Mr. Kellogg; the varieties exhibited were the Delaware, Wor¬ 
den, Concord, Agawam, Iona, Eumelan, Hartford, Diana, Martha, 
and Creveling. Best single variety was the Deleware, and I believe 
that it was a part of every collection; thus showing its acquired 
popularity. 
The Floral Department drew all eyes. The weary husbandman, 
who seldom sees aught but toil and care from his daily routine of 
sowing and reaping; the wife from the cottage by the way-side, and 
the child, unused to such delights and sweet perfume, thought these 
really the 
‘ ‘ Bright genia of earth in which perchance we see, 
What Eden was, what Paradise may be, 7 ’ 
And said in their silent heart-language, bring flowers: 
‘ ‘They speak of hope to the fainting heart. 
With a voice of promise they come and part; 
They sleep in dust through the winter hours, 
They break forth in glory! Bring flowers, bright flowers . 77 
