AWARDS OF PREMIUMS. 
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PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITORS. 
A. G. Hanford. Waukesha, best and greatest variety Apples of Wisconsin 
growth,. $7 
C. M. Plumb, Lake Mills, 2d best and greatest variety Apples of Wisconsin 
growth,. 5 
Geo. P. Peffer, Pewaukee, 3d best and greatest variety Apples of Wiscon¬ 
sin growth,. 3 
A. Bonham, Oporto, Mich., best 10 varieties Apples,. 3 
Thos. Howland, Pleasant Prairie, best show Winter Apples,. 7 
Geo. P. PefFer, Pewaukee, best and largest variety of Pears,. 7 
R. W. Parker, Wauwatosa, best 2 variety Pears,. 5 
Colby & Willey, Janesville, 2d best 2 varieties Pears,. 3 
G. P. Peffer, Pewaukee, best and greatest variety Plums,. .. 3 
C. Cary, Oak Creek, best show Seedling Peaches,. 5 
Colby & Willey, Janesville, best show of Grapes,. 3 
AMATEUR EXHIBITORS. 
B. Matthews, Burlington, best and greatest variety of Apples,.. 
H. Catlin, Wauwatosa, 2d do.do.do. 
Luther Landon, Waupun, 3d do.do .do. 
T. C. Dousman, Waterville, best 10 variety of Apples,. 
A. Putman, Big Bend, 2d best 10.do. 
Mrs. S. C. Russ, best show Winter Apples,. 
Ed. Truslow, Milwaukee, 2d do... .do. 
J. A. Carpenter, South Pass, Ill., best show Autumn Apples,.... 
Thos. Howland, Pleasant Prairie, best and largest variety Pears, 
II. Beckwith,Oak Creek, 2d best.do.do. 
J. L. Pierce, Milwaukee, 3d best.do.do. 
H. W. Hayes, Palmyra, best and greatest variety Plums,. 
0. F. Willis, Berlin, best and greatest variety Grapes,. 
J®kn Bonnel, Milwaukee, 2d best.do. 
0. Catlin, Wauwatosa, prem. on new variety of Apples, disc.,.... 
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MELONS. 
0. P. How, Palmyra, best Black Spanish Watermelons,.$2 
....do .do.do. .Mountain Sprout.. .do.... 2 
....do .da.do..show .do. 2 
....do .do.do. .Citrons for preserves,.... . 2 
Chas. Gifford, Milwaukee, best show Muskmelons,. 2 
J. S. Wilcox, Milwaukee, specimen Pie Melon, dis.,.. 2 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE. 
In spite of Jack Frost and of intense drought, our fruit¬ 
growers do not get discouraged. The exhibition of Fruit this 
year proves this. Frost every month during the past summer, 
had prepared us to find empty tables in the tent devoted to the 
pomological exhibition. We were, however, pleasantly disap¬ 
pointed at finding them well covered with pretty fair fruit. 
The fruit-growers of Wisconsin are made of good material. 
When hundreds of trees are destroyed, they very good naturedly 
replace them with as many thousands. Artificial protection is 
