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STATE HOETICULTtJRAL SOCIETY. 
four of peaches, seven of plums, three of quinces and fourteen 
of grapes. The premiums, twenty-five in number, amounted 
to $103. But though the fair was a success for the Associa¬ 
tion, yet being held at the same time as the fair of the Agricul¬ 
tural Society, it operated injuriously to the latter by removing 
nearly all fruit from its tables. 
The second annual exhibition was held at Milwaukee on 
the 18th, 19th and 20th of September, 1855, in connection 
with the Milwaukee Horticultural Society; and a premium 
list prepared for apples, pears, plums, peaches, grapes and 
quinces, was published in the Farmer of that year. The ex¬ 
hibition was said to be a success, and to fully confirm the an¬ 
ticipations of the preceding yeur. There is no record of any 
meetings of the society, published, and the officers were prob¬ 
ably the same as for the preceding year. 
The annual meeting of 1855 was held at Janesville on the 
27th of November, at which H. J. Starin of Whitewater was 
elected president, C. Hawley of Milwaukee, D. Worthington 
of Delafield, and T. Drake of Eacine County, vice-Presidents, 
Mark Miller of Janesville, Eecording Secretary, Chas. Gifford, 
of Wauwatosa, Corresponding Secretary, E. W. Parker of 
Milwaukee, Treasurer, and J. C. Brayton of Aztalan, A. L. 
Castleman, and A. G. Hanford of Waukesha County, Execu¬ 
tive Committee for the ensuing year. The time of the meet' 
ing was mostly occupied in discussing the quality and adapt¬ 
ability of the various fruits to the climate and soil of this state. 
This meeting was attended by E. W. Edgerton, President of 
the State Agricultural Society, who made a proposition, that 
the next fair of the Association be held in connection with the 
Agricultural Society; and Messrs. Castleman, Miller and Gif¬ 
ford were appointed a committee to make the arrangements. 
No arrangements were however made. 
In the Wisconsin Farmer for October, 1856, is a notice signed 
by the Executive Committee, stating that “a meeting and ex¬ 
hibition of fruits of this Association will be held at White- 
water, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 24th and 25th of 
September, 1856.” The Farmers and Mechanics’ Club held 
