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Charles M. Plumb, Lake Mills, 55 varieties named apples; 1 variety pears 
—specimens looked well. 
Lucius Warner, Columbus, small collection of named varieties, mostly very 
fine. 
Plumb, Willey & Co., Madison, large collection of autumn and winter 
apples under names. 
H. J. Starin, Whitewater, 83 varieties named apples; 2 varieties crab, His- 
lop and Large Yellow; 1 bottle Cherry Currants. 
Giles Kinney, Whitewater, 18 varieties named pears. 
Charles Hanford, Bradford, 23 varieties of grapes; many were not in a- 
etate to be eaten, but his show was good. 
W. A. Pierce, Dane county, 17 varieties named apples, good. 
H. L. Foster, Madison, 1 plate of Flemish Beauty pears, very fine. 
J. T. Stevens, Madison, 3 varieties named apples; 1 plate Isabella grapes,, 
1 do. Diana. The collection was small but created much attention. 
A. Murphy, Lake View, 7 plates seedlings, very fine appearance; 3 named 
varieties. 
A. G. Hanford, Waukesha, 74 varieties named apples; 1 seedling apple 
which promises well; 14 varieties named pears. The collection shows the 
exhibitor’s usual care in selections. 
L. Raymond, Milwaukee, 5 varieties apples; 3 of grapes, correctly labeled. 
D. H. Clement, Lafayette county, a very fine collection of named varieties- 
of autumn and winter apples. 
N. W. Dean, Madison, sweet chestnuts grown on a tree 5 years old. 
O. Salisbury, Lima, Rock county, arrived too late to enter for competition 
his 38 varieties named apples, cherry currants, white grape currants and 
gooseberries. His show would compare very favorably with some of the 
premium collections. 
Columbia and Jefferson counties contributed 100 varieties each, which were 
placed upon the tables and attracted no small degree of attention. Much 
praise is due to the fruit growers of those counties for their interest and 
pains in thus forwarding so fine and large a collection without the hope of a 
reward. 
Egyptian products were shown in very fine samples of apples, consisting 
of 35 varieties, by J. A. Carpenter, Cobden, Ill., and a peck or more of the 
Buckingham variety, by-, which were probably the largest apples on 
exhibition. C. Colby, Cobden, Ill., brought in on Friday very fine samples of 
peaches. 
Several samples of seedling fruits were exhibited for premi¬ 
ums offered at the Annual Meeting in Whitewater, Jan. 19th. 
At a meeting held during the Fair, Sept. 28, Messrs. J. C. 
Brayton, A. G. Hanford and J. C. Plumb were appointed a 
committee to examine the same and report. 
Dr. Kennicott, of the “ Grove,” Ill., was present with his 
