Exhibition—Superintendents’ Reports. 
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To give a full report of the fruit-department would be impossi¬ 
ble. A. G. Tuttle’s collection of apples was up to his usual stand¬ 
ard of excellence, as will be seen by the number of first premiums 
carried off b} r him. It would seem that from this and former exhi¬ 
bitions that the Baraboo country had some of the touches yet of 
the Garden of Eden. An unusually fine display of fruits from Bea¬ 
ver Dam, by Gould’s INursery Company, took a large share of pre¬ 
miums, while G. P. Peffer could have covered one-half the entire 
tables of the professionals with apples, pears, plums, grapes, etc. 
E. Wilcox, from the north, showed us clearly that something be¬ 
sides crabs can be raised in that region. He took the “blue” on 
ten varieties of apples adapted to the northwest. Among profes¬ 
sionals, Geo. Wolff, Wm. Finlayson, and Wra. Kitzrow each drew 
first prizes, and though not large, had some fine collections of fruits. 
The exhibition of pears was mostly confined to the lake-shore 
region. A few $5 specimens of Flemish Beauty were exhibited by 
A. G. Tuttle, and entitled to the first prize. Messrs. Stickney, 
Baumbach, and Gilbert made a fine collection of apples, but com¬ 
peted for but few premiums, which they took, as a matter of course. 
The display of grapes, by C. H. Greenman, drew their full share 
of attention, and but for the hard frosts would have taken more 
first premiums. For show of superintenden’ts exhibition, see 
award of premiums. 
The non-professionals were out in full costume, and could have 
filled the entire hall. The competition was so great that it was 
difficult to decide who was victor, especially so, as many collections 
were piled up for want of room. A careful reading of the award of 
premiums will show the general standing of the collections. 
Wm. Reid’s display of grapes was the finest he ever made of cer¬ 
tain varieties, from which a box was packed and forwarded to the 
American Bornological Society, at Chicago. 
The finest collection of pears among non-professionals, was from 
Dr. James Ozanne, Racine. Messrs. Parks and Thomas were una¬ 
ble to exhibit their fine collections of pears, although Mr. Parks 
brought a branch heavily laden with fine specimens, a portion of 
which, and some from Dr. Ozanne’s, were immediately forwarded 
to the Chicago exhibition. For names of exhibitors and award of 
premiums, see report of committees on premiums. 
If it is possible at the next State Fair to arrange the smaller en- 
