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The general management of the Pomologieal exhibil was very appropriately 

 tendered to the American Pomologieal Society, and such tender was accepted 

 by the Society at the Chicago meeting in the fall of 1875, but for some unex- 

 plained reason — possibly the ill health of the venerable President, Marshall P. 

 Wilder, of Boston, — nothing seems to have come of such acceptance. 



Up to the time of the grand exhibition of Northern pomologieal products 

 which was assigned to the second week in September, little use seems to have 

 been made of the Pomologieal Annex ; as all the earlier displays of fruits had 

 been of comparatively limited extent and had been accommodated with sufficient 

 space, ^fitted up with tables, m the broad aisles of Agricultural Hall. But about 

 this time, cooler weather and the approaching termination of the exhibition, 

 seem to have inaugurated an increased rush of visitors, such as kept this hall, 

 as well as all others, so thronged that the entire space was not too great for 

 their accommodation ; besides which, the immense extent of this avalanche of 

 fruit entirely transcended the capacities of so limited a space, and compelled its 

 removal to the Annex, which, during the week, was filled to the extent of its 

 capacity. 



This Annex is a plain, square building filled with tables arranged with three 

 stays on each side, — an arrangement which, to some extent, facilitates the 

 labors of the judges, although with the visitor it interferes with any such thing 

 as a general view of the exhibit. 



Commencing at the northerly end of the building, we come first, to a very 

 extensive display of fruits from the Dominion of Ontario, embracing a large 

 number of individual contributions from a wide range of country. The bulk 

 of the exhibit, of course, was apples; many of the varieties very finely grown. 

 We were especially attracted by the large size and rich color of the Alexander, 

 showing it to be finely adapted to this northern region. Three of Arnold's 

 Hybrid apples, small in size, but of fine flavor, appeared in a collection from 

 the grounds of that noted and successful experimenter. 



We were also interested in a set of thirty-one foreign apples, imported, fruited, 

 and exhibited by our friend Jas. Dougall, of Windsor, opposite Detroit. Among 

 them we noted the rare and beautiful Api Noir (Black Lady), the counterpart 

 of our beautiful little Lady Apple. 



This Dominion exhibit, also included a very considerable display of grapes 

 and pears, some of them very well grown, especially if we consider the high 

 northern region in which they were grown. Our remarks, however, only apply 

 to the September display, since which we are informed this exhibit has been 

 very considerably increased from later shipments, collected when the fruits had 

 more fully matured and therefore, doubtless, larger in size and more fully 

 colored. 



The State of New York seems to have made no effort to draw out an exhibit 

 of its fruits, as almost the only collection shown from that State was that of the 

 nursery establishment of Ellwanger & Barry, who displayed a collection of one 

 hundred and fifty-eight varieties of apples, and also a very extensive collection 

 of pears, embracing most of the staple sorts as well as many new and rare ones, 

 some of them of fine size and appearance, although they were said to be sadly 

 diminished from their usual size and appearance by a very severe drought dur- 

 ing the past summer. 



.MASSACHUSETTS 



seems to have been indebted to its time-honored Horticultural Society for an ex- 



