2G STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



tensive display of fruits, in the collection of which it was aided by the Worcester 

 County Horticultural Society as well as by a large number of individuals. The 

 show of apples was very creditable and well worthy of the State from which 

 they came. The collection of three hundred varieties of pears by Marshall P. 

 Wilder, President of the American Pomological Society (who was unable, from 

 sickness, to be present in person), and another very large collection by C. M. 

 Ilovey, of Cambridge, were especially noticeable. 



CONNECTICUT 



reported two hundred and fifty varieties of apples in her exhibits, although 

 possibly there may have been some duplicates reckoned in the count; be this as 

 it may, very few of the more popular and valuable varieties were omitted, and 

 the collection, including pears and a few other fruits, must be considered to be 

 very creditable to the State, especially when we consider the tendency to de- 

 preciation in old soils, and the probably increased liability to the depredations 

 of insects in so long settled a region. 



PENNSYLVANIA 



displayed a rather diminutive collection during the height of the pomological 

 display, but seems to have reserved her strength till "Pennsylvania Day.*' 

 which, if we mistake not, occurred September 28th, when an exceedingly hne 

 exhibit was placed upon the tables. Much of it was superior in size and appear- 

 ance to that shown from the more easterly States. 



MINNESOTA 



exhibited a collection — mostly apples, and a very large proportion of them 

 crabs. Of apples one hundred and nineteen varieties were shown, twenty-four 

 of which were Siberian crabs. The specimens must of course have been gath- 

 ered before full maturity, many of them giving indications of peculiar climatic 

 influences. They nevertheless afforded very interesting illustrations of the 

 capacity of varieties to adapt themselves to change of circumstances, while many 

 of the sorts, — especially the crabs, — indicate the possibilities of new creations 

 more fully adapted to the peculiarities of this northern locality. 



INDIANA 



contributed a very fine display, mainly of apples, — comprising one hundred ami 

 eighty-seven varieties, finely grown and of beautiful appearance, which attracted 

 less attention than they would have commanded, for the reason that no one 

 seemed to be at hand to give information respecting them, while the names of 

 contributors, and even in many cases those of the varieties, were lacking. 



THE WISCONSIN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



displayed a beautiful collection of well-grown fruits, — mostly apples, and em- 

 bracing an unusual number of the very early sorts yet in season in this north- 

 erly region, also several of the new " iron-clads " now being put forward as 

 adapted for planting at the northwest. The display was an extensive and 

 creditable one and attracted much attention. 



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placed on exhibition a very extensive collection — mostly of apples, drawn from 

 portions of twenty-four counties of that State. When we consider the very 

 general failure, this season, of the fruit crop of a large part of the State this 



