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her prayer ubundantly answered this year. There were eighty- 

 one varieties of apples, sixty-five of other fruits, and a seedling 

 apple of real merit, called " Grattan." Some very fine Wage- 

 uers, Northern Spys, and Red Canadas were seen in this 

 collection. j 



Greenwood town, fully seventy miles off, in Oceana county, 

 in fact where some have supposed that nothing grew but pines 

 and wild animals, had : " Greenwood comes seventy miles to 

 show what the pine woods can do." Those who examined the 

 collection are well satisfied that the largest kind of Bartlett 

 pears and Northern Spy apples can be raised there. One of ' 



the Northern Spys measured fourteen inches in circumference. 



Spring Lake town did as was said, and sent her fruits and , 



mineral waters. ' i 



There were some fine varieties, and quite a number of " bits ; 



of blue" might be seen scattered about in the collection. ■ 



There were forty-six varieties of apples, eight of pears, sixteen 

 of peaches, twenty-seven of grapes, eight of canned fruits, 

 and two of wine. They grow big apples in that country. A 

 Cayuga Eed Streak thirteen inches, an Autumn Strawberry 

 neatly thirteen inches, a Tompkins County King thirteen 

 inches, and a Fall Pippin twelve and one-half inches in cir- , 



cumference, are fruits no to be despised, especially as their i 



flavor is only equaled by their size. 



Hart town, another from Oceana county, says, she '•' makes j 



a beginning, and here it is; " and truly it is a good beginning. | 



There were nice apples, and those '•' sand barrens " Avere j 



demonstrated to be able to raise Red Streaks thirteen inches i 



around. I 



Kalamo town, in Eaton county, was, like the county collec- 

 tion from Eaton, without a motto, but its fruit spoke for itself, 

 and the display showed how far east and south from the lake 

 the fruit-belt extends. 



These collections have not been reported yet by the commit- i 



tees, but when the " blue" is given them, it shall be told which I 



obta,ins it. 



