MICHIGAX STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 857 



Mr. Leonard shoAvs 115 Tiirieties of apples. and 35 of pears. 

 This Iowa fruit is beautiful to look upon, and has been remark- 

 ably well preserved. It was shipped about a week ago, and 

 arrived on Tuesday, by express. Not more than a dozen apples 

 were lost to the exhibitors, and very few are at all specked. 



]S"EW JERSEY. 



The Pomona N^iirseries of Cinnaniinson, New Jersey, Wm. 

 Parry, proprietor, is represented by twenty-six varieties of 

 pears and three of apples. This collection is unusually fine. 



PEXXSYLVAJsIA. 



1). W. llerstine of Philadelphia exhibits several varieties of 

 beautiful new seedling raspberries preserved in spirits. 



Engle Brothers of Marietta, Lancaster county, send some 

 splendid apples. 



TEXAS. 



Texas ^contributes ajar of dried figs, exhibited by Mrs. S. E. 

 B3^ers of Clear Creek, Galveston county. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Hon. Marshall P. Wilder of Boston, President of the Amer- 

 ican Pomological Society, displays a beautiful and varied 

 assortment of pears, raised by himself. It embraces no less 

 than 230 varieties. Mr. Wilder has offered a premium of $50 

 for the largest and best collection of jiears. 



F. & L. Clapp, also of Boston, exhibit a fine collection of 

 beautiful pears, the result of intelligent hybridizing. 



GEORGIA. 



Southern Ceorgia contributes a number of varieties of 

 tempting apples. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



John Saul of Washington, representing the Potomac Fruit- 

 Growers' Association, sends an attractive assortment of apples 

 aiid pears. 



The Agricultural Department of the United States Goyera- 



