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ment contributes fine specimens of pears and wine grapes. 

 This contribution is not so large as might have been expected, 

 but it may be enlarged before the exhibition closes. 



OHIO. 



George W. Campbell, Vice-President of the Ohio Elorticult- 

 ural Society, is here, and has brought with him some fine 

 grapes. 



NEBRASKA. 



One long table is occupied almost entirely by fruit from this 

 great Northwestern State. We noted here 146 varieties of 

 apples, 15 of peaches, 13 of pears, 1 of plums, and 1 of grapes. 

 They come from Nemeha and Otoe county, Nebraska City 

 being located in the last named. The exhibitors are J. H. 

 Masters, President, and E. W. Furnas, Secretary of the 

 Nebraska State Horticultural and Pomological Society. Their 

 fruit is not in such good order as that from California, Kansas, 

 and Iowa, which is probably owing to the inexperience of the 

 packers. Mr. Masters tells us that all except the peaches was 

 packed in paper, and shipped about a week ago. Specimens 

 of several varieties of early fruit were lost on the way. But it 

 will be seen from what has been said above, that Nebraska is 

 ahead of many States. The peaches from this State are very 

 fine. 



KANSAS. 



No State is ahead of Kansas in the quality and quantity of 

 its contributions. She sends apples, pears, and grapes, princi- 

 pally from Douglass, Leavenworth, and Donnavan counties. 

 The collection was made and contributed by the Kansas Hor- 

 ticultural Society, and is under the supervision of Drs. Haws- 

 ley and Stayman, and F. Welhouse. Their assortment of 

 apples is about the largest in the hall, embracing 200 varieties. 

 They have also 20 varieties of pears and 20 of grapes. Dr. 

 Stayman exhibits fifty varieties of apples of his own raising. 

 The Kansas fruit is generally fine in color and good sized, but 

 a good deal of it has been more or less bruised in transporta- 



