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plates of fruit, and of nearly as many distinct varieties, embracing nearly all 

 the classes of fruit grown in the State. 



The exhibit was used by many visitors to identify varieties, and by others 

 to make themselves familiar with new fruits. 



About one-half of the collection was from the vicinity of South Haven, 

 and was collected by the superintendent of the exhibit. The next largest lot 

 was sent by the Lenawee horticultural society in charge of D. G. Edmiston. 

 These were both general collections, and the only ones. The collections em- 

 hraced nearly all the standard varieties of apples and pears, and of peaches 

 and grapes in season; also a great many of the rarer sorts, as Mother, Dyer, 

 Shiawassee Beauty, Haas and other apples ; Souvenir du Congress, Mt. Ver- 

 non, Keiffer, Le Conte pears; Brighton, Worden, Niagara, Lindley, Duchess, 

 Prentiss, Vergennes, White Ann Arbor grapes ; Golden Drop and Switzer- 

 land peaches ; and also several plates of odd fruits, berries, etc. 



The rest of the exhibit was made up of individual contributions as fol- 

 lows : A fine collection of plums from W. R. Wadsworth of Lapeer. This 

 collection was a great surprise, as no such exhibit was looked for from that 

 part of the State. It embraced many of the standard and several of the 

 rarer varieties. The success that Mr. Wadsworth had in competing with the 

 exhibitors from the plum-growing part of the State seemed to have been a 

 surprise to them as well. 



H. D. Cutting of Clinton sent six varieties of grapes, standard varieties, 

 but all showing how they should be grown. 



Emil Baur of Ann Arbor furnished four varieties of white grapes, all 

 seedlings of Missouri raising, all fair sized bunches of fair quality, but small 

 berries. 



E. H. Scott placed in the collection a plate of Woodruff grape, giving the 

 visitors a good chance to examine and test this, which seems to be a coming 

 market grape. 



J. N. Stearns of Kalamazoo showed a plate of seedling peach, called Kal- 

 amazoo. It resembled the Late Crawford in form and color, but is a sprout 

 from Yellow Alberge, and its fruit buds have the hardiness of the Hill's 

 Chili. Should this prove true in other localities, it will be very valuable. 



David Woodward of Clinton furnished a fine basket of Duchesse pear. 

 Said he had bushels like it. 



C. P. Chidester of Bellvue exhibited two plates of black grapes, seedlings 

 of Concord, much like the parent in appearance, but earlier, and perhaps of 

 better quality. 



E. H. Reynolds of Monroe presented a seedling apple, in appearance and 

 season much like the Maiden's Blush, of pleasant flavor, with him very hardy 

 and promises to be valuable. 



Prof. L. H. Bailey of the Agr'l College added a collection of crab apples, 

 which embraced Gen. Grant, Blushing Maid, Haskell's Blush and several 

 other odd, and some seemingly valuable varieties, for those sections that need 

 to grow crab apples. 



For the first effort to make a collection of the kind, the society has reason 

 to be grateful with its success, and could the society spare the means neces- 

 sary to have the several parts of the State canvassed before the fair, a very 

 complete and valuable collection might be placed on exhibition. This is 

 the more necessary now as competing collections are limited to a few varie- 

 ties of particular value for the purpose exhibited; and there is no other 



