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Lewis Craft, R. Carr, John Sherwood, and seve- 

 ral others. 



The "observed of all observers," was an im- 

 mense cluster of Cj^prian Grapes, sent by G. Cop- 

 perthwaite. It was pronounceil by the committee 

 the larg-est bunch ever exhibited before the Socie- 

 ty, and a special premium of $10 was awarded for 

 it. Some clusters of "La Reine de Nice " grapes 

 contributed by F. N. Bodine, were also unusually 

 fine. 



There were about forty contributors of pears. 

 The largest variety was shown by J. Rutter of 

 Chester county, who contributed thirty nametl 

 sorts. Mr. Hays of Newark showed quite a large 

 number of well grown varieties.. 



Geo. P. Deacon, of Burlington, N. J., showed 

 thirty-eight varieties of apples, well grown. The 

 contributors of tine Peaches were so exceedingly 

 numerous that we must refer the reader for names 

 to the official report of the exhibition, which we 

 shall publish. 



The arrangement of the large table in the up- 

 per saloon was handsome and eflective. It was 

 surrounded with fanciful wreaths or festoons of 

 vines, woven into tasteful forms. At either end 

 of the table was a magnificent cornucopia — well 

 executed floral designs by Peter Rabbe: one over- 

 flowing with a profusion of the fruits of the sea- 

 son, tlie otlier abounding with every species of 

 vegetable. The remainder of the table was crowd- 

 ed witli the treasures of Pomona. 



The space allotted to vegetables was most abun- 

 dantly filled. Every culinary vegetable of the 

 season was exhibited, many of tliem grown to 

 very great perfection. The largest contributor in 

 this department was Anthony Felten, whose col- 

 lection, in quantity, excellence and variety, made 

 almost an exhibition of itself. 



New- York State Agricultural Society. — 

 Horticultural Department. — The building, erected 

 for the occasion, for the exhibition of liorticultural 

 productions, was 150 feet long by 50 feet wide, and 

 was built in the Grecian style of architecture. Its 

 entire front, with its i)orlico, was densely clothed 

 with evergreens. The light was ailmitted to the 

 interior through a line of broad openings on each 

 side above, covered with light muslin. This hall 

 was far superior, in size and decoration, to any 

 erected at previous fairs. The interior was mag- 

 nificent. A smooth boarded floor, twenty-five feet 

 wide, extended the wiiole length through the mid- 

 dle, and supported the double line of terraced 

 shelves for the exhibition of flowers and fruit, 

 leaving a smooth and spacious walk on either side 

 within the railing. At the centre, this line of 

 shelves was interrupted by a fine evergreen gothic 

 temple, 22 feet higli, standing on a base 10 feet 

 square. The softenetl light from above, upon the 

 massive wreaths and green columns throughout the 

 hall, added much to its imposing appearance. This 

 hall was designed by Dr. Alex. Thompson of Auro- 

 ra, N. Y. 



The exhibition of flowers was fine for the sea- 

 son, though there were but few of much rarity. 

 A fine collection of Dahlias and Verbenas was ex- 

 hibited by James Wilson of Albany ; Ellwanger & 

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Barry of Rochester, presented 25 select varieties 

 of Dahlias, and 12 species and varieties of Verbe- 

 nas; tliey also exhibited 2S varieties of roses, 

 principally Bourbons, Noisettes, Bengals, and Hy- 

 brid Perpetuals: the Princess Clementine, Bour- 

 bon — Souvenir de la Malmaison, Tea — and Augus- 

 tine Moucheler, hybrid perpetual — were among 

 the number. There were a large number of flow- 

 ers, of different degrees of beauty and variety, in 

 bouquets and masses, from various contributors, 

 among whom were Professor Jackson of Schenec- 

 tady, E. T. Throop Martin of Owasco, L. Menard of 

 Albany, Etlward Thomas of Geneva, Elisha Taylor 

 of Buffalo, Henry Morgan of Aurora, and others. 



A large number of cultivators exhibited consi- 

 derable collections of fine fruits, though some of 

 the best fruit garilens in the state were not repre- 

 sented. Ellwanger & Barry of Rochester, present- 

 ed 12 varieties of peaches, 40 of apples, and 60 of 

 pears; B. Hodge of Buffalo, an extensive miscella- 

 neous collection of fruits; large collections were 

 also on the tables from Bissel & Hooker, Roclies- 

 ter; Charles Powis, Greece, Monroe county; E. C. 

 Frost, Catherine, Chemung countj-; A. Bryant &. 



Son, Buffalo; Wm. Webb of ; and Allen 



of Oswego. A. V. Pulsifer of i\uburn presented 

 a single branch of the Isabella Grape of last sea- 

 son's growth, 21 feet long, sustaining 81 pounds of 

 grapes, some of the bunches being about eight 

 inches in length. This good crop was owing to a 

 thorough and judicious system of pruning. Very 

 fine specimens of Crawford's Early Peach, a little 

 out of season, were presented by T. G. Yeomansof 

 Walworth, Wayne county. H. H. Coit of Northern 

 Ohio, presented a fine and select collection, con- 

 taining several specimens of uncommon beauty 

 and size, among which were those of the Alex- 

 ander apple, about five inches in diameter. There 

 were a large number of smaller collections, some 

 of them with very fine specimens, from various 

 other sources. 



Some of the principal varieties noticed, were 

 the following, which were found in a greater or 

 less number of the different collections: — ,/lpples, 

 Rhode Island Greening, Ribston Pipi)in, Black Gil- 

 liflower, Roxbury Russet, English Russet, New- 

 town Pippin, Lady Apple, Gravenstein, Late Straw- 

 berry, Baldwin, EsopusSpitzenbergh, Yellow Bell- 

 flower, Fameuse, St. Lawrence, Seek-no-furtlier, 

 Fall Pippin, Red Canada, Yandevere, Jonathan, 

 Summer Pearmain, Tallman Sweeting, Hubbards- 

 ton Nonsuch, Swaar, &c. This list will indicate 

 most of the best standard varieties, which are now 

 considerably cultivated in Western New-York, and 

 it could have been much lengthened by the addi- 

 tion of those of second or third rate value, or of 

 local character. Among the Pears, were Stevens' 

 Genesee, Bartlett, Brown Beurre, Seckel, Wurtem- 

 berg, Capiamont, Winter Nelis, Easter Beurre, 

 Gansel's Bergamot, Beurre Diel, Napoleon, Passe 

 Colmar, St. Ghislain, Virgalieu, Louise Bonne of 

 Jersey, &c. The season for Peaches had nearly 

 passed ; the following were found, more or less, in 

 the several collections: Old Mixon Cling, Old 

 Mixon Free, President, Lemon Cling, Red Cheek, 

 Malacoton, Jacques' Rareripe, Crawford's Early, 

 and Blood Cling. Many of the collections had Isa- 



