Gillifotcers, tho Peimocls, and the Monstrous Pippins, in tlieir ignorance of any 

 bettor Apples, may cultivate thcin in the same ignorance forever, if tliey are to depend 

 upon this Society for enlightenment. 



The State fair which we have supposed, is a sample of many State an<l County 

 exhibitions ; and though not of all, yet many of the objections stated will apply with 

 force to almost any of them. Let us recapitulate these objections, with suggestions 

 for their removal. 



1st. It is a mistaken policy, we think, to endeavor to conceal the names of exhib- 

 itors. It is so, first, because it fails of its object whenever the exhibitors see fit to 

 disclose themselves to the committee ; secondly, because apart of the interest we take 

 in any production is connected with the name of the producer and his reputation in 

 that department ; and thirdly, because fruits are varied so much by climate and other 

 incidents, that a knowledge of the place where they grow is absolutely necessary to 

 enable us to judge correctly of them. (1) 



2d. Exhibitors should never be perniitted to leave their own labels upon fruits, 

 unless the committee on examination have found them correct. The incorrect labels 

 confuse and mislead the public. 



3d. Competent persons should be designated to stand by the fruits, to inform those 

 desiring to know about names, qualities, &c. ; or, if that should be found inexpedient, 

 all fruits should as far as possible be correctly named, and be labeled with the name 

 and residence of the person growing them. 



4th. Committees, in awarding premiums to best varieties, should invariably give 

 names, so that those who depend upon them for information may know what are con- 

 sidered best varieties for cultivation in the region in which they live. 



5th. Fruit committees ought to report a condemned list of such fruits unworthy of 

 cultivation as are presented for examination. We might thus hope that some of us 

 would live to see the culture of such noble looking but worthless fruits as the Pennock 

 Apple (now met with everywhere) discontinued. 



And, in conclusion, the necessity for any pomological department at sudi fairs 

 should be done away with as soon as possible, by the organization of town or district 

 horticultural societies, that should hold weekly meetings, and thus make their mem- 

 bers familiar with the fruits of all seasons. The present system is but a poor substitute 

 for such societies, and its continuance should be as brief as the lovers of good fruit 

 can possibly make it. 



[1. We believe strongly in the propriety and necessity oi prohibiting the names of 

 exhibitors from being attached to their fruits until the committees have made their 

 awards. Committees, though meaning well, without the slightest intention to be 

 partial, are very frequently so when they know the names of exhibitors. A person's 

 reputation will induce the idea sometimes that his fruit is really better than it is. 

 Sometimes a committee will sympathize with the exhibitor, and say " he ought to be 

 encouraged," <fec., &c.', but when no names are to be seen, the committee are of 

 necessity confined to the simple question, the merits of the fruits. But then we 



