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Calkins, R. S. Willett, W. W. Carhart, G. Hol- 

 lingaworth, David Leonard. Michigan had ex- 

 cellent representatives in J. "W. Humphrey, of 

 Plymouth, H. Dale Adams, and the Michigan 

 State Pomological Society. Canada received 

 great praise. She has made continuous exhibits 

 from the opening, through the Fruit Growers' 

 Society of Ontario, and on this occasion excelled 

 even herself. The plums especially attracted 

 universal praise. Mr. Dougall, of Windsor, and 

 Arnold, of Paris, were consjDicuously prominent 

 by instructive items in the exhibit. Indiana did 

 very well through her secretary, W. H. Pagan, 

 as did Connecticut through Mr. Augur. Among 

 those from the State whose contributions at- 

 tracted observation, we noted General' Noble, 

 B. H. Atwater, C. P. Augur, David Williams, 

 T. C. Austin, P. M. Augur, P. H. Ashton, S. D. 

 Bradford, W. B. Gear, S. Hoyt & Son, Nathan 

 Hart, T. S. Gold, S. S. West. Ohio had a very 

 fine collection of fruit, but we understood that 

 the State would pay no one to properly exhibit 

 them, and so no one knew names of fruit, or of 

 parties who sent them, which was unfortunate. 

 In like manner unfortunate was California. The 

 fruit appeared to be fine, but the chance of turn- 

 ing an honest penny by selling to a centennial 

 visitor for a dollar the same article he could buy 

 on Philadelphia streets for a quarter was too 

 strong on those who had charge. The \eicy 

 plate under the Judges' noses would be sold oflf 

 before they could make an entry in their note- 

 books, and after many attempts to do justice as 

 between the growers and the centennial visitors. 

 the judges gave up California in disgust. Wis- 

 conbin did very well, as did Kansas and Ne- 

 braska, as indeed these States always do. Vir- 

 ginia, through the Potomac Fruit Growers' 

 Society, did remarkably well in peaches ; and 

 amiong the individual exhibits of Ohio, J. C. 

 Anderson, of Dayton, had some good peaches, 

 and Mrs. McGregor, of Wilmington, Ohio, some 

 fine peaches also. Delaware was represented by 

 Wilson Green with a few very fine peaches ; and 

 Mrs. G. W. Carpenter, Daniel Smeych, A. S. 

 Felten, E. A. Davis, and Frederick Seitz, repre- 

 sented the peach interests of Pennsylvania. 

 Minnesota sent her plums and crabs, in both 

 of which she is justly famous. 



Among other exhibitors of very superior arti- 

 cles we may note Geo. Hussman, of Sedalia, Mo., 

 grapes; W. N. Barnett, West Haven, Conn., 

 grapes; Gibson & Bennett, Woodbury, N. J., 

 various fruits ; O. J. Tillson, Ulster County, N. Y., 



grapes; Chas. B. Horner, Mt. Holly, N. J., 

 grapes ; Geo. W. Campbell, Delaware, 0., grapes ; 

 Egg Harbor City Agricultural Society, N. J., 

 grapes; W. Dunn Rogers, Moorestown. N. J.; 

 Merrick & Coleman, Geneva, N. Y., grapes; 

 M. J. Mitcheson, Cambridge, N. J. ; Jacob 

 Steigleder, Shelbume Falls, Mass. ; Marshall P. 

 Wilder, Dorchester, Mass.; Hovey & Co., Bos- 

 ton, Massachusetts; E. G. B. Hatch, Corn- 

 well Bridge, Conn. ; W. R. Johnson, Water- 

 bury, Conn.; F. Trowbridge, Milford, Conn.; 

 Jones & Palmer, Rochester, N. Y. ; H. E. 

 Hooker, Rochester, N. Y. ; Theo. J. Beaur, 

 Moorestown, N. J.; J. S. Linderman, South 

 Haven, Mich.; A. H. Richards, Hammonton, 

 N. J.; W. F. Bassett, Hammonton, N. J.; B. 

 Smith, Meriden, N. Y. ; J. B. Seelye, Vine Valley, 

 N. Y. 



There were of course many other Exhibitors, 

 making up in all over fifteen thousand plates of 

 fruit. We can only give the names of those 

 whose collections we personally examined. It 

 was impossible for one man to do all in the 

 time. Only the full report of the Commission 

 will do justice to all. The acting judges were 

 Mr. Yellowley, of Mi.ss. ; Mr. Lyon, of Michigan ; 

 Mr. P. Earle, of Illinois ; Messrs. Harrison, 

 Schaff'er, Satterthwaite, Hoopes, and Meehan, of 

 Pa.; Parry, of New Jersey; Foster, of Iowa. Three 

 from other States did not appear. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 

 — The annual meeting took place Sep. 12th to 

 14th, according to announcement. It is the 48th 

 annual meeting. These are always looked for- 

 ward to with great interest all over the land. 

 The interests of the Centennial were of course 

 overshadowing, and many friends of the Society 

 thought ik had better be deferred altogether. 

 But other friends had faith, and the result 

 proved a much greater success than could have 

 been anticipated ; and the result .shows how 

 very strong is the Institution in the popular 

 affection. The plants exhibited were even better 

 grown than usual, and the variety of many of 

 the species in many cases, shows that the taste 

 for beautiful novelties is strong. Fruits were 

 particularly beautiful and abundant. The de- 

 signs and ornaments of cut flowers were tasteful 

 and fully up to the standard. A ship made of 

 cut flowers took well with the people. Usually, 

 these "harps," " crowms," and other articles of 

 floral work, seem like playthings, yet are tol- 

 erated from their associations even by persons 



