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of grapes. Rebecca, very good. Concords, very 

 good — from a trellis the vine covered 48 feet. 



George B'-inkerhofF, Monroe, Mich., very good 

 grapes. State of Michigan deserves credit for 

 this V hole exhibit, manifesting how well this 

 part Oi"the State is adapted to grape culture. 



H. E. Bidwell, South Haven, Mich., Craw- 

 ford's 1; -e peach, 9 inches in circumference, 

 clear and beautiful. 



J. S. Linderman, ]>er South Haven Pomologi- 

 cal Society, grapes, 30 plates, 4 kinds very good. 



Peninsula Farmers' Club, Grand Traverse, 

 Mich., peaches, apples, and pears. Of the two 

 last we have to speak in terms of the highest 

 praise. The Bartlett pears were not as large as 

 often grriwn, but were of a clear brown color, 

 of a brilliant scarlet on the sunny side, and 

 with a delicious aroma. The Flemish Beauty 

 pears were very highly colored, and measured 

 lOf in. one way by lli the other. Among the 

 apples. Porter measured lOf by 11 inches round ; 

 Spice, sweet, 12 in. ; Duchess of Oldenburg, 11}, 

 Eed Astrachan 10|, and very beautiful. 

 Taking the whole collection, it is highly merito- 

 rious. 



James Courteney, West Philadelphia, celery 

 and red peppers. 



Urbana Wire Co., Hammondsport, N. Y., 

 grapes, 113 boxes unnamed, but confined to the 

 following kinds : Catawba, Diana, Salem, Con- 

 cord. Jo^ra. and Delaware, all well-grown, aver- 

 age '" in't demonstrating the fitness of the locality 

 for good grape culture. 



W. L. SCHAFFER, 



Signed, 



International Jury 



on Pomologj'. 



A. W. Harrison, 

 Edwin Satterthwaite, 

 Thomas Meehan, 

 Josiah Hoopes. 



Philadelppia, Sept. 21st, 1876. 



Hon. a. T. Goshorn, Director General U. S. Cen- 

 tennial Commission. 



Sir : — Durmg the week ending with this date 

 the lollowing additional exhibits have been 

 placed OA the table : 



State of Michigan, twenty-five plates of grapes 

 in 5 varieties, South Haven, Mich. These are not 

 quite equal to the highest average attained by 

 the same varieties in other places, but we re- 

 gard them as superior when the high northern 

 latitude is considered. 



J. B. Seelj'P, Canandaigua, N. Y., grapes — the 

 Iowa, Delaware, Concord, Di.iaund, Salem. 

 These were very good specimens ; the "'Concord" 

 remarkable for the size of the berries, some of 

 which were three inches < circumference. 



Fruit-Growers' Society of Ontario. This Can- 

 adian Society have addci^ during the week to 

 their already extensive exhibits 120 plates of 

 apples, 7 of plums, 5 of peaches, 16 of pears, 3 of 

 tomatoes, and 2 of nuts. This exhibit equal in 

 many respects in value to some they have al- 

 ready made, is superior in some respects, the 

 apple being remarkably fine. The St. Lawrence 

 apple is especially well grown, being highly col- 

 ored, and some measured 11 inches in circum- 

 ference. The Baldwin measured the same; 



these were grown by Hugh Scott, Delaware, Ont. 

 The peaches w'ere of medium size, but we con- 

 sider remarkable for Canada. 



E.Anderson, Felton, Delaware; pears — Duchess 

 d'Angoulenie — of remarkable size. One meas- 

 ured 12i inches one way by 141 the other, and 

 weighed 20 oz. ; others weighed 17j oz., 19 oz., 

 and 1(S^ oz., respectively. G. M. Younglove, 

 Hammondsport, N. Y., Diana, Concord, and 

 Delaware grapes, the last particularly good. 



The Berks County Agricultural Society of 

 Pennsylvania, 150 varieties of fruits, chiefly ap- 

 ples and pears, made up by diflerent growers of 

 that region, and filling 349 plates. This exhibit 

 is a particularly valuable one. as exhibiting a 

 large number of Pennsylvania varieties of fruit of 

 great merit, but which are little known outside 

 of this region. Here were specimens of the 

 Krauser, Yacht, Yost apples and the Reading 

 pear. Other and Avell-known kinds were in su- 

 perior condition — the " Fallowater," 13 inches 

 round, and the Summer Rambo, 11 j inches, in 

 the same exhibit. The old White Doyenne, or 

 Butter pear, grown by Washington Brookman, a 

 variety now seldom seen, was of particularly 

 superior excellence. 



A. L. Felton, of Philadelphia. 215 kinds of 

 fruits and vegetables. Among these were black 

 Spanish watermelons, remarkable for solidity. 

 One measured but 36 by 49 inches, but weighed 

 45 lbs. On the whole, the exhibit was very attract- 

 ive to the visitors who crowded round the tables, 

 and regard it as particularly instructive. 



Chas. C. Hess, Germantown, Pa., Germantown 

 quinces. 



Henry Avery, Burlington, Iowa, apples and 

 pears. The apples were superior specimens, in- 

 dicating excellent cultivation ; they were of the 

 varieties Mother and Grimes' Golden, the latter 

 10 inches in circumference — large for this va- 

 riety. 



J. H. Lambert, Milwaukee, Oregon, one the 

 egg plum, 6 inches in circumference. 



Morgan Brown, Fontagany, Ohio, 70 varieties 

 o^' vegetables — 17 of these, potatoes, and one 

 large pumpkin weighing 250 lbs. Having but a 

 sin'i'le specimen or so of a kind, the exhibit made 

 no great display. The quality, on the whole, is 

 rot equal to that of the districts around our 

 large ci.ies, but as illustrating the capacity of a 

 comparatively unknown region in Ohio for good 

 vegetable growing it is regarded as meritorious. 



Signed, 

 International 



Judges 

 on Pomology. 



W. L. SCHAFFER, 



A. W. Harrison, 

 Wm. Parry, 

 Edwin Satterthwaite, 

 Jo&iAH Hoopes, 

 Thos. Meehan, 

 _ T.T. Lyon (of special exhibit). 



Hon. a. T. Goshorn, Director General U. S. Cen- 

 tennial Commission. 



Sir : — Since our last report, and during the 

 week C' ding wilh this date, additional exhibits 

 have been made and examined by us as follows : 



