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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[November, 



State of Wisconsin. 11 varieties of grapes. 

 Taking the whole collection, these are rather 

 above the average of the same varieties in color 

 and flavor. A bunch of the Lindley was 7 inches 

 in length from the uppermost berry to the lower, 

 and weighed llj oz. ; Agawam, 7h inches, and 

 121 oz. , Wilder, 7 oz, This is not only a merit- 

 orious exhibit for Wisconsin but would do credit 

 to any State. 



W. P. Ottley, Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., 10 

 kinds of apples and pears, under-sized fruit, but 

 well colored and attractive. 



Truman Mabbett, Vineland, N. J., sweet pota- 

 toes, a full collection of the best varieties— White 

 Bermuda, Southern Queen, and Mansemund. 

 These were unusually large, if that is any merit 

 in a sweet potato, and possessed much interest 

 in the fact that half of them had been kept since 

 1875, showing an excellent knowledge in pre- 

 serving them. 



A. Tripp, Albion, N. Y., 5 kinds of apples. 



H. M. Engle, Marietta, Pa., 3S kinds of apples 

 and 2 of peaches. These had been evidently 

 selected with great care, and on the whole is a 

 highly meritorious exhibit of good fruit. 



D. G. Gyger, Radnor, Delaware Co., Pa., 64 

 plates of apples in 25 kinds, although none of 

 these apples exhibited higher characters than are 

 seen occasionally in the best specimens of their 

 kinds, yet they were all very good. Seldom, in- 

 deed, that we find so many kinds brought to- 

 gether all doing so well, and on this ground we 

 regard it as of special merit. The Cornell Fancy 

 weighed 8 oz., and measured 10} inches round. 



A. M. Smith, Grimsby, Ont., 20 kinds of ap- 

 ples ; and White Doyenne, and Louise Bonne 

 de Jersey pears. Taking into consideration the 

 high northern latitude, the apples are of superior 

 excellence. The Calvert, a beautiful specimen, 

 weighed 7 oz. ; Rhode Island Greening, Hi oz. ; 

 Fall Pippin, 12 oz., and others about in propor- 

 tion to their general growth. 



Robert Snyder, per Fruit Growers' Society, of 

 Ontario, apples— Thorndale, Alexander, St. Law- 

 rence Chenango Strawberry, Pomme-gris, and a 

 large, reddish, tart seedling. These were beauti- 

 ful specimens of their kinds, fully equal to the 

 best averages. 



State of Iowa, a collection of vegetables made 

 up from all parts of the State. There wei'e G4 

 plates, and about 60 varieties of potatoes, and 

 about 50 other kinds of vegetables. The pota- 

 toes, beets, and Mangel Wurtzels, were of re- 

 markably fine appearance, and showed how well 



the State is adapted to their growth. As illus- 

 trating the vegetable-growing capacity of the 

 State, we regard the collection as very instructive 

 and meritorious. 



W. L. Sh.\ffer, 



JOSIAH HOOPES, 



A. W. Harrison, 

 Wm. Parry, 

 Edwin Sattertiiwaite, 

 Thos. Meehan. 



Signed, 



International Jury 



on Pomology. 



QUERIES. 



Ohio Fruit at the Centennial. — M. B. Bate- 

 ham writes: "In your comments on the Centen- 

 nial Pomological Exhibition, (Oct. p. 319,) you 

 say ' 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.' 



"Though unintentional, of course, your re- 

 mark casts an unjust reflection upon the repre- 

 sentatives of Ohio at the exhibition. The Ohio 

 State Horticultural Society undertook the labor 

 and expense of collecting and exhibiting the fruit 

 from this State ; and three of the ofiicers of the 

 Society were in attendance at the hall, most of 

 the time, during each day of the pomological 

 exhibition. The fruit was displayed on a range 

 of tables assigned to it, the farthest side of the 

 hall — although our application for space was 

 among the earliest. It filled over 1100 plates, 

 and the name of the variety was on each plate. 

 The name of the Society was painted on two 

 banner signs, each ten feet in length, stretched 

 between the pillars, over the tables, and the 

 names of the twenty or more counties and local 

 societies from which the fruit came, was on pla- 

 cards upon the tables. Then a full list of the va- 

 rieties in the entire collection was made out by 

 the secretary, and handed to Capt. Landreth, aa 

 desired. If anything more was wanting for the 

 ' proper exhibition ' of the fruit, it was owing to a 

 failure on our part to comprehend the duties of 

 the august occasion." 



[We should be sorry to cast reflections on 

 Mr. Bateham, or any one, and had no intention 

 of doing so. It seemed a duty to tell our readers 

 why we gave credit to individuals in other States 

 and none to Ohio. For this reason we have 

 to repeat that if there were exhibitors' names 

 on the productions any time between Monday, 

 September 11th, and Fridtiy, September 15th, we 

 did not SCO ihem. — Ed. G. M.J 



