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OOTOBEE, 18T3. 



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Quarter Centennial Anniversary of tlie American Pomo- 



logical Society. 



Siloer Weddinr/ Session I'roceedings, 



THE Silver Wedding Anniversary of the American Pomoligcal Society, was cele- 

 brated in Boston, on the 10th, 11th and 12th of September, with unusual splendor 

 and interest. Never before has there been gathered together so many objects of pomo- 

 logical and horticultural value ; while the audience, gathered from the friends and 

 members of the Society, from all parts of the United States, was both the largest and 

 most appreciative of any that have yet attended its meetings. The display of fruit 

 was fairly overpowering, and the exhibition of plants, flowers and decorations in Music 

 Hall, was of the most recherche character, well calculated to draw out the utmost 

 enthusiasm. The various rooms where the exhibition was held, were thronged with 

 visitors from the city and suburbs ; and it is doubtful if any strictly promological 

 or horticultural exhibition ever drew so large attendance. From eight o'clock in 

 the morning till after ten at night, the fruit and plant rooms were filled with 

 wondering visitors, whose curiosity was stimulated to the greatest stretch, and prob- 

 ably thousands formed a better idea of the great extent^of the horticultural interests 

 of the country than could have been gained by any other means. 



Display of Fruits • 



The display of fruits was exceedingly extensive in varieties, and noticeable for 

 very large single collections. Much of the fruit was small in size, and not as highly 

 colored nor as ripe as we have witnessed in other exhibitions, yet it it was very 

 attractive. The largest single display of fruit was by President Widler, 404 varie- 

 ties of Pears — occupying the entire half of the lower hall, and on the tables oppo- 

 posite and running parallel, were the collection of Hovey & Co., of Cambridge, 

 numbering 300 plates of nearly as many varieties. Another row of tables was 

 occupied by the collection of the Cambridge Horticultural Society. 

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