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I. G. HUBBARD, Nokomis, are the originators of the 

 Champion peach, specimens of which they sent to the exhibit. 

 They were among the largest received, and of excellent qual- 

 ity. The pit is small, compared with the size of the peach, 

 and the flesh is therefore very deep. Worthy of trial. 



J. G. BUBACH, Princeton. Exhibited some fine specimens 

 of the Curtis strawberry. 



A. H. G-ASTON, of North Harvey. The Grawburg Super- 

 ior gooseberry. Berry of large size. 



H. AUGUSTINE, Normal. The Hero and other grapes. 



JAMES T. JOHNSON, Warsaw. The Neverfail plum; said to 

 bear good crops with scarcely a failure. Originated in Han- 

 cock county. 



C. H. WEBSTER, Centralia. The Lawton, Jr., blackberry. 



E. A. RIEHL, Alton. The Early Golden persimmon, which 

 attracted a great deal of attention, and was highly commended 

 by all as a valuable new fruit. Ripens before frost. Origi- 

 nated near Alton. 



JACOB CHRISTIAN, Mt. Carroll. The Prairie State grape. 

 A white grape of good quality. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



The Illinois fruit exhibit demonstrated to the careful ob- 

 server that the State is adapted to a very wide range of fruit 

 products, and that, owing to the extreme length of the State 

 north and south, the season of fresh fruits in the markets, of 

 any given kind, is very long, insuring to the inhabitant of the 

 State a choice of green fruits of many kinds during a pro- 

 longed season. While other states showed, in some instances, 

 larger specimens of fruit of certain kinds, none could be said 

 to surpass those of Illinois in quality. No farmer in the State 

 of Illinois need be without small fruits in his garden who 

 makes a fair use of his opportunities, as small fruits will grow 

 and produce abundantly in every section of the State. 



Peaches for market are confined to the south half of the 

 State, as a rule, but often good crops are bad north of that line. 



Persimmons grown as far north as Bureau county, and ex- 

 hibited at the Fair, demonstrated that that excellent fruit will 

 grow much farther north than was supposed possible. The va- 



