130 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



in order as to size, and the showiogjof this variety was large. But 

 for beauty the Sheldon takes the lead ; there was a very large^exhibit 

 of this variety, all being placed on large j^latters on a table together. 

 They looked very fine and they were nice ; I know by the eating of 

 some of them myself. There were a great many other varieties of 

 very fine looking pears. This part of the exhibit alone was worth 

 going a long way to see. 



The apples of Massachusetts are not so good, or, at least, not so 

 fine looking, with few exceptions, as our Maine apples. The Bald- 

 wins, Rhode Island Greenings, Snows and many others seemed to 

 spot very badly, more than I ever saw them at home. The Graven- 

 steins and Hubbardstons of Massachusetts are very fine. I never 

 saw any in our own State that were nearl3' so fine. / took a 

 specimen of Gravensteins ivith me from home and it was the best that 

 I ever saw, but when I got there found that I loas far behind in that 

 variety. Of new varieties I saw but one that promised very much, 

 and that was a Russet, which in shape resembled the Worcester Russet. 

 The color was a leathery or a little of the reddish cast. It seemed 

 to be a very fine apple. Flavor sub-acid. The committee gave it 

 the name of Fletcher Russet. 



The flowers and plants in the exhibit were very good, especially 

 in the potted plants, of which there^was^a very large show of large 

 and rare plants. The cut flowers were arranged about the same as 

 we arrange them at our fair, and although not so large a display, 

 perhaps, as we usually have, but being displayed in so large a hall 

 with plenty of room to move around them, they made a very fine 

 show. In the center of the hall therejwas arranged a lily pond that 

 looked very nice. It was arranged' by inserting the stems of the 

 leaves and flowers in bottles and sinkingjthem so that the flowers and 

 leaves would float on the water. 



The show or exhibit of farm"products^seemed to be made mostly 

 by market gardeners, and it was very^large and the finest that I ever 

 saw. There was about everything in^the vegetable line, also many 

 kinds of corn, beans, peas and^grains of most all kinds. One thing 

 I noticed in particular, every article2shown in this department was 

 of the very finest quality, not^large^orgovergrown as we usually see 

 at our fairs, but of just the right size for^table use, and really about 

 the smallest beets shown took the^first'prize. 



