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tural Society ; and a collection of twenty-five varieties of 

 Nebraska apples, sent by Hon. R. W. Furnas, president 

 of the Nebraska Horticultural Society. Among these 

 the Fameuse was especially fine. Few new fruits were 

 presented. The President Wilder strawberry appeared 

 to as great advantage as in previous years ; the Jucunda 

 was held in high and growing esteem ; and the Wilson 

 gained steadily in the market. Raspberries of the Black 

 Cap family were shown, and were condemned by the 

 committee. The Wilson's Early blackberry was shown, 

 and received the first prize. At the annual exhibition, 

 the effects of the gale of September 8, on the pears 

 and apples, were plainly shown ; but the. grape tables 

 were completely filled, and it was doubted whether a 

 finer display could be made in any part of the country. 

 The Delawares and Concords were particularly fine. 

 Stephen Underbill of Croton Point, N.Y., exhibited his 

 seedlings, Croton and Senasqua. 



The season was a remarkably favorable one for vege- 

 tables. The committee reported that every year wit- 

 nessed improvement in the cultivation of early vegetables 

 under glass, and they noticed the erection, by way of ex- 

 periment, of forcing houses heated with hot water, in 

 the hope of saving the heavy cost of the manure used 

 for hotbeds, as well as of the transportation and labor 

 in handling. The committee had visited one of these 

 houses, which, on the 22d of December, was filled with 

 a fine crop of lettuce and radishes nearly ready for mar- 

 ket. Among the new vegetables introduced were the 

 Dwarf White Seeded Wax Podded bean and Egyptian 

 beet, from Fearing Burr. 



The display at the annual exhibition was fully equal 

 in quality to that of the preceding year. Perhaps the 



