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favorable, the greatest deficiencies being in the apple 

 and the grape. An abundance of rain in June was so 

 beneficial to strawberries, that the exhibition at the rose 

 show was probably the finest ever made. The silver 

 cup for the best four quarts was again taken by the 

 President Wilder, exhibited by the originator. La Con- 

 stante, from Hovey and Co., was again superb. Several 

 seedlings presented by John B. Moore for the second 

 time were thought to sustain the promise of the previous 

 year. Mr. Moore also showed a collection of new for- 

 eign varieties, none of which in later years proved 

 superior to the standard kinds, of which the exhibition, 

 beyond these, mainly consisted. 



Cherries were more abundant, freer from the curculio, 

 and more generally exhibited, than in any year since 



1860, the trees having been injured in the spring of 



1861. In the intervening years this fruit had been but 

 little cultivated, and few new kinds had been* intro- 

 duced ; so that the exhibitions were mainly confined to 

 the old standard varieties. 



Among raspberries, the Clarke appeared to be gain- 

 ing in estimation ; while the Philadelphia, though enor- 

 mously productive, was so deficient in size and beauty, 

 that it did not come into favor, and the same was the 

 case with the Black Caps. The Kittatinny blackberry 

 was shown, and gained in favor as the season advanced, 

 receiving the first prize on the 5th of August. The 

 Smith's Improved gooseberry was shown, and pronounced 

 of the first quality. 



Of plums, but a single dish was presented at the 

 annual exhibition, while the weekly shows were not 

 much better, a strong but not pleasant contrast with 

 the shows of thirty years previous. Peaches were mainly 



