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has been named in memory of Frederick Clapp. A 

 remarkable collection of seedling pears came from 

 Bernard Fox of San Jose", Cal., said to be from seed of 

 the Belle Lucrative, but bearing no likeness to that 

 variety, while strikingly resembling other well known 

 kinds. Many of them were of very fine quality. The 

 show of pears at the annual exhibition was fully up to 

 the usual standard. 



The grape vines were not only injured by the winter, 

 but the wet weather in August retarded the ripening 

 of their fruit, and caused many kinds, especially the 

 Eogers hybrids and Delaware, to mildew. The crop 

 of the hardier kinds was good, and in many cases .very 

 fine, the Concords doing nobly. John B. Moore's seed- 

 ling,.Moore's Early, was shown on the 7th of September, 

 when, though not fully ripe, it was superior to any other 

 variety. The finest new grape at the annual exhibition 

 was the Secretary, from James H. Ricketts of New- 

 burgh, N.Y., who also exhibited the Advance, another 

 hybrid seedling. 1ST. B. White again showed several 

 seedlings of promise. The Martha was reported as 

 gaining in favor. The only novelty among the foreign 

 grapes was Mrs. Pince's Muscat, from C. M. Atkinson. 

 Its chief excellence was its remarkable property of keep- 

 ing. The committee expressed their regret that so few 

 new fruits had been exhibited, the only collection being 

 one of pears from Marshall P. Wilder. 



The number of contributors to the summer exhibitions 

 of vegetables was smaller in 1872 than in the year 

 previous ; but the collections w#re generally well grown, 

 and fully up to the standard in quality. The exhibition 

 on the 20th of June was, however, unusually large, the 

 space appropriated to vegetables being completely filled 



