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new seedling plants, the committee noticed with com- 

 mendation the camellias of Marshall P. Wilder, Ama- 

 ryllis vittata hybrida of Joseph Breck, a verbena from 

 James Comley, a phlox from A. McLaren, and a del- 

 phinium from Francis Parkman. 



The Fruit Committee reported that the exhibitions of 

 forced strawberries had been more abundant this year 

 than before, and also that on the 14th of June straw- 

 berries forwarded in cold frames were shown by Charles 

 Garfield. This method of cultivating strawberries has 

 since been employed by other growers. Notwithstand- 

 ing the severe drought, many fine strawberries were 

 exhibited. Among the new varieties were the Black 

 Defiance, Kissena, and Champion. John B. Moore 

 presented the Caroline, thought to be the most valua- 

 ble of his seedlings, and the Belle, another seedling, 

 which the committee believed to be the largest straw- 

 berry ever placed upon the tables. The true Ox Heart 

 cherry, a very large variety, which, though not new, has 

 seldom been seen, was exhibited by J. E. M. Gilley. 

 The exhibitions of forced and orchard house peaches 

 improved, while, as before remarked, the crop of out- 

 door fruit was scanty, owing to the destruction of the 

 fruit buds by the winter. Very fine specimens of Halo's 

 Early were, however, exhibited by J. B. Moore. 



The crop of apples was generally inferior in quantity 

 and quality. Specimens of several late varieties of the 

 crop of 1872 were exhibited; among them, on the 10th 

 of May, the Hunt Russet, from John B. Moore. The 

 committee deemed this one of the most desirable of all 

 apples. At the November exhibition the King of 

 Tompkins County, a variety highly esteemed in the 

 State of New York, was presented by F. &. L. Clapp. 



