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hundred and ninety-three varieties ; much the greater 

 part of these two collections being apples, which were 

 remarkable for their size, beauty, fairness, and freedom 

 from insects. The Fruit Growers' Association of Onta- 

 rio, Canada, sent three hundred and ninety-eight varie- 

 ties, including one hundred and twenty-two pears, fifty- 

 one grapes, and fifty plums, a greater variety of 

 plums than had been seen in Boston for many years. 

 The South Haven (Michigan) Pomological Society sent 

 a very interesting collection, comprising apples, pears, 

 and plums, peaches in quantity, thirty-four varieties of 

 evaporated fruits, and fourteen varieties of canned fruit. 

 There was a beautiful collection of one hundred and 

 fifty-one varieties of apples from the Polk County (Iowa) 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society. Ellwanger & 

 Barry of Rochester, N.Y., contributed three hundred 

 and seventeen finely grown varieties of pears ; Marshall 

 P. Wilder, four hundred and four varieties ; and Hovey 

 & Co., three hundred and twenty-eight varieties. F. & 

 L. Clapp had eighty-six varieties of seedling pears, and 

 in the centre a large dish of Clapp's Favorite, which at- 

 tracted much attention as the handsomest dish of pears 

 in the room. James II. Ricketts of Newburgh, N.Y., 

 and John B. Moore, had large collections of seedling 

 grapes. The Deseret (Utah) Agricultural and Manu- 

 facturing Company sent seventy-five varieties of apples, 

 pears, plums, and peaches. There were oranges, shad- 

 docks, and pomegranates from Mississippi, and oranges 

 from California. The total number of dishes of fruit 

 exhibited was more than six thousand, from every part 

 of the United States and the British Provinces, from 

 Nova Scotia to California. At an early hour on the 

 morning of Thursday, the 1 1th, a majority of the dele- 



