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the Western States the past season, was so nearly a failure that 

 they could not make a creditable exhibition. 



A very fine display of Apples was made from Arkansas ; not as 

 fine in grain and firm in flesh as our northern apples, but larger 

 and fairer. The collection of seedlings from that state was 

 especially noticeable ; some of them were very fine specimens. 

 The other exhibits of apples were by the Lincoln and Worcester 

 Granges, and C. C. Shaw, of Milford, N. H. 



Pears were shown by Ellwanger& Barry, of Rochester, N. Y., 

 and by Charles H. Hovey, Warren Fenno, and Edward B. Wilder, 

 members of this Society. 



The prizes for Peaches vrere awarded to C. S. Smith, of Lincoln, 

 Smith & Kerman, of St. Catherines, Ontario, and David L. Fisk, 

 of Grafton. 



An excellent display of one hundred and sixty-five varieties of 

 Native Grapes was made b}' the T. S. Hubbard Company, of Fre- 

 donia, N. Y. ; the first prize was awarded for this collection, and 

 the second to E. Williams, of Montclair, N. J., these being the 

 only collections offered. 



There were no competitors for the prizes offered for Russian 

 Apples, Plums, or Sub-tropical Fruits. 



Of the one hundred and eighty-seven prizes offered by this 

 Societ}^ at the Annual Exhibition, for Pears and Apples, one 

 hundred and eighty-two were awarded ; of the eighteen prizes 

 for Peaches in open culture, fifteen were taken ; of the thirty-three 

 prizes for Native Grapes, twenty-seven were taken, and of these 

 eleven were taken by one exhibitor for fruit grown in New Jersey. 

 The advantage to this exhibitor over the growers in this state in 

 respect to the time of the exhibition, was shown by the fact that 

 he took a prize for every variety except Moore's Early ; that being 

 the onlj' one that had fully reached maturity here. It may be 

 said that this exhibition was an exceptional one, and the same 

 conditions are not likely to occur again ; but it is not the first 

 instance of fruit exhibited from other states having from the 

 necessity of the case, a decided advantage in point of time, and 

 suggests the inquiry whether our rules should not be so amended 

 as to give members of the Society who are regular contributors at 

 least equal advantages. 



The attention of the Committee has not been called to as many 

 new fruits as usual, the past season. The prize offered for a new 



