Editorial Miscellany. (J3 



On Friday, Gov. J. A. "Wright, of Indiana, will deliver the annual 

 address. 



Admission to the grounds will be 25 cents. Members' tickets, $1 each, 

 admit five persons. 



The following railroad companies have agreed to transport stock and 

 articles for exhibition free of charge. They will also take passengers to 

 and from the exhibition at reduced rates : — New York and Erie ; Canan- 

 daigua and Elmira ; Buffalo, (^rning and New York ; Williamsport and 

 Elmira ; Buffalo and New York city: Cattawissa, Williamsport and Erie; 

 Tioga ; Canandaigua and Niagara Falls ; Blossburg and Coming ; Syra- 

 cuse and Binghamton ; Rome and Watertown, and Potsdam and Water- 

 town, The N. Y. Central and Hudson Paver carry stock and articles freo 

 only — not agreeing to make any reduction to passengers. 



Agreements have been made with our principal hotels not to charge 

 more than S2 a day, while the others will charge SI. 50 only. Arrange- 

 ments will also be made with boarding houses and private families to ac- 

 commodate a largo number of strangers diu'ing the week of the fair — so 

 that no matter how many thousands of per-sons from abroad may visit El- 

 mira then, they may depend on getting good boarding accommodations, 

 and at reasonable rates, too. 



The central position of our village, and the extensive arrangements 

 which have been made for transit, will undoubtedly secure a large attend- 

 ance. Our friends in other parts of the State and country may rest as- 

 sured that nothing will be lacking on the part of Elmira to make the com- 

 ing exhibition one of the best ever held in the State." 



The Catawissa Rasphcrry is attracting considerable attention among 

 cultivators of the smaller fruits. Those who have been favored with a 

 sight of the plant and a taste of the fruit, do not hesitate to bestow com- 

 mendation. Joshua Pierce, of Wa.shington city, the proprietor of this 

 new aspirant has promised us a plant and a bunch of the matured fruit. 

 If it realizes the encomiums which it has received, we shall in our next 

 number furnish our readers with a correct representation of the fruit ac- 

 companied with its histor}' and description. It is our intention not to be- 

 stow praise upon any new fruit, until we have personally ascertained its 

 quality and fitness to rank with those of its class esteemed by growers. 



The PiCST, the bane of nurserymen, has not appeared this season. 

 Seedlings, which were in former yeai-s entirely denuded of their foliage 

 ere the season was half expired, are at the present time growing vigorous- 

 ly. We had the gratification of viewing a field of plum and pear seed- 

 lings a few days past, that would average two feet in height, and were .still 

 growing thriftily. This is the more gratifying, as great difficulty is ordi- 

 narily experienced in raising a stock of these trees. 



