10Q A Flourishing Agricultural Society. 



lueiit and management of this Association, especially New York. It Avould 

 be for the interest of the N. Y, Society to fix upon some central position, 

 &av Syracuse; there build an amphitheatre capable of containing 50,000 

 people, sheltered from sun and rain, where ladies could sit in comfortable 

 and permanent seats, and not be obliged to tiamp about in the sun, 

 heat and dust, as they are at present compelled to do. This Society has 

 no endowed fund ; the money has been all raised by sale of life member- 

 ships, voluntary subscriptions and receipts at Fairs. The receipts, I am 

 told, are about ten thousand dollars annually. The people of this place 

 have made a proposition to have the next American Pomological Con- 

 i;Tess here, offering the use of the grounds and fixtures, and agreeing to 

 subscribe ten thousand dollars, to be paid to the Society, to further the 

 objects for which it was formed. ^Vhether they will accept this ofier 

 remains to be seen. The exhibition, the first day of the Fair, was fruits, 

 flowers, vegetables and products of the dairy. The exhibition of fruits 

 was fine — such as were shown, though the varieties were not numerous. 

 Of Apples, there were some thirty varieties exhibited, neaily all of which 

 were large and fine; among the varieties were Baldwin, Prior's Red, 

 Bellflower, Rawle's Jauette (by the way, said to be the best winter Apple 

 of Kentucky), Gloria Mundi, Swaar, Roxbury Russet, Lady Apple, 

 Maiden's Blush, &c. The display of Pears was fine indeed ; such Seckels, 

 Bartletts, "White Doyennes and Flemish Beauties I never saw before-. 

 The show of Peaches was also fine ; among which I saw a variety called 

 Tampico Seedling, raised from seed of the Tampico Peach, which 

 promises to be a fine sort. The show of Native Grapes was good — of 

 Foreign varieties poor, only two kinds being exhibited. The varieties of 

 Native Grapes were, Isabella, Catawba, Clinton, Alexander, Ohio, Elsing- 

 burg, Le Noir, Cape, Diana, and a new seedling from Catawba, called 

 Mammoth Catawba, which promises to be one of our finest Native 

 Grapes. It is similar to the Diana in flavor, color like the Catawba, 

 perfectly hardy in its habit, very productive, and the size of the berry as 

 laro-e as the Black Hamburgh ; bunch shouldered, not very compact 

 but quite long. This variety was originated by Mr. Wii'hers, an enter- 

 prising nurseryman near Danville, Kentucky. The show of Flowers, I 

 regret to say, was small indeed, only two bouquets being exhibited. 

 This speaks rather disjiaragingly of the Kentucky ladies for refinement 

 of taste, manifested in the cultivation of flowers; yet the ladies exhibited 

 some splendid specimens of embroidery, which attracted a large share of 

 attention. 



