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receiver ; which portion is forced to rise in the graduated tube, where the result 

 can be read. 



Class X. — Flowers : — 



Special diplomas to Mrs. Wilson King of Erie, Penn., for a fine display of 

 greenhouse flowers and plants; and to Miss Denton of Fredonia, N.Y., Mrs. W. 

 W. Dinsmore of Erie, Penn., and Miss Mottier of North East, for beautiful 

 displays of annuals and bouquets. 



During the concluding portion of the proceedings of the fair, Hon. John P. 

 Vincent of Erie addressed the association. He stated, that, in the judicial po- 

 sition which he held, he was constantly brought in contact with crime ; and that, 

 as the result of extended observation, he believed that much the greater part of 

 crime could be traced to the use of intoxicating drinks. There seemed to be, 

 from whatever cause, an untoward tendency to indulgence in alcoholic drinks 

 by many of our people ; and all attempts to check that tendency had proved un- 

 availing. In this view, the question was important, whether it was not possible 

 to direct the indulgence of appetite into a different channel ; to divert it from the 

 fiery distillations at present in use to the light wines made from the pure juice 

 of the grape, which would produce the exhilaration sought by those who in- 

 dulged, and yet was quite unlikely to cause drunkenness and its attendant evils. 

 He believed that the extensive use of wines such as had been exhibited at the 

 fair, wholesome, pure, and generous, would do much to banish the curse of 

 intemperance ; and hence he regarded the growth of the grape, and the manu- 

 facture of cheap, pure, American wines, as branches of industry which should 

 be fostered in every locality where they could be successfully carried on. L. 



The Amalia Apple. — This new variety is described in " Hearth and Home " 

 as one of the most beautiful of apples, and giving promise of great excellence. 

 It bore at tli3 remarkably early age of five years. It was raised by Mrs. Siedliof 

 of Weehawken, N.J., and bears her name. 



"Fruit large, roundish, inclining to conic; skin very smooth and shining, 

 deep yellow, with small spots and blotches of reddish orange ; calyx set in a 

 narrow, deep, and irregular basin ; stalk rather slender, about an inch long, in- 

 serted in a deep, funnel-like cavity ; flesh yellowish-white, tender, with a crisp, 

 sub-acid flavor. Season, September and October. Judging from this single 

 specimen, we consider the Amalia a very promising variety." 



Kansas Fruit. — The Kansas people are justly proud of the beautiful ex- 

 hibition of fruit made from their State at the meeting of the Pomological Society; 

 and "The Kansas Farmer" gives a fine engraving of the pomological pyramid 

 on which they were displayed. 



Noticing a short time ago a remarkably fine dish of yellow Bellflower apples 

 Bt an exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the exclamation 

 which instinctively came to our lips was, " Equal to Kansas ! " It seems strange 

 that this young State should furnish a standard of excellence for our apples ; 

 but so it is. 



