STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Ml O 



great abundance and excellent qualit}' of the apple crop of the ^If^rj c 

 a marked improvement in the art and methods of exhibition, Inct ^ 

 increased care in the selection of specimens, made the displa3'\o£ 

 apples both attractive and instructive. For the first time, a com- 

 plete classification was effected of the varieties exhibited as single, 

 dishes, and these were marked b}- placards bearing the names of the 

 varieties in conspicuous letters. 



The general collections of apples were so extensive as to be 

 actually burdensome, embracing about 2500 plates. It seems to be 

 necessary that hereafter these collections should be limited to some 

 reasonable number of varieties. In the earlier exhibitions of the 

 Societ}' it was thought necessar}- to encourage these exteusive col- 

 lections for the sake of the shoio ; but now the reverse is true, and 

 the}' must be restricted in order to bring the exhibition within the 

 limits of the space allotted. The Society has long ago set the seal 

 of its disapproval on the indiscriminate multiplication of varieties, 

 and for this reason, also, the privilege of exhibition should be 

 limited. A person may raise, as a matter of study and experiment, 

 as man}- varieties as he can find room for, or time and patience to 

 provide labels and receptacles for, but his stud}' and experimenting 

 will have been of little avail i( he cannot select twent}' or thirty 

 kinds better than all the rest. 



GENERAL RULES OF THE EXHIBITION. 



1. The general regulations of the Joint Exhibition will govern this 

 department, as far as applicable thereto, and except as herein other- 

 wise provided. 



2. Entries may be made at the office of the Secretary, in Wiscas- 

 set, personally or by letter, until September 19th, and after that at 

 the Park, on the first day of the exhibition, until 4 o'clock P. M. 



3. Exhibitors are requested to present full and accurate lists of 

 the varieties of fruit or other articles to be entered ; and to specify 

 the premium for which each article is entered ; also to affix their 

 names and P. O. addresses, so that the same ma}- be correct!}' trans- 

 ferred to the books and exhibition cards. 



1^^ Persons intending to make entries will confer a special favor 

 by sending lists of the same to the Secretary at an early day. 



4. All fruits and flowers offered for premiums must have been 

 grown by the exhibitor ; and any violation of this rule will debar or 

 forfeit the premium. Specimens offered for exhibition only, by others 



