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did more, I trust we shall be favored with a full report of that 

 morning's labor. 



Let us spend a few minutes among the fruit. Near by was the 

 North Carolina contribution, principally apples, to which was 

 added samples of leaf tobacco, Dent corn, &c. — shown by as per- 

 fect a specimen of North Carolina humanity as that State could 

 produce. A " right smart " talker, however, and he was in nowise 

 backward in his denunciations of the "powerful weak" accom- 

 modations devoted to Pomology at the Centennial. He was quite 

 liberal however, and it was with one of those improved Centennial 

 bows that we acknowledged our obligations as he presented us 

 with two of those huge ears of Dent corn. (We placed them 

 very carefully in a packing box under our table, and they remain 

 there yet for aught I know.) North Carolina apples are much 

 larger than ours, but not as large as those grown in some other 

 States. They were soft and spongy, and many of them nearly 

 covered with a dingy scurf or mold. "This," said our friend, 

 "is unusual, being caused, I reckon, by a heap of rain immedi- 

 ately followed by right smart heat." Here, as in many specimens 

 of Western and Southern fruit, we found it quite difficult to iden- 

 tify species. A Baldwin, for instance, grown no farther away 

 than tlie State of Michigan, is so unlike the Baldwin of Massa- 

 chusetts or Maine that close inspection is necessary to name it. 

 At this time, their Baldwins and Northern Spys were easily 

 indented with thumb and finger, while ours, as you all know, were 

 hard and firm. 



California, Oregon, Kansas and Colorado take the lead in great 

 crops of the largest fruit. They tell us of apples and pears 

 weighing 2| pounds, but I saw none on exhibition that would 

 outweigh our largest samples by more than one-third, say 1| 

 pounds. All of these lack the high coloring of Maine apples, are 

 less firm, and though in their season may be equal in flavor, yet 

 are coarser grained and of less value in respect to keeping 

 qualities. 



Kansas and Colorado expended thousands of dollars in the exhi- 

 bition of fruit here, to say nothing of their magnificent show of 

 cereals, minerals, &c. In the centre of their State building stood 

 a monument of apples, tastefully arranged, containing many bar- 

 rels of fruit. A fresh supply was kept constantly on hand or on 

 the way thither, to take the place of any that showed signs of 

 decay. 



