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their being shown to advantage. Plants and flowers were exhib- 

 ited in great variety and excellence, and the green-house plants, 

 especially, were very fine. Of garden vegetables the specimens 

 exhibited were very good, but not satisfactory in respect to the 

 variety and ni;mbcr of eriLrics. 



Purposely avoiding any official comments on the comparative 

 merits of the specimens exhibited in the several classes by the dif- 

 ferent competitors, v/e present in this connection some extracts 

 from the reports and comments of the ne-w^spapers of the State, as 

 preliminary to the usual detailed report of entries and awards. 



From the Lezviston yournal. — P rcliminary '•'■Local'" Report. 



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"At an early hour Tuesday morning the vicinity of City Hall 

 gave signs of the advent of the annual fruit and flower event in 

 Maine. The sixth annual exhibition of the Maine State Pomo- 

 logical Society opens at City Hall, Lewiston, this evening. All 

 day long have the fruit growers and florists of Maine been troop- 

 ing up the stairs of City Building, bearing in their hands the 

 richest samples of the year's product. Such an immense variety 

 and such excellent qualities of fruits of all kinds were never be- 

 fore assembled under one roof in the State of Maine. The ladies 

 have been arranging the floral display in front of the platform, 

 where there is a sight which will be especially grateful to every 

 lover of flowers. The many long tables stretching thi^ough the 

 hall are loaded with finit and flowers in a great variety. The 

 display of pears as well as of apples is very fine, while larger 

 collections of grapes are not often seen. 



There are displays from nearly every county in the State. Even 

 Aroostook comes forward with a very creditable exhibit of winter 

 fruit. Several Kennebec county exhibitors each show fifty var- 

 ieties. Many new and valuable varieties of fruit are shown. 



The society is doing a good service for fruit culture in Maine, 

 and this is a service by no means too early rendered ; and there 

 is yet room not only for more orchards, but for better orchards in 

 the State of Maine. Such meetings of fruit growers, and such 

 exhibitions of products prove a healthy stimulus to the cause of 

 the fruits and flowers. 



Up to 4 o'clock, P. M., to-day, there had been 800 entries, con- 

 siderably more than ever betore at this time in the session. The 

 exhibition will be open this evening and Wednesda}^ and Thurs- 

 day, day and evening. Of couse there will be a large attendance 

 to see this unrivalled floral and fruit display. 



The display of apples is the largest ever made in the State, and 

 as such, it is an honor to our fruit growers to have produced. All 

 the standard and most valuable varieties are represented by re- 

 markably large and excellent specimens. The display of pears is 



