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THE POMOLOGIST. 



July 





Advertisements. 



We would invite the attention of nursery- 

 men, seedsmen, and dealers in agricultural and 

 horticultural implements to the Pomologist 

 as an advertising medium through which to 

 communicate with the public. To nurserymen 

 our paper ofTers special inducements for adver- 

 tising trees, plants, and nursery stockin gener- 

 al. Our patrons above all others, are the very 

 persons who have faith in the success of fruit- 

 growing if rightly managed, and in the natural 

 course of things are the very ones who patron- 

 ize the nurseryman. Nor do any class of men 

 part with their money more freely. In fact 

 the readers of our paper are of the progressive 

 sort, and the paper its If a live one, as evi- 

 denced by the variety and originality of its 

 contents— made up as its columns show, in a 

 great measure, by the contributions of a very 

 large and intelligent circle of correspondents. 

 We don't profess to have " ten thousand " sub- 

 scril)ers, but do claim a very respectable and 

 growing subscription list. The paper is issued 

 on the first day of each monlh. Advertisers 

 should bear this in mind. Hence, to be in sea- 

 son, advertisements should be received by the 

 25th of the mouth preceding publication day. 

 An earlier date even, would be preferable, 

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Acknowledgments.— Thanks to the Wiscon- 

 sin State Horticultural Society for a compli- 

 mentary ticket to the Society's first annual 

 summer exhibition of fruits and flowers, held 

 at Oshkosh, June 22 and 23. The Plennepin, 

 (Min.) and the Joe Davis (111.) County Horticul- 

 tural Societies also have our hearty acknowl- 

 edgments for like favors. It would liave given 

 ns profound satisiaction to have responded in 

 person to these several invitations— to.have met 

 face to face many of our old pomological friends 

 and present patrons. A visit to the Wisconsin 

 Fair would have been to us an occasion of pe- 

 culiar interest and pleasure, for we were. one 

 among the few who brought the Wisconsin 

 State Horticultural Society into existence— at 

 an earl3- day too, when trait growing west of 

 lake Michigan was considered extremely 

 problematical, 



Rot and Blight among the Grapes.— Our 

 editorial associate. Dr. J. Stayinan, writes us 

 June 12: " We have the blight here and some 

 rot among the Concords. A committee has 

 been appointed to make an examination soon 

 and report." We shall be glad to hear from 

 other sections of the country^ wherever these 

 maladies make their appearance. Many theo- 

 ries have been advanced upon the cause and 

 cure of this grape rot and blight; but so far, 

 we believe, all have ended in smoke. Still.it 

 is well enough to keep talking about it. 



Degeneracy of old Orchards.— Much is 



said about the degeneracy of the old orchards 

 of New England and why it is, a corresponent 

 of the Maine Fanner takes a verj-- sensible view 

 of the question when he says: "The apple 

 tree does not live always; we must plant 

 more trees to take the place of the old ones. 

 There is a limit to the life of all organized 

 bodies, and the apple tree is no exception to the 

 general rule. If the farmers had taken this 

 view of the subject some ttiirty years ago, and 

 had planted a few trees yearly, this mourning 

 over old orchard's decay, would never have 

 been thought of." 



Fair of the Iowa State Horticultural 

 Society.— The Iowa State Horticultural Soci- 

 ety will hold its Fourth Annual Exhibition at 

 Keokuk, Monday to Friday, September 12 to 16, 

 in connection with the State Fair, 

 PREMIUM LIST. 

 Friiita— Pi'ofesMional. 



Best and largest variety of apples named... 825 

 2d best do 15 



Best specimen of fall eating apples (> 



2d best do 4 



Best specimen of fall cooking app.es 6 



2d best do 4 



Best specimen of winter eating apples 6 



'Jd best do 4 



Best specimen of winter cooking apples 6 



2d bestdo 4 



Best collection of fall eating apples 5 



do collection of fall cooking apples 5 



do collection of winter eating apples 5 



do collection of winter cooking apples 5 



do variety of seedling apples 5 



do collection of pears 15 



2d bestdo 10 



Best specimen of fall pears 5 



do specimen of winter pears 5 



do collection of lali pears 5 



do collection of winter pears 5 



do specimen of quinces 5 



do sliow of plums 5 



do display of crab apples 5 



In the professional lists, fruit must be named 

 in every instance, and no premium will be 

 awarded unless they are named correctly. 



Nurserymen and professional fruit-growers 

 must exhibit in this class. 



Exliibitors will be required to designate by 

 card, each distinct entry, and must have a 

 separate and additional quantity for each entry 

 made. 



Four specimens of each variety witl he re 

 quired in this and the succeeding list. All 

 fruit must remain on exhibition until tlie close 

 of the Fair. 



Before premiums are awarded, exhibitors 

 must make statement that fruits are grown by 

 them. 



In considering the best in this list, not only 

 the size and flavor of fruit must be considered, 

 but liardiness of tree nroductiveness, and 

 earliness of fruiting. 



Fruits— deneral lil^t. 



This is merely a duplicate of No. 5S, under 

 the same requirements, except that an incorrect 

 name may not deprive tlie exhibitor of a pre- 

 mium. In either list not less than six of each 

 kind should be furnished of each specimen. 



Best and largest variety of apples named $25 



2d best do 15 



Best specimen of fall eating apples 6 



2d bestdo 4 



Best specimen of fall cooking apples 6 



2d best do 4 



Best specimen of winter eating apples 6 



2d bestdo 4 



Best specimen of winter cooking apples 6 



2d best do 4 



Best collection of fall eating apples 5 



do collection of tail cooking apples 5 



do collectfon of winter cooking apples 6 



do collection of pears 15 



2d best do 10 



Best specimen of fall pears 5 



do specimen of winter pears 5 



do collection of plums 5 



do collection of peaches -1 



do collection of quinces 5 



do show of crab apples 5 



Most promising seedling apples 5 



SPECIAL PREMIUM. 



By John Givln, of Keokuk. 



Best collection of pears, not less than ten 

 varieties, true to name; five specimens to 

 eacii variety. To be grown by amateurs, 

 nurserymen excluded : Mr. Givin not com- 

 peting 510 



SPECIAL PREMIUM. 



By H. B. Ten Eyck, Keokuk. 



Best peck peaches $ 5 



O rapes. 



Best collection of grapes $10 



2d best 5 



Best exhibition of Catawba grapes 5 



do exihihition of Isabella grapes 5 



do exhibition of (.'oncord grapes 5 



do exhibition of Delaware grapes 5 



do exhibition of Clinton grapes 5 



do specimen uf other American varieties 5 



do collection of table grapes 10 



do collection of foreign grapes 10 



do ti bunches of foreign grapes o 



IVines. 



Best Catawba wine S 3 



do Concord wine 3 



do Clinton wine 3 



do Delaware wine 3 



do bottle of any other grape wine 3 



do wild grape wine 2 



do currant wine 2 



do blackberry wine 2 



do elderberry wine 1 



do rhubarb wine 1 



do gooseberry wine 2 



do crab apple cider 2 



do cliampaigne cider 3 



do common ciiler 2 



do sweepstakes bottle of wine 6 



SPECIAL PREMIUM. 



By G. Hanziker. Keokuk. 



Best bottle Catawba wine $ 5 



Plauls and Flovrers, 



Professional List. 



Best floral design not less than five feet 



high, and proportioned accordingly dip, 810 



Best floral arch 3 



do floral wieath 5 



do and greatest variety of named flowers, 10 

 do and greatest variety of unnamed flow- 

 ers 5 



Dahlias. 



Greatest and best variety 5 



Best twelve dissimilar blooms 3 



Faschia. 



Greatest and best variety 5 



Best six 2 



Boses. 



Greatest and best variety named 10 



Rest twelve 5 



do six 3 



Verbenas. 



Greatest and best variety 3 



Greatest andl>est display 2 



Best show of this years seedlings dip, 



Astors, 



Greatest and best variety \..„ 2 



Bkloxes. 



Best display , 2 



Gladiolas. 



Best display , 2 



Petunias. 



Freatest and best variety dip 



Pansies, 



Greatest and best variety dip. 



Greatest and best display dip. 



Best collection of green house plants 15 



do collection of green house plants in 



bloom 15 



do and most tastefully arranged vase of 



cut flowers 2 



do and inost tastefully arranged pair of 



small vases of cut flowers 2 



do and most tastefully arranged large 



basket of flowers. 2 



do and most tastefully arranged pair of 



basketsof cut flowers 3 



do and most tastefully arranged pair of 



flat 1) and boquets 2 



do and most tastefully arranged pair of 



round liand bofjuets 2 



do collection of wild flowers in bloom and 



named 3 



do assortment of evergreens, live with 



roots on dip. 12 



2d best 8 



Best pair flat boquets of immortelle flowers 2 

 do pair round boquets of immortelle flow- 

 ers : 2 



do wreath of immortelle flowers 2 



do fountain and arrangements, 25 



Plants and flowers in thisclass to be correctly 

 and legibly named. Professional florists must 

 exhibit in 'jhis class. 



Plants and Floivers. 



Amateur lAst. 

 This class is a duplicateof Class 49. The same 

 articles will beshowr< and the same premiums 

 awarded as in ■19. Professional florists not al- 

 lowed to exhibit in Class 50. 



PoMOLOGiSTS ON THE MovB.— Marshall P. 

 Wilder of Boston, President of the American 

 Pomological Society, Chas. Downing of New- 

 burgh, N. Y., George EUwanger, P. Barry, and 

 J. W.Clark of Rochester, N. Y., passed west a 

 few days since on a tour to California. At 

 Omaha, they paid a brief visit to the summer 

 exhibition of the Nebraska State Horticultural 

 Society. 



