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POIIOLOGY, GARDENING, FORESTRY, HORTICULTURE, RURAL ABCHITECTURE, BEES. 



Vol. II. Des Moines, Iowa; Leavenworth, Kan., Dec, 1871. No. 12 



MARK MILLER, 

 Editor and Publisher, • - Des Moines, Iowa. 



DR. J. STAYMAN, 

 Associate Editor, ■ - Leavenworth, Kansas. 



DR. WM. M. HOWSLEY, 

 Corresponding Editor, ■ - Leavenworth, Kansas. 



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Kansas City Industrial Exposition. 



Magnificent display of fruits, wines. Ac. Three hundred and 

 fifty varieties of apples on exhibition in one entry. New fruit. 

 Premium wine from the wild grape of the Misssourl Valley. 

 two premium on apples, <£c., &c. 



Bt The Associate Editor. 



This Institution held its first annual Fair at Kan- 

 sas City, Missouri, October 16th to 21st. It was an 

 unprecedented success not only in attendance, but 

 in the articles exhibited as well as in the receipts. 

 So liberally was it patronized that they concluded 

 to continue it until the evening of the 24th. It was 

 supposed that on Thursday there were forty thous- 

 and persons in attendance. Numerous were the 

 reasons for its brilliant success; amongst some were 

 the fine weather and low railroad fare, but the most 

 prominent causes were the liberal spirit manifested 

 and generous premiums offered, conducted by ap- 

 proachable and accommodating officers and super- 

 intendents, who understood their business well, 

 and tried at least to please the exhibitors with- 



out that dogmatism so generally manifested at agri- 

 cultural Fairs. 



In the horticultural department very much praise 

 was due to the Superintendent, D. L. Hall, who was 

 not only a good officer, but a practical horticultu- 

 rist, 'who did everything consistent to satisfy the 

 exhibitors. We predicted that in the fruit depart- 

 ment it would be the best ever exhibited in the 

 West, and we were not disappointed. In apples it 

 was most magnificent, even beyond our description 

 in size, beauty, and quality. 



The Missouri Valley Horticultural Society, lo- 

 cated at Kansas City, represented by the President, 

 Geo. 8. Park, of Paikville, Missouri, had on exhibi- 

 tion 350 varieties of apples, 20 of pears and grapes 

 and a very fine display of vegetables. This collec- 

 tion was entered for the best and greatest exhibi- 

 tion of horticultural products produced by a soci- 

 ety, and took the first premium of One Hundred and 

 Fifty Dollars. This was a fine display in every re- 

 spect, and was an honor to any society, and no 

 doubt justly won the premium, although it had a 

 strong competitor in the St. Joe Horticultural and 

 North-western Fruit Growers' Association, which 

 was represented by Mr. J. A. Storm and Mr. J. P. 

 Reichard, who exhibited 300 varieties of apples, 20 

 of pears, 10 of grapes, 14 of peaches, with plums 

 and quinces, crab apples, and 22 varieties of pota- 

 toes, and a general assortment of vegetables. This 

 was also a very superior collection of fruit and veg- 

 etables, and it was with some difficulty the commit- 

 tee could decide which were the best. Both of 

 these societies had many new, large, handsome ap- 

 ples, worthy some further remarks, which we hope 

 to illustrate and describe hereafter. 



Mr. E. D. Brown, of Wyandotte, Kansas, took 

 the first premium of $23 for the best and largest 

 collection of fruit by one exhibitor, and we took 

 the second premium of $10 for a similar entry. 

 Here Kansas comes out victorious single handed, 

 and took both the first and second premium.? — she 

 not having competed with the above societies in a 

 general collection. Messrs. Stark & Barnett, of 



