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of Clinton. This peach originated in Tennessee, and is said to 

 be a seedling of Family Favorite, which is a seedling of Chinese 

 Cling. The Sneed is thought to mark the introduction of a 

 new type of very early peaches, although it has much the 

 appearance of varieties of the Alexander class. The habit of 

 the tree is said to be much like that of the Chinese peaches. 

 The third lot of peaches arrived June 13th from Central Arkan- 

 sas. These were Alexander. Two days later samples of Gov- 

 ernor Garland were received from the same State. This peach 

 differs from Alexander only in minor characters, and, like all 

 very early peaches, is white fleshed and half-clingstone. On 

 June 18th, Missouri sent Governor Garland peaches, and on 

 the 20th, unnamed peaches were received from Villa Ridge, 

 Southern Illinois. From this time on, peaches from various 

 sources were constantly on exhibition. The first new Ameri- 

 can apples appeared June 15th from Central Arkansas. These 

 were the Yellow May, a small light yellow apple with a 

 streaked blush in the sun, valuable only for culinary purposes. 



California had cherries on exhibition from Sacramento 

 county, May 17th. Royal apricots from Yolo county began 

 to arrive the middle of June. Loquats, or the so-called Japan 

 plum, were on exhibition early in May. California made no 

 attempt to show the early peaches because of the great distance 

 they would be obliged to travel. A few figs were received 

 June 13th from D. Bonelli, Ryonville, Nevada. These were 

 shipped from Nevada May 28th, and were in poor condition 

 upon arrival, but they came from an unexpected source, and 

 attracted attention. 



As early as June 7th cherries and gooseberries were shown 

 from Marion county, Southern Illinois. The cherries were Dye- 

 house and Early Richmond. At the time the first cherries 

 were received from Southern Illinois some varieties were still 

 in bloom about Chicago, at the northern end of the same State. 

 The gooseberries wmich were shown early in June were Hough- 

 ton, Mountain Seedling, Downing, Champion and Industry. 

 Ripe currants were received June 13th from Southern Illinois. 

 Red raspberries, Turner and Brandywine, came from Centralia, 

 Illinois, June 20th. Black raspberries first appeared June 14th. 

 Souhegan, Winona and Kansas were the first varieties shown. 

 Early Harvest blackberries were received June 20th from C. H. 

 Webster, Centralia. 



The first new grapes on exhibition were a lot received the 

 middle of May from Bruni & Brother, Laredo, Texas. This 

 lot, with subsequent additions, included some eighty plates of 

 Zinfandel, Sweet Water, Muscat of Alexandria, and Tokay, all 

 of the European type. There was a new white grape in the lot 



