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AKKALS OF HORTICULTURE. 



Early, a new variety, was received by the Oregon people in 

 good condition, after having traveled 2,500 miles without refrig- 

 eration. Six days after its arrival this berry was still firm. It 

 is medium in size, exceedingly solid and tough, reminding one 

 somewhat of the Glendale. The color of both exterior and 

 flesh is very dark dull red. The berry is not high in quality, 

 but it certainly gives every promise of being a good shipper. 

 On June 21st the first strawberries arrived from Michigan, 

 Minnesota and Ontario. Michigan had Jessie and Warfield 

 from Benton Harbor, Minnesota had Cresent, and Ontario 

 showed nineteen varieties, mostly in poor condition, although 

 Jessie, Beder Wood, Daisy and Farnsworth stood the journey 

 well. 



In June, a small exhibit of apples of the crop of 1892 was 

 received from Russia. These had been delayed in the Baltic, 

 along with other Russian exhibits, and were without cold 

 storage until they arrived in Chicago. The collection attracted 

 much attention from fruit men, partly because of the great 

 interest which now attaches to all Russian fruits, and partly 

 from the peculiarities of the apples themselves. Some of the 

 varieties were peculiarly ribbed and elongated. None of them 

 equaled our best varieties in size and handsome appearance. 

 The exhibit included, according to Professor Budd, who has 

 given me the names, varieties which are known in America as 

 Golden Reinette, Aport Yoronesh, Arabskoe (No. 257 Iowa 

 Agricultural College), Bogdanoif White, Sklanka Bogdanoff, 

 the true Cross Apple (15 M, Iowa Agr. Coll.), Marmalade (88 

 Yoronesh), Lead (3 M), Royal Table (5 M), Zuzoff Winter 

 (No. 585), Yoronesh Rosy (No. 1277), and a few others. 



The Midsummer Fruit Exhibits. — From the first of July, 

 the fruit curtains assumed a new life and interest. The 

 tree fruits began to arrive in quantity from the Middle 

 States, while the bush fruits of the Northern States and Can- 

 ada were still shown in profusion. At the middle of 

 August, the first thing which attracted one's attention upon 

 entering the south curtain from the north was the interesting 

 remnant of the New South Wales collection. This had now 

 dwindled to a few plates of apples and a number of lemons, 

 but these fruits had been on exhibition many weeks after hav- 

 ing made a journey of nearly two months from Australia. At 

 the left of this space, the collection of Italian lemons and 

 oranges was still in good condition. A central table, facing 

 the entrance, was devoted to fruits from Kentucky, comprising 

 a considerable collection of autumn pears and apples, peaches, 

 plums and grapes. California occupied* a central table to the 

 left of this and a wall table still to the west. The plates of 



