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magnificent yellow peach coming in just after Early Crawford, 

 and Snow's Orange, and Barnard ; and there were still a few 

 late specimens of Mountain Rose. 



New York showed, amongst others, Ackley, a white free- 

 stone coming in with Crawford ; also Foster, and the Brigden 

 or Garfield. Iowa had a few interesting plates of the Bokara 

 peach, which is said to be hardier than the Bed Davis apple. 

 The fruits are somewhat variable, tending to be longish, with a 

 distinct point, and are as large as Hale. The flesh is white and 

 sweet and the pit is free. Missouri had three late varieties 

 from Oregon county : Picquett's Late, a peach of the Late Craw- 

 ford type; Wilkins, a large white freestone; and Crimson 

 Beauty, a large late white cling. Henrietta, the latest commer- 

 cial peach of Missouri, was not yet shown. The early peach 

 exhibits of Missouri were unusually good and they attracted 

 much attention. The leading variety upon the Nebraska 

 tables was Stump. Colorado had Stump, Old Mixon, Crawford, 

 Lord Palmerston, Family Favorite, and others, all remarkable 

 for good size and color. Kansas showed Hoppen Free, a large, 

 new, white variety, coming in ahead of Crawford and promis- 

 ing well ; Old Mixon, Smock, and a number of promising seed- 

 lings. South Dakota had peaches in the State building, from 

 trees which were laid down in winter. Canada was showing a 

 good lot of peaches from Ontario, and the Early Crawford was 

 the leading variety. 



The region of large fruits seems to begin with Idaho, and 

 to include Oregon, Washington and California. These States 

 made little attempt to show peaches, on account of the dis- 

 tance, but a few plates of enormous specimens were on exhibi- 

 tion. Lemon Cling was shown from Idaho. Oregon and Cal- 

 ifornia both showed the Orange Cling, which was the largest and 

 handsomest peach on exhibition at the Fair. In Oregon this 

 fruit is known as Oregon Cling. 



California had an interesting collection of nectarines at 

 this time, comprising eleven varieties, from the veteran grower, 

 John Bock of San Jose. The most attractive of these were 

 Darwin, Claremont, Golden, and Downton. Nectarines had 

 been shown from other parts of the State for several weeks. 



Plums comprised by far the most varied and attractive 

 exhibits of September stone fruits. They stand shipment and 

 keep well upon the tables, and nearly every State finds varieties 

 w T hich it can grow. Peaches pass from the shelves quickly, 

 and a State which had a good collection one day may have had 

 few or none the day following. But the peach displays were 

 good, notwithstanding, and especially in view of the extreme 

 drouth, which was widespread in 1893. The peach does not 



