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were on exhibition remarkably handsome and clean specimens 

 of Cranberry Pippin, Jonathan, Fameuse, from Mr. George T. 

 Powell of Columbia county, east of the Hudson, and a conspic- 

 uous placard bore this legend: "These varieties are peculiarly 

 liable to attacks of apple-scab, and are often entirely unsalable. 

 These have been thoroughly sprayed with Bordeaux mixture 

 and Paris green. High fertilizing accounts for the brilliant 

 color of the fruit." The State Experiment Station at Geneva 

 showed average specimens of the old White Doyenne, or Vir- 

 galieu, and Seckel pears, both sprayed and unsprayed, and the 

 differences were remarkable. The exhibit showed that the 

 good old Virgalieu, which has all but gone out of cultivation 

 on account of disease, can be grown as good as ever with the 

 use of the spraying machine. New York excelled in fruits of 

 high excellence, and many of the famous dessert fruits were 

 shown nowhere else. Pears and grapes were especially con- 

 spicuous. Of the former there were over one hundred varieties 

 of superior quality, and about two hundred varieties of grapes. 

 In fact, in these two fruits — pears and grapes — New York 

 really had no close competitors. Of apples there were over 250 

 varieties. Among the interesting samples were seventy varieties 

 of apples from St. Lawrence county, shown by A. F. Clark and 

 John Cline. This is the northernmost county of the State and 

 is generally thought not to be adapted to fruit culture. All 

 the finer kinds of berries, including about two hundred varie- 

 ties of gooseberries, were shown in season ; and apricots, 

 peaches, plums, and other fruits were displayed in per- 

 fection. At one time, early in October, New York had on 

 exhibition 1,225 plates of fruit, of which over 500 were grapes. 



New York differed from nearly every other State in hav- 

 ing made no attempt to attract attention by mere displays of 

 quantities of fruits or of unusual or conventional designs. The 

 Michigan fruits were very like the New York fruits in their 

 natural features. New Jersey was the only State from the 

 Atlantic slope which made a general display of autumn fruits. 



Illinois was a very prominent exhibitor in the fall displays, 

 as it had also been from the first. Aside from its displays in 

 the Horticultural Building, it maintained a continuous display 

 in its own State Building. This second display was particu- 

 larly interesting in showing the extremely long season for 

 fruits which this State enjoys. On exhibition from May 10 to 

 July 30, were 42 varieties of strawberries; from June 1 to 

 Aug. 9, 28 varieties of raspberries; from June 16 to Aug. 10, 

 26 varieties of blackberries; from May 28 to Aug. 16, 23 varie- 

 ties of cherries; from May 26 to Aug. 16, 22 varieties of goose- 

 berries; from June 1 to Aug. 12, 18 varieties of currants. 



