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The Nomination of Walter S. Maxwell, for chief of 

 the horticultural display at the World's Fair, has been re- 

 jected by the board of managers. Gen. Chipman of Cal- 

 ifornia was nominated, but was not confirmed. As we 

 are going to press, William Forsyth of California is 

 nominated, and he will probably be confirmed. The 

 horticultural building is to be placed in Jackson park, 

 rather than on the lake front. 



A New Strawberry. — Mr. Peters, of Fruitland, Md., 

 shipped a 32 quart crate of berries Friday last (May 29) 

 to New York, which brought 27 cents per quart. They 

 were from a seedling propagated by Mr. Peters, and bear 

 his name. This is the highest price we have heard of 

 this season. — Wicomico A^e-ws. 



Ellwanger & Barry gave to the city of Rochester last 

 year, for the use of the children of the city, a command- 

 ing pavilion built upon an eminence in Highland Park. 

 It is built in circular form, three stories high, with a di- 

 ameter of 62 feet. The dedicatory exercises accompany- 

 ing its presentation are printed in an attractive little pam- 

 phlet, which has just come to our table. 



Southern Delaware Fruit Outlook. — Strawberries 

 are little, if any hurt, here, and a good yield is expected. 

 We are shipping some, but the bulk will go in next week. 

 Blackberries are hurt on Wilson, though not on Early 

 Harvest Raspberries are in splendid condition. Peaches 

 hurt ; not one-third crop here. Some varieties are full 

 and others very thin. Elberta is quite full. I have an 

 old orchard that is full of all varieties. Pears are not 

 hurt much, but apples are. — Chas. Wright, May 26. 



First Maryland Peach. — Mr. L. B. Price, of Allen, 

 Md., seems to be the champion strawberry grower of the 

 county, judging from the size of the berries he sent us 

 Monday. They were the Sharpless variety. Last week 

 he sent us a quart basket of choice fruit, 35 berries fill- 



ing the basket. Monday he beat this, sending us a quart 

 basket which was well filled with 26 berries. Mr. Price 

 said he used Humphreys & Tilghman's mixture T. as a 

 top-dressing. Accompanying the berries was a delicious 

 peach . — I Vicomico News. 



Celebration at Cornell. — One of the most unique 

 educational celebrations ever held in this country took 

 place at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., June nth. It 

 was a jubilee-banquet in honor of the prosperity of the 

 College of Agriculture, and was inaugurated and managed 

 by the students themselves. Toasts from students and 

 prominent men outlined the philosophy and policy of ag- 

 ricultural education more fully than it has ever been 

 outlined before in the country, probably. The menu 

 was made up entirely, except sugar and spices, from ar- 

 ticles grown upon the university farm and gardens, and it 

 comprised over 50 articles. The entire proceedings will 

 be published in pamphlet form. 



Tasmania Peach Trees. — Five hundred young peach 

 trees have been imported by the Delaware College Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station from Tasmania, an island 

 lying south of Australia, because of their freedom from 

 the yellows disease. The freight and express charges on 

 the same were $500. These trees will be distributed 

 among the following responsible fruit growers in the 

 state; Charles Wright, Seaford, 200 trees; S. H. Mes- 

 sick, Bridgeville, 100, and Daniel W. Corbit, Odessa, 72. 

 They will thus be carefully nurtured and experimented 

 with in all three counties, and if they prove thrifty and 

 invulnerable to the diseases which are so destructive to 

 native trees, their introduction will probably be very 

 general throughout the state. 



Notes from the North Carolina Experiment Sta- 

 tion. — We have a good crop of fruit generally, but I 

 fear the Japan plums, particularly Kelsey, will be very 

 unreliable. They bloom too soon and get killed. Have 

 had no Kelseys since '89, and none this year. Am glad 

 to say that the Satsuma orange is all right. One tree 

 lost leaves, but I think it was from an enfeebled condi- 



