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ciety. Our notices in this department must be postpon¬ 
ed till next month. * 
Dairy Hall showed a fair display of dairy products, 
of the quality of which we are unable to speak. In the 
same department were excellent samples of seed grain 
of various kinds, flour, meal, corn-starch, &c. 
Mechanics’ Hall was well filled, and contained many 
useful articles of late invention or introduction, which 
we shall notice hereafter. 
Manufacturers’ Hall was less attractive in reference 
to the extent, variety, and quality of the articles exhi¬ 
bited, than this department has been on previous occa¬ 
sions. 9 
Floral Hall consisted of an elliptical tent 80 feet 
wide and 140 feet long. Its interior arrangements were 
designed in excellent taste. Next to its outer circum¬ 
ference, and extending round the whole tent, was a 
series of terraced shelves, for the exhibition of fruit. 
These shelves were very closely filled. Next to this 
was the broad passage for the spectators. Inside of this 
passage was the series of tables, parallel to the fruit 
tables, for the flowers. These presented a very rich dis¬ 
play. The interior area was occupied with a large mass 
of rock work in the centre, interspersed with ferns, cac¬ 
tuses, &c., surmounted with a massive rustic tree, sup¬ 
porting baskets of fruits, flowers, grapevines, &c. On 
each side of the rock-work were high terraces of shelves 
densely filled with a rich display of greenhouse plants 
from several contributors. 
Among the fruits which excited most attention, were 
the fine exhibition of peaches—many specimens of Craw¬ 
ford’s Early measuring from 10 to 11 inches in circum¬ 
ference. Bartlett and Stevens’ Genesee pears were ex¬ 
hibited possessing great beauty; and there was a profu¬ 
sion of fine apples. The following were among the princi¬ 
pal contributors:— 
Wm. R. Smith, of Macedon, N. Y., exhibited a col¬ 
lection of large glass jars, containing cherries, strawber¬ 
ries, peaches, &c. beautifully preserved in a fresh state, 
sealed air-tight. Bissell and Hooker of Rochester, very 
fine bunches of Black Hamburgh, Golden Chasselas, and 
other exotic grapes, grown inacold house; several other 
collections of foreign grapes grown in a similar way, in¬ 
cluding Muscat of Alexandria, Royal Muscadine, Ham¬ 
burg, &c., show the progress of the culture of these va¬ 
rieties. Among the principal contributors, who all 
furnished extensive collections of fruits, were Benjamin 
Hodge, of Buffalo; Thorp, Smith & Co.* of Syracuse; 
J. J. Thomas, of Macedon; W. F. and E. Smith, Gene¬ 
va; and from Ellwanger & Barry, C. J. Ryan, Bissell & 
Hooker, N. Hayward, S. Moulson, and others of Roch¬ 
ester and vicinity. John Morse of Cayuga Bridge, ex- 
hibited 43 sorts of pears, in which we observed very fine 
specimens of Beurre Bose, Flemish Beauty, and Pratt. 
Ellwanger & Barry had more than a hundred sorts of 
pears, embracing some fine and rare sorts. One of the 
best collections of plums was from E. Dorr, of Albany. 
Among the floral contributions, we observed exten¬ 
sive collections from Wm. Webb and B. Hodge, of Buf¬ 
falo, John Donnellan and C. Powis, of Greece, and 
King and Dawe, Ellwanger k Barry, A. Frost & Co., 
S. Moulson, Wm. Webster, and C. J. Ryan, of Roches¬ 
ter. A beautifully constructed floral alcove was pre¬ 
sented by A. Frost & Co.; a large and beautiful box of 
flowers, of some 200 sorts, by Mary Devoe, of Aurora, 
Cayuga county; and a very striking and singular con¬ 
ceit,—a finely proportioned pony, five feet long, sur¬ 
mounted by an equestrian 11 bloom-er,” the whole com¬ 
posed of flowers quite tastefully arranged, was exhibited 
by L. E. Smith, of Saratoga county, New-York. 
The Address was delivered by Hon. Stephen A. 
Douglass, of Illinois. It was devoted mostly to practi¬ 
cal subjects, and contained many interesting suggestions. 
It was listened to by a large and attentive audience. 
Sales of Stock. —Sales of live stock took place at 
the Fair to a large extent. We have notes in reference 
to many of these, but for want of space are obliged to 
postpone them till next month. 
Rot in Potatoes—Yellows in Peach Trees—Dis¬ 
ease in Buttonwood Trees. —The Mass. Plowman 
gives the opinion of its editor, that insects are the cause 
of the potato disease. It is not pretended that the in¬ 
sect has been discovered, but it is his 11 belief that by 
the aid of powerful glasses we may yet be able to dis¬ 
cover something as fatal to the potato as the squash-bug 
is to the squash.” Is the editor aware that all parts of 
the potato plant have been often examined by the most 
“ powerful glasses” in existence, without finding any such 
insects? But the editor claims to reason from analogy, 
and contends that what ‘ 1 some people call 1 the curl’ ” 
and the “ yellows” in peach trees, is caused by insects, 
and that the blight or disease of the buttonwood or sy : 
camore tree has a like cause. He says the worms 
“ work in the fore part of the season and eat off the 
leaves—when the worms cease to work, the tree is again 
clothed with a new suit, provided the soil is rich enough 
to furnish the means. If not, the tree dies after a few 
successive robberies of the leaves, as all plants will.” 
Now, for ourselves, although we have examined both 
the buttonwood and peach tree with some attention, we 
have never found any insects which could produce the 
maladies alluded to, and such has been the result of the 
examinations of others. Will Mr. Buckminster have 
the goodness to send us specimens of the insects, with 
an account of their habits, which occasion the diseases 
spoken of in the buttonwood and peach tree? He thinks 
“ there may be new creations of insects at the present 
day,” and says, “ we know that new varieties of insects 
make their appearance as the country grows older.” 
Will he be so good as to tell us what “ new” insects 
have either been “ created” or made their f 1 appear¬ 
ance?” In this matter, we believe “ there is nothing 
new under the sun.” --- 
Large crops of Indian Corn. —It is gratifying to 
perceive that the soil of the “Old Colony,” though 
never of the most fertile character, is able to produce 
crops of Indian corn which can hardly be exceeded, and 
even rarely equalled by any part of the country. The 
agricultural society of Plymouth county (Mass.) gave 
premiums last year for this crop as follows: Morrill 
Allen 145, G. W. Wood 119, Nathan Whitman 109, 
Spencer Leonard 106 bushels per acre. Dixon Bryant 
100 bushels per acre on three acres. Leonard Hill 94 
bushels per acre on two acres. 
