, 1866-09-14
FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
The Great Fruit Show.

Arpcs"es , & oi eHe haan-4he SNOW OF
Npp'ts H1he Goiiecaaoia OF fe"r~-
Grapc'-Slnh SHOW OF FcaehcS-0i.-
chsslons--Ihc Cufcullo.
sot,ru Pass, H.. Hen,cnhcr n. 1ss.
Tbo rvcnt Of the vol T., t,,fa nr,,ttv t,,r,,
49,, ~ ..,:..., c.:.
nos oesu 'ne 4nes.n'e a"u ''ust nuo" " LUZ
FRUIT Growers -AssocSasioh Oh soNthefn ii'i-
nois. The meetings and show Of fruit were
held in the hall Of the horticultural Sorje,r
~ r.,',,,. ,r,,,, go. 49,. .,.a
~ euouen' ants "ait enom nia'ns ah eill III
Ivy history ol thss part o. the s1ate' tis
only about ten or twelve years since the first
for the purpose OF slipping fruit
~ n',:s,' s,aut 'a1 MIS- Auc 1at.leta naeo
10 tHi1lh a IL" acres ol corn, lew hogs,
COW, aud yoke Of steeEs, sufficient for their
enterprise; and that the Yankees would
~ nere could y they sei M,,t,e 50 nnen itit To-:
~ 1s,o ~ III, IT w .nas Hit..ior u. .apies
.oaaeu WIN Eaeae variety VI .ne irults u
nhe ssasoh, soM oicaatas anu Eiheyaras
mostly mos r'antea within the iasl eifLt years.
etIieient ana enere,ic i Presdent % and other iss
,h..;r a" nma,,,. a1 t,aod "a ts .nsso s Tto,
- iaTrc sfy,s mi sn nrcat' n1,mia- int "
rS.,tnrs "''" ~ sAe''S = '""'''' VI
I'm prcs;dcnt o,noonco1 to tha ,,rn, or-
d;cnca on thr f,rst dnr tho, IN the;, iet"h ~
s,r;nSs srnu,1 ,e fsnna AK onH,n,4 ,,. 1n nHi so..
f,r,.,. cftirs ,nfrht 1ass;1Hy 9ro,at NJ ,S S" tie
no6le exan,p1e 81 bs tic pconle Of South
Pass on fi,is occas;on' Tie ri Sasnitoii a,a az.
tented to thc great crowd of str1ansers aud
ncauaintanrrs wns hcarty and rcn,,fne. II
il little enonrh to say that t6c iaiirs of
soutt, Pass tnow how 10 cnteet,;n and ,S st"s" IL.
t comfor, m % Of their nssis viii aa snecrIty sea
ana grace TINT llfrh and refined culture oniy
can confer. The I,aliwa rnod and cnmmG.
dious buildinE-hati been tastcfu}ly dccorutea
for the OCCASION with cycrwrccns and other
appropriate ornaments, hesidcs some due
Observation-Disclosures nri ilnits n Nj N',. ~,
tl.at tajauted and promising mis- d ~ younr IN urtIsi,
Martin Trucy, Of whom, EgyIt Is to b. proui
some day. = i''N"A
The show Of anr1es was 1arcc and Of rrcat
variety. Indeed, to those Who have been
in ,.crfccton fhis show ,s ~ !. .av .tmrpar pi;;; :;
T,t ~ ~ J., ~ 80. nno" "ae stuuuc1
terr ,arcc f1r and WoIv Inonncsrecc re = ihnt 81
~; ns, i,,dr9s @ ora ~ t'n;t Iri
fayoIites. M s Sor DO they lack " f@sos, @ ass as somc me
et nnsc supposed: II 1hSs ,mEroys IN som some net re-
sts.s, tsa,, "omE Wy 'lS VI ~ p. ~ Wy ~,
~ iMs!t Iuaia{ MY sIs,a ~ 81 pe.T.. rha
snow OF annles IN thls stnle % ncioIe' Inc
AFF FThe show Of bears s Ws scarcely 81 Inferior to
a, taa. ol apples, though the season "as 100 iar
ADVANCED to show many fine carly varieties.
Inc Committee on fcars, IN their report,
made no remarks discriminating between dill
1argc size md heanty," except lot shown
| by T. 4. E. liolcomb, Of Golden, which were
exqni$itc1y colorcd. It was certainly one Of
1 tho finest shows Of pears ever eaw. Many
good Judges Of fruit would Gc ,nl.le,. here
aeain, M to names. The large size. fair sur
| face md mRtchlcss colorinE tho pear attnlns
to herr. Is truly wonderful. 1t shows that
this fruit l,as licrc found genial climate aud
s.il rich In all the ,nInri ii constituents Of
i,s ioc,,, Indeed, the pear tree ie here about
bearing. "''f'~' ''' ~'
! The ehow Of, grapes was a1so large and
good. did not cxrcct 10 find 30 u,at,y IN.
rictics Of this most important fruit on cxhibI.
tioa here. somc hWne,,es of Cpncords. Di.
unns, Dclawarc., and Catawbas, were Of c.
traordipary Size and beauty. Very many
1 ynrictirs nTc being tested for ihls 1ncnlt,y IA
fir as tried. thr rnre seems ucrfcct}y Mt
home antu1,c, the hills Of Errnt. nnf think
Tic tlny IL nrnr Mt hand that viii src nrcrv
vines. The c7arc is retlars the must rrofit.
ahje ur Mi fru3ts which rr,,,r for thn tnilc NJ
for winc. anI NJ thr caplsa1 renuired il
mt lnrrc, lo,n TO sco tnnny turnfn,r thri,
s,rns fnxnr,' ihis nrnn,isinw loco,Isw@ Thc
nnn,s,e1 " of cnhs,,ttors ~ rr,nns wos ny ~
iar.rc. as most Of The rincvar;is knye not 1,rc"
not hcn aowo ca, anI ch Ing s,nst M,
car6onaslc down tho ruIlroaI' think thr
nrmbcr OF acrcs will he omat,rnn1cd "rsrS sr
venr f;,r somc veara 10 rnnn s1nc ft,nr ~
ernatrrs ncct1 mi fcar yo,, c.nnnt ~im7 ~ ~
mnrIrt viii, rood Win1e far a cenlnrr 'Ie ~
eoTec Thc sbnv of ncocbcs WINS sma,1. owing tc
ths nirnnst tntof fsiI,,rc of shr cro;, snniS NJ
nmf,,,n;,, "; ao,nr s,,cc5nsp, sEowra ~
MINI nnricciton that fr,iit can hr rrown hers
| 4nSbG NE%G AtEb lfAueNI AEe1ll lAE ShOn tAp1E&