The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-06
TIE AMERICAN poMo1oa1oA1
Il. EXHIBITION.
'iAAND DISPLAY OF FRUITS AND
FLOWERS AT ASSEMBLY, HaII &
ARR1VAL OF DE1EaATEs ERou ABRe4,
The Programme Tor. To-Day.

otroas oI 1eiioI VI Assembly Hall, on 9Th
ssreee, presented q busy scene yesterday af.
III ri aoon, anu until late hour last night.
l1! ne secretar1es Of the American and The
Virginia State PomoIopicaJ Sociat;ss liz sts
their assistants, were occunied in raois,nr %tu.
lng names and superintendinp the arrive
VI poAes and barrels, while exhibitors wera
SnsaSed In opening the same, and spread
tAs tneT tempting contents on the Iono
LADIES prepared for their reception. Ever.
IuinS DeIokened brilliant opening Of tho
eXnlplti9n at the appointed hour to-day w
Inc display Of fruit will certainly excel
anything ever seen in this city, as the indi.
catlons are that every section of the conn.
sry Wili contribute specimens. We noticed
1ast nlght barrels, boxes, or packages from
pes Molness, Iowa; Washington, D. e.:
iLeayenworth; Kansas; Brownsville. Ne.
| Draska North Adams. Mass; Baltimore.
Ma. Honeymoon, Florida; Savannah,
Ia; sacramento, Cal; Lacon, Ill.,: Bricks.
| burg, n. j.; and from many other points
North, South, East, and West. 1t Is esti.
mated that over two thousand plates of
frult viii be on exhibition, while flowers of
all Kinds, tastetuily arranged, will add their
| attractions to the scene.
Last night many delegates and visitors
had arrived from abroad and were regis
Tered at the secretary's Office in the hall.
Among them were the following:
James IL. Masters, Nebraska CITY. Ne
braska John Ii. King, VIM. 81. Lipscomb,
q. M. T. King, Washington, D. IF.
Wellhouse, DR.. j. Stayman, Leayeuworth.
Kansas; Robert Fumas, Brownville, Md:
W. D. Breckinridge, Jas. Deutlaud. r. S.
Corse, John Feaht, Baltimore; James Nj E.
Paul, North Adams, Mass. !; L. a. Hardee.
Honeymoon, Fla; w. Schley, Savannah, ;,
Ga; j. S. Curtis, Sacramento City, Cal.
The following are delegates from the
Massachusetts Horticultural and Pomolog-
ical Society:
! Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Hon. Joel Par.
ker, Hon. Thos. 2. James, Hon. James w
Clark, Arthur Bryant, Robert Manning
Z. W. Buswell, Frederick Clapp, Lemue
Clapp, John e. NJ. Glleys, B. X. Bliss
John G. Barker, BENZ. 4. Smith, j. G. Ho
vey, L. +. Washburne, j. w. Manning
George Craft, Samuel Hartwell, Jas. Cruik
shanks, Otis Cary, +. w. Cobb, III. III. Pills
bury, l.. Ii. FELTON,, W. Fl. Spooner, Sam
F! Cushing, j. Fl. rockingham, W. K. Mann
George B. DurIee, Edwin Hayt, j. z
Shields. .r.
Messrs. John Fl. King, z. NJ. P. King
and W. Fl. Lipscomb represent the Poto
mac Fruit-Growers' Association.
1 u
Minister of the japanese Government a
| Washington, and Hon. W. Saunders
United States Superintendent of Agrieul
ture, are among the notabilities present
Messrs. Thomas Taylor, j. B. Russell, ant
John Saul, OF Washington, are also here.
| Colonel l.. 4. Hardee, Of Florida, whos'
name appears in the above list, is the dis
coverer OF the new theory of destroyin!
curiculo by conclusion, and he will, durin!
the meeting of the societies, give demon
strations OF the theory.
| The press is represented by ?. T. Quinn
pomolOglcal editor OF the New York 1rl
bune; Parker Earl, Western Rural, Soutl
Pass, Ill.,; Mark Miller, Western Ponnolo
| qist, Des Moines, Iowa; VIM, Perry, Jack
sonville (Fla.) Courier Chas. D. Bragdon
| of Mo0re's Rurat Nea1 Yorker.
! We are indebted to the courteous and e.
ficient secretary of the American Society
Mr.. T. B. Elliott, Of Ohio, for the tolloWin
! list of committees on premiums, appolnte
Last night:
On Virginia State Agricultural Society
premium 800 for best collection Otfrult-
apples, pears, peaches, and grapes Wn
Saunders, of District Columbia; L. D
Berckmans, of Georgia; W. L. Smith,
Geneva, N. Y.
On premiums offered by Marshall P. Wi
| der on pears $50, Ellwanger & Barry o
apples $50, Thomas p. james on peache
| $50: Charles Downing, OF New York; "
l.. Steele. OF North Carolina 2. 7. Quinn
! of New Jersey.
On premiums offered by Charles Downin
| Of $50, r. L. Page OF $40, John B. White
head Of so, Downward, Anderson IL C(
of $40, and by c. T. Workman & Co. of $40
| William Perry, OF New Jersey; G. F. 1
Leighton, of Virginia, and Robert Corse
of Maryland.
On premiums for figs, oranges, olives, an
pomegranites Hon. J. B. Whitehead, {
Virginia John Feast, OF Baltimore, an
Colonel Hardie, of Florida.
On gratuities offered by G. F. =. Leigh
ton, Randolph s. English, and the Souther
Fertilizing Company:J. II. Masters, Henr
Ellwangcr, of New York; o. T. Herstine
of Pennsylvania.
On premium of $25-Best apples for ger
eral culture in Kentucky, by j. S. Downer
VIM. Heavier, of Tennessee; DR.. VIM. M
Howsley, of Kansas !; John S. Mcintosh, G
Ohio.
On fruits exhibited by the American Pc
mological Society John +. M. Gilley, G
Massachusetts b. X. Bliss. of New York
Dr. james II. johnson, Of Virginia.
On premiums offered by Smith, Clarke 4
Powell and d. D. T. Moore, of New York
| Southern Planter and Farmer, and Ruro
| Carolintan w. G. Barry, of New York
r. L. Page of Virginia; d. B. Weir, Q
| Illinois.
All members and delegates are requested
! to report at Assembly Hall and reeiste
! their names, when they will be Furnished
with tickets of admission,
Tickets of admission to the exhibition
may be obtained at the door or at the offic,
Of the Dispatch. .........t ...-.
THE AMERICAN PoMoLoGICAL SOCIETY
| will meet in the dining-room Of the Ex
change Hotel at 9 O'Clock Z. NJ, when the,