White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-21
Another Triunph.

Kansas fruit is everywhere triumphant. At the
National POmoloeical Congress at Richmond, Va,
and At the great New England Fair at Lowell,
Mass, Kansas fruit carried of the first premium.
Ard now we have news Of another triumph. The
Leavenworth Co1Rrcial publishes the following
dispatch:
PHILADELPHIA, Sep. 13, 1871.
ED. COMMERCIAL The Pennsylvania HorticAl-
tural Society gives Kansas the Gold Medal for
collection Of fruit.
a. B. HAvExs.
In Richmond the first premium was a diploma.
and on it the following legend, which tells its
own story, and settles the question Of kansas
supremacy:
"This diploma is awarded to Messrs Wm NJ
Howsley, J. Stayman and +. Wellhouse, delegates
Of the State Horticultural Society of Kansas, the
highest premium for the largest and best display
offruit, unequaled in size, beauty and excellence
during the session of the American Pomological
Society. by the Virginia State Horticultural and
POmological Society, at Richmond. Virginia.
The Richmond State Journal of the 9Th inst,
copy Of which we have received, contains the fol-
lowing notice of the display of fruit from Kansas
KANSAS FRUITs-visitors to Assembly Hall,
during the progress of the Fruit Exhibition, have
been naturally attracted by the fine collection of
fruit from two or three of our comparatively new
Northwestern States. That from the prosperous
State of Kansas has received its due share of at
tentioi, and created no little surprise among not
only our own citizens, but those frOm other pOr-
tiOns of the Union, who, perhaps were not pre-
pared for such evidence of thrift and culture from
so State. We do not wish to show any
partality in speaking of the collections of fruits
exhibition where all fine, but the far-off
fruit growers of our sister State of Kansas show
sueh wonderful progress in the science of promo
logy as to deserve the highest commendation
which we can give.
Upon the table devoted to the Kansas fruit,
there are 25O varieties of apples. They are prin-
cipally the products Of Leavenworth, Doriphan
and Douglas counties. There are also also 90
varieties Of pears. The collection of pears en-
braced about 80 varieties, but the long distance
and close packing rendered portion of it unfit
for exhibition. Were the quantity, both of ap-
pies and pears, still farther reduced, our Kansas
friends need not blush for the credit of their State
as fruit-growing district. When it is remem-
bered that but little more than dozen years
ago there were not only trees in that State but
scarcely evidence of civilization, our won-
der is excited.
The collection of fruits from Kansas is under the
specialcharge of DIR. WIN. NJ. Howsley, Dr.. J. Stay
man, and Judge +. Wellhouse, delegates from the
Kansas State Horticultural Society, all of whom
are intelligent men and experienced pOmOlOgists.
This fruit was not entered in competition for any
premium whatever, the gentlemen having it in
charge preferring that the specimens should speak
in their own mute, but beautiful language, the
praises of the generous soil from which they sprang
We learn, however, that the Virginia Horticnl-
tural Society has awarded the collection the
highest honor which it eonfers, a diploma.
1t has been generally understood that all the
fruit on exhibition here would he transferred to
the Philadelphia Horticultural exhibition, which
takes place next week, but owing to the rapid de-
cay of some of it, the Kansas delegation have con-
cued not to transfer their collection to that city,
They have presented it, entire, to the Virginia
Horticultural Society. We are sure this generous
act will he highly appreciated by our citizens
generally, as well as by the members of the Vir-
ginia Association. !"