The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-07
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBITION
OF THE AMERICAN pOMo-
LOGICAL SOCIETY.
A SPLENDID DISPLAY.
ALL PARTS OF TIE UNION REPRE-.
SENIED.
THE GUESTS WELCOMED BY THE
MAYOR.
BUSINESS MEETING OF THE AMERICAN
SOCIETY.
BIENNIAL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT
WILDER.
BIENNIAL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT
WILDER
To-Day's Programme.
&c. d. &C.

&c. d. &C.
The first day of the joint exhibition Of
the American pomological and Virginia
state Horticul ural and Pathological Socic.
ties must have been sufficient to convince
the most sccrtical and deSponding Of its
success. Men largely engaged in fruit cul.'
turc, and who have attended the annual
meetings of the national society for years,
concur in expressing the opinion that no
more varied and attractive assortment OF
fine fruits his ever been collected under one
root in this country. Certainly no exhibition
of the American Pathological Society has
been moro successful in this respect. And
we may add that it is also an unparalleled
success in The large attendance OF members
Of the society and other intelligent gentle
men from all parts OF the Union, majority
Of whom evidently come lull of the spirit
of professional or amateur pOmoloslsts,
and with an unniStakable desire to see all
that is TO nc seen. and TO obtain-aS we'll rs
to lmpart information.
ASSEMBLY HALL,
in which the exhibition is held, has been
well fitted up for the purpose. The front
OF the building is prettily festooned with
cedar, and Il large lantern suspended over
the main entrance is lit at night to show
that something unusual is going on within.
The interior is also taStefHlly decorated
with cYergrecnS, and wcll-Sclccted chrome
pictures add not little to the beauty of the
scene. Long tables around the walls and
in other places. judciouSly arranged, arc
laden with fruits OF every description
placed on exhibition. In the CEN
tire Of the room Morton, the florist, has
erected Il splendid pyramid of gay flowers
,,r, t,I t,1s y,-l,i In
Leckcnby & Laird and j. w. Turner, also
Richmond florists, have bcautitied the west
end of the hail in like manner with flowers
carefully selected and tastefully arranged.
These all combine to make the spectacle us
the visitor enters the hall one Of rare
beauty.
THB EXHIBITION.
Without further Introductory or de-
scrlptlye remarks we proceed to note the
features of the exhibition most worthy of
mention, classifying the collections accord
ing TO the States which they represent.
NEW YORK.
Ellwanger & Barry, of the Mount Hope
Nursery, Rochester, n. Y, display 100
varieties of superior apples.
Smith, Clark Il Powell, of Syracuse. con-
tribute Il good assortment Of pears, which
arrived last evening, and had not been
classified when our reporter passed around.
MARYLAND.
W. ID. Brackinridgc, of GoyanStown, !,
near Baltimore, is tac only exhibitor from
this State. lie sends a pretty assortment
of pears, embracing forty varieties.
IOWA.
Iowa, we think, takes the lead in the
apple department.. She has two cXhihi-
tors Mark Miller, editor Of the Des
Moincs Western P0mOl0gtSt, and III. Lcun-
ard, Of Burlington, Iowa. Mr.. Miller has
lis varieties OF apples, scientifically class-
lied. They were raised in the vicinity et
Dcs MoinCs, where % years ago there was
not IN apple tree of any kind whatever.
Mr.. Leonard shows 113 varieties Of apples
and 81 of pears. This Iowa Fl uit is brauti-
well preserved. 1t was shipped about II
week AGO, and arrived on Tuesday by cN-
press. Not more than dozen apples were
lost Ia tue exhibitors, and very few are at
all spcckcd.
NEW JERSEY.
The Pomona nurseries of Cinnaminson,
New Jersey, VIM. Parry, proprietor, is
represented by twenty.siX varieties of
pears and three OF apples. Thi, collection
is unusually line.
PENNSYLVANIA.
d. w. Hcrstine, of Philadclphia, exhibits
several varieties Of beautiful new Seeding
raspherrics preserved III spirits.
Ende Brothers, Of Marietta, Lancaster
county, send some splendid apples.
TEXAS.
Texas contributes jar Of dried figs, eX-
hibilcd by Mrs. ). e. ByerS, Clear Creek,
Galveston county.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Hon. Marshall T.. Wilder, of Boston,
president of the American Pathological
Society, displays beautiful and varied as
sortmunt OF pears, raised by himself. 1t
embraces no less than 230 varieties. Mr.
Wilder has offered 4 premium OF 800 for
the largest and best collection of pears.
+. e J.. Clapp, also of Boston, exhibit q
fue collection OF beautiful pears, the result
of intelligent hybridlzing.
GEORGIA.
Southern Georgia contributes number
of varieties of tempting apples.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
John Saul, of Washington, representing
the Potomac Frnit-Gr0wers' Association.
sends an attractive assortment of apples and
pears.
The Agricultural Department of the
United States Government contributes fine
specimens of pears ana wine grapes. This
contribution is not so large as might have
been expected. but it may be enlarged be-
fore the exhibition closes.
OHIO.
George w. Campbell, yice-presldent OF
the Ohio horticultural Society, is here,
and has brought with him some line grupes.
NEBRASKA.
One long table is occupied almost en-
tirely by fruit from this great northwestern
State. We noted here 146 varieties OF ap-
ples, Is of peaches, Ii of pears, OF plnms,
and l of grapes. They come from Meme
ha and OtOe county, Nebraska city being
located in the last named. The exhibitors
are j. II. Masters, President, and Il. W.
Furnas, Secretary Of the Nebraska state
Horticultural and Pathological Society.
Their fruit Is not i'll such good order as that
from Caiifornia, Kansas, ana Iowa, Whlcn
is probably owing to the ineXperlence OF
the packers. MIR. Masters tells us that all
except the peaches was packed in paper,
and shipped about q week ago. Specimens
of several varieties of early fruit were lost
OH the way. But it will be seen from what
has been said above that Nebraska is ahead
of many States, and we may add that III
quality of fruit she is probably surpassed
by none. The peaches from this State are
very fine.
KANSAS.
No State is ahead OF Kansas in the quail
ity and quantity of its contribution. She
sends apples, pears, and grapes, princi.
pally from Douglas, Leavenworlh, and
Donnayan counties. The collection was
made and contributed by the Kansas Hor-
t!cuItural Society, and is under the super,
vision of Drs. Hawsley and Stayman, und
L. Welhouse. Their assortment OF apples
is about the largest in the hall, embracing
two hundred varieties. They nave also
twenty varieties Of pears aud twenty ot