The daily gazette., 1876-09-16
THE CENTENNIAL FRUIT SHOW.
A RATHER xEAGRE DISPLAY OF APPLES PEACH
Es, PEARS, AND GRAPES.

A RATHER MEAGRE DISPLAY OF APPLIES PEACH
Es. PEARS. AND GRAPES.
PHILADELPHIA. sept. l3-The ponolog cal
and horticultural part of the Centennial show
Is now open. California senus two car LOADS,
of apples, pears, peaches, grapes, ngs, anu
plums. They are all in good order, and the
show is made by the California grangers at a
heavy expense. a previous shipment having
decaycd on the road. The quality OF The
grapes and pears is excellent. Cali crnia aP.
Piles are second and third rate. aud the peach
es are not extra. All the fne sorts OF grapes
are shown. especially the raisin grape. which
is creating new INDUSTRY.
No St ate exeels Kansas in the size and gen
eral appearance Of apes. 1t is TO be noted
that, growing on young. trees in a rich soil
the specimens are finer than they are likely
to be hereafter. The quality OF slch large
apples Is never high. Nebraska has a fine
show of really good apples and Of pears and
many varieties. Not many years ago 1t was
thought extremel doubtful whether fruit
could be grown in % prairie States. for the
trees died year after year. or blew over In
high wind; but after wedding out tender sorts
and giving better culture, success hes been
achieved. The best general crop OF apples
grown this year IN the United states - on
prairies between ~ aud AZ degrees Of latitude
Wisconsin shows nice apples and f,tr grapes.
Ten years ago grapes would not ripen in this
State; now. IN many places, they are grown
at greaI profit.
Inc most Interesting ana INSTRUCTIVE
play of apples is irsm Minnesota. embracing
sixty varieties. though on a few are to bt
commended, a new sort known as the "Weal
thy" is exhibited. which is said to have Al
high quality as the Baldwin. while the tire q
is more hardy than any other known variety
The fruit is Of good size and of high color.
The process Of overcoming the many Difficult
ties Pre- sented to fruit grower, where the win
ters are SO cold as in Minneso :, is to grow
first from the seed. then. from year to year tc
select the hardest, and then to select the
quality. The success attending this meth cd
has. during the last twenty years. had a re-
markably, favorable result all through the
northwest.
Ohio has a good exhibit of pears. apples
and grapes aud other fruit. The ohio Horti-
cultural Society makes a hight creditable
display, several new grapes are shown
which are likely to develop merit. A cross
between the Concor(! and Delaware. gives a
grape smaller than the Concord and of thu
same color, and of a character inferior 10 the
Delaware.
Pennsylvania has a fair show of pears
few Individual exhibits which are scattered
| here and there. A new raspberry is Dresen
ted as being harder than any othcr. 1t look
like the Philadelphia.
probably the best in quality Of all in the exhi
,ition. The att ention paid to pear culture
in this State, especially in the vicinity of Boz
sdS sy sTy'' tRs %a'a s sc
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| favorable. Connecticut has a good show OF
pears and apples. and samples of the bes
delaware grapes in the Exhibition. Th.
District Of Columbia has q frst-rate show Of
present full variety Of all kinds ofapple
and pears, Michigan has the best show Q
winter apples. as it well may. for 1t has tn,
most extensive apple orchards in the world
though western New York might dispute
| with her.
Decid edly the best show. taking nto cen
sideration variety. quality, number, and
taste is from Ontario, Cahadc. The regioI
where the fruit exhibitor is grown is along
the northern shores of Lake Ontario. Niagar'
river and of Lake Erie; and receiving the in
auence Of southwestern winds from over
those waters. it has "watery climate" pecu
liarly favorable to fruit.
From this brief review it will be seen tha
only small part Of the States are represedt
ed at this great Centennial show. Ifther
were not heavy duplicates of varieties the el
hibition would be extremely meagre, ever
for State fair. Perhaps there was not su
tcieut advertising to the fruit growers Of tn
II country; or, perhaps the deficiency arise
from the fact that none Of the pomoiogis o
the country appear among the managers,