The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-09-18
Virginia Victorious.
A GBBAT TRIUMPH FOR oUR FRUITs-DEsCRIP-
TIGN'OF OUR COLLECTION AT THE BALTIMORE
Il FRuIT- AND ELOXER.sHnX. IL

A GREAT TRIUMPH FOR oUR FRUlTS-DESCRIP-
T1oN0F OUR COLLECTION AT THE BALTIMORE
5 FRUIT AND FLOwER.sHow.
In its report OF the great Fruit and
Flower. Show, which closed at Baltimore
last week, the Sun said: iai '-'.5 -.a,.
or all the fruit, however, on exhibition,
the Franklin Davis & Co. collection is the
most attractive. Such IN array OF apples is
not often seen. They are OF all shapes and
sizes, from the ponderous Gloria Mundi
down to the miniature crabs which used to
float on Halloween night in great bowls OF
something that was certainly not altogether
water. These apples are OF all sizes, and
incIude all the standard varieties with
which our market is familiar, rs well rs
vast number Of seedlings In the mysteries OF
which the orchard-men are all hopeless'y y
immersed. '.' .
Some OF the fruit is rosy-cheeked and
ruddy, some OF 1t pale, waXen, and clear
skinned, and some OF it to the eye OF the
initiated unprepossessing in the extreme.
There are apples that would tempt the most
sanity Of school-boys, and around whose
trees the customary defences would have to
be doubled or trebled; and on the other
hand there are apples such embodiment OF
acidity and unlimited possibilities OF inter-
nal agony that they ought to be entirely safe
in the most unguarded positions. 1t is
doubtful, however, il they would be, par
ticularly il it were wrong to pluck them.
The disposition to steal apples Is common
Inheritance Of the human race, and has
probably been handed down from our first
parents. The fruit in this Richmond collec-
tion was derived from variety Of sources,
as will be seen by the following names OF
contributors, whom Messrs. Franklin Davis
Il Co. represent.
Captain Matt Atkinson, OF Asheyille, n.
c., sends about one hundred varieties OF
apples, many OF them Of wonderful size and
beauty The large pyramid OF "Fall Pip
pin or Southern Bellflowers" at one
end OF the Richmond table, is from
Captain Atkinson's, and is the finest
display OF any one variety in the ex-
hibition. Such apple-growing as this
brings North Carolina to the front with the
most successful OF her sister States. George
II. c. Wysor, Esq, Of Dublin, Pulaski
county, Va, also sends a large and very
handsome collection OF fruit, comprising
seventy varieties OF apples, all well-srown
and highly-cultivated specimens. Some
examples are immense, the " Shannon" Tor
instance, measuring foot and hall in cir
cuulICTcUCc. Ills NOuiu oCCii L" Sho" .u"o
the region possesses exceptional facilities
for growing the best class OF fruits, although
heretofore it has been looked upon as sacred
to the cattle interest. 1t is gratifying to
find so large n region OF the South making
such marked and practical advances, and
already in a position to seek that kind OF
recognition implied by competition at a
public exhibition.
Other elements OF the Richmond collec-
ton are the following: Fifteen varieties OF
apples from William o. Hurt Il Son, OF
Lone Pine, Va; twenty-thrcc varieties OF
apples, pears, and peaches, from W. G:
Merrick, Glendower, Va; five varieties OF
apples from J. r. Wayland, Albemarle coun-
ty, Va, ara including some OF the finest
.:Albemarle pippins" on exhibition five
varieties OF apples from James Brickey, OF
Roanoke county, Va; three varieties OF
apples from William Eggleston, OF Giles
county, Va; the same from a. L. Garrett,
OF Massey Creek, Tenn; twenty varieties
Of apples from l.. w. Melton, OF Nor
canton, y. c.; one fine assortment OF fall
pippins from j. Fitz, OF Keswick, Va, and
similar contribution from A. Frank Byrd,
of Tcmperanceville, Accomac county, Va.
1t is understood that the firm OF Franklin
Davis Il Co. have added to their already en-
tensiye fruit-iarms in Virginia by the pur-
chase OF parcel Of land upon the York
road, at little distance from the city,
where they propose to carry on the business
of fruit-culture in its various branches.