A HIGH STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE

From the opening to the close of the Fair, December first, New York's
exhibit of fruit was maintained at a uniformly high standard of
excellence. The total number of varieties of fruit exhibited was as
follows:

Apples ......... 424 varieties
Cherries ....... 31 "
Currants ....... 4 "
Gooseberries ... 1 "
Grapes ......... 150 "
Pears .......... 152 "
Plums .......... 129 "
Quinces ........ 8 "
Peaches ........ 14 "
Strawberries ... 1 "

The Empire State far outstripped her sister States as to number of
varieties of fruit, displaying twice as many varieties of apples, pears
and plums, and more than three times as many varieties of grapes as her
nearest competitor, and this be it said, in a display of fruits never
before equaled either in size, variety or quality.


RECORD OF ENTRIES

Over 2,000 individual entries of fruit were made during the season, and
as all of the fruit was entered twice, once for the general collection