New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 - Report of the New York State Commission by DeLancey M. Ellis
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from the stand-point of color alone, comprising, as it did, nearly every
shade of green, yellow, purple, blue, orange and red. The varieties attracting the most attention were Abundance, Arch Duke, Burbank, Coe's Golden Drop, Grand Duke, Quackenboss and St. Lawrence. The display of Burbank was the largest and finest ever shown, the best two lots coming from Fred H. Teats, of Williamson, and T. H. King, of Trumansburg. Splendid collections were also received from F. E. Dawley, of Fayetteville, consisting of eleven varieties; S. D. Willard, of Geneva, twenty-three varieties; New York Agricultural Experiment Station, at Geneva, one hundred and five varieties. A total of one hundred and twenty-eight varieties were exhibited; all of the varieties are listed following the list of exhibitors. CHERRIES Thirty-one varieties of cherries were exhibited, the largest exhibit coming from the New York Agricultural Experiment Station. No other State excelled in number of varieties. See the list following the list of exhibitors. PEACHES New York's peach crop was not up to the usual standard, being more or |
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