The Western Farmer says: "The natural fear that the Horticultural Exhibition at the Wisconsin State Fair would be a meagre one was proven unfounded. In extent and quality the show compared very well with that made in any former year. As a rule, the apples were not equal in size and general appearance to those shown in other years, but there were many exceptions. The show of grapes were very fine. Flowers, ornamental plants, etc., were shown in large numbers. The arrangement was good and the general effect produced very satisfactory."

The show of fruit at the meeting of the American Pomological Society at Boston is in confirmation of the above, that there had been no such failure of the fruit crop in Wisconsin, this season, as reports naturally led to suppose. We are told that the collection at the Boston meeting was gathered principally from two counties only. The fact is, nine-tenths of the talk about the fruit crop west of the Mississippi being nearly a total failure is mere bosh. Apples at this time (Nov. 5) in the Des Moines market, from Iowa orchards, are from $1.25 to $1.50 per bushel only. Do these prices indicate anything like a total failure of the crop?