12 MAINE STATE SOCIETY. 



From the Report ox Pears, Plums, Grapes, <fcc. 



The Committee, in attending to tlic Tvork assigned them, find 

 on your tables : 



Pears — Presented by S. L. Goodale of Saco ; dishes of 

 Louise Bonne de Jersey, Belle de Noel, Ducliess d'Angoulcme, 

 Beurre Clairgcau, and a disli containing more than twenty varie- 

 ties, mostly new. 



By Thomas Kane of Portland, grown on quince stock ; dishes 

 of Beurre d'Areraburg, Yicar of Winkfield, Louise Bonne de 

 Jersey, (wrongly labeled Belle Lucrative,) Easter Beurre, and 

 Flemish Beauty; a fine collection. 



By Warren Sparrow of Westbrook, 11 varieties ; among them 

 a fine dish of Belle Epine Dumas; two specimens of Flemish 

 Beauty, the best on exhibition ; fine specimens of White Doy- 

 enne, Baron de Mello, and Jalouisc de Fontenay. 



By Charles Richardson of Portland, one peck of Beurre Diel. 



Bj^ John Rogers of Kittcry, one peck of Duchess d'Angou- 

 lcme, dish of Vicar of Winkfield. 



By Joseph Russell of Portland, a case of pears ; a half dozen 

 varieties, including very fine specimens of Fulton. 



By William Moulton of Portland, one peck of Vicar of Wink- 

 field, dishes of Beurre Diel, and Louise Bonne de Jersey. 



By F. A. Butinan of Dixmont, dishes of Dix and Winter 

 Nelis. 



By Warren Brown of Westbrook, dishes of Vicar of Wink- 

 field, and two others. 



By Mrs. Wolcott of Augusta, one dish of pears. 



By J. W. Adams of Westbrook, eight varieties of pears. 



Grapes, Foreign Varieties — By George Jewett of Portland, 

 Syrian Grape, grown under glass ; large, but not mature. 



By J. G. Huston of Damariscotta, Black Hamburg, and two 

 other varieties, very fine. 



By S. L. Goodale of Saco, Black Hamburg, well matured. 



By Thomas Kane, Black Hamburg, in open air ; nearly ripe ; 

 mucli better than Sweetwater or any other foreign variety 

 grown out doors; its culture can be successful only under glass. 



Native Grapes — By H. Sweetser, a case of Sweetwater, (for- 

 eign ?) and Isabella, unripe. 



Mrs. R. K. Goodenow, Paris, C. A. Leach, New Gloucester, 



