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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



Mrs. L. C. Fitch, for thirty-one species not in- 

 cluding varieties, $5. 



31rs. E . Atkinson, Mrs. R. Sterling, 

 Mrs. M. Wright, F. Brown, J. H. 

 Watts, N. Goodsell, Committee. 

 Report of the Committee on Fruits. — The follow- 

 ing list of fruits entered for competition or exhibi- 

 tion, is pretty nearly correct, although in conse- 

 quence of some misunderstanding about the time 

 we were to make our examination, some collections 

 were presented too late, and were thus deprived of 

 premiums, to which they might have been entitled, 

 had they arrived at an earlier hour. 



N. Hay ward, thirty-four varieties of Apples, 

 three of Peaches, one of Quinces, one of Grapes. 

 These were very line specimens, and received two 

 of the premiums ofl'ered by the Agricultural Socie- 

 ty- 

 Freeman Clark, twenty-six varieties of Apples. 



A good collection, but not named. 



Samuel Briggs, forty varieties of Apples, eight 

 of Pears. 



R. H. Brown, ten Varieties of Apples, three of 

 Grapes . 



H. N. Lang worthy, twelve varieties of Apples, 

 five of Peaches, one of Grapes, three of Pears. 



Wm. Shephard, twenty- two varieties of Apples, 

 four of Peaches. 



H. Hooker, twenty-one varieties of Apples, two 

 of Peaches, three of Grapes. 



T. B. Hamilton, Isabella Grapes. 



I. Belden. Isabella Grapes, and two varieties of 

 Siberian Crab. 



J. Frazer, three varieties of Apples, very perfect 

 specimens. 



Mrs. J. L. D. Mathies, Isabella Grapes. 



E. K. Blythe. the same. 



P. W. Van Alstyne, one plate Peaches. 



P. Kearney, one basket Quinces. 



G. W. Burbank, the same. 



G. W. Currier, Isabella Grapes, and Summer Bon 

 Chretien Pears, very large. 



D. Bowen, one plate JPeaches, and one basket of 

 Quinces. 



R. Damon, one plate of Apples. 



N. N. Treat, the same. 



M. Morton, the same. 



J. H. Thompson, one plate of Apples — Peck's 

 Pleasant. 



M. B. Seward, one plate of Apples — Hawley. 



M. Chapin, two varieties of pears. 



Z. Cornell, by Z. O. Nelson, a large basket of 

 Miller's Burgundy Grapes. 



L. A. Ward, sixteen varieties of Pears. 



J. H. Watts, two varieties of Pears. 



P. Rosecrantz, one plate Peaches. 

 ^ H. Bush, two plates of Peaches, and two Grapes. 



H. P. Norton, two plates Peaches, three of Ap- 

 ples, and one of Pears. 



C. F. Crosman, one plate Grapes, and one of 

 Plums. 



J. C. Campbell, Violet Nectarines. 



J. H. Watts, Black Hamburgh and St. Peter's 

 Grapes, grown under glass at Boston. 



Nurserymen. — Elwanger and Barry, Mount 

 Hope Garden and Nurseries, forty-seven varieties 

 of Apples, forty-two of Pears, nineteen of Peaches, 



three of Crab Apples, Spanish Chestnuts and Ma- 

 deira nuts. 



Powis and Goodsell, Monroe Nurseries, nineteen 

 varieties of Apples, and three of Peaches. 



Samuel Moulson, Rochester Nursery, fifteen va- 

 rieties A]))dcs. 



Bissell, Hooker and Sloane, Commercial Nurse- 

 ry, twenty-four varieties of Apples, and three of 

 Peaches. 



Hall Colby, seven varieties of Apples, among 

 which were the St. Lawrence and Red Canada, 

 very handsome specimens ; and four varieties of 

 Peaches and one of Grapes. 



W. B. Wilcox, three varieties of Apples. 



Premiums awarded. — Apples. — Greatest variety 

 and best grown, H. Hooker. 



Second best ditto, S. Briggs. 



Third ditto, W. Shepardl 



Best fall Apple, the St. Lawrence, H. N. Lang- 

 worthy. 



Second best ditto, the Hawley, M. B. Seward. 



Pears. — First premium, L. A. Ward. 



Second premium, W. Shepard. 



Grapes. — Greatest number of varieties, R. C. 

 Brown. 



Best dozen bunches. T. B. Hamilton. 



Best single bunch, Mrs. Mathies. 



Second best ditto, G. W. Currier. 



Quinces. — Best dozen, P. Kearney. 



Watermelons. — Imperial, J, Donallen. 



Second, Spanish, H, N. Langworthy. 



Muskmelons. — Best, J. Donallen. 



Nurserymen. — Best display of Apples, Pears, 

 and Peaches, Elwanger and Barry, a Diploma. 



The Dyer Apple presented by Messrs. Elwanger 

 and Barry, merited more attention than most of the 

 Autumn Apples, being a variety lately introduced 

 here, certainly equal to any autumn apple in fine 

 flavor and richness, and superior to most of the ap- 

 ples presented. 



S. Moulson, S. Miller ^ J. W. Bissell, 

 Conunittee. 



Worcester (Mass.) Horticultural Socie- 

 ty. — The annual exhibition of this Society, was 

 held at Worcester, on the 23d of September. Of 

 the Reports, we have received only the one on 

 Fruits, by Mr. S. H. Colton, from which it ap- 

 pears that the show of Fruits was very extensive, 

 the number of contributions amounting to 134. 

 We give the following extracts from the Report : 



" It cannot but be gratifying to all who take any 

 interest in horticultural pursuits, to witness the 

 constant and rapidly increasing collections of val- 

 uable fruits in our midst ; evincing good proof of 

 skillful cultivation, and correct taste and good 

 judgment, in selecting those varieties which are 

 best suited to our soil and climate. No further ev- 

 idence of this need be adduced, than a comparison 

 of the exhibition which has just taken place, with 

 those of former years. With a very few excep- 

 tions, all the fruit exhibited this year, was grown 

 in this county ; while heretofore, our show has 

 been in part made up by contributions from culti- 

 vators abroad. 



Although, owing to their scarcity, the show of 

 Apples was not quite equal to some former exhi- 



