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fore railways <>r electric telegraphs were dreamed 

 of, the l>li<_ r lit prevailed so severely in this region 

 that scarcely a bearing pear tree was left. One 

 of our amateur cultivators was so discouraged, 

 that to this day he says it is of no use to plant 

 pear trees; the blight will kill them. Others, 

 who had mine faith, have planted pear trees, and 

 have had tine crops of fruit to this day. The 

 worst blight we have had this season, has been 

 produced by the drouth in April and May, and 

 again in the summer. In April, I planted care- 

 fully about 400 pear trees of my own raising; 

 and perhaps 50 of them may survive the severe 

 trial they have had. 



In usual seasons, I should not have lost more 

 than three or four per cent. One of our nursery. 

 men has been very successful in raising pear 

 stocks from seed, on a strong clay soil, in the fol- 

 lowing manner: Last November he made the 

 ground very rich with rotted manure, then planted 

 the seed in shallow drills, which he covered lightly 

 with sand. This spring, they generally grew, 

 and many are now nearly three feet high. Yours 

 truly, Charles H. Tomlinson. Schenectady, 

 September 12, 1849. 



Raising Chance Seedlings. — It may be inte- 

 resting to those who depend upon raising fine 

 fruit from sowing the stone or kernel, to know 

 what proportion the experience of others has 

 proved that the good will bear to the bad or in- 

 different. Some years ago, I sowed about two 

 barrels of peach pits, from which were produced 

 upwards of 3500 plants. Of these, perhaps 800 

 were inoculated, and the remainder suffered to 

 grow up and bear fruit. This they all did, I may 

 say, without exception, during the last season. 

 The great majority of the peaches were white — 

 many with a strong purplish tinge; but few were 

 yellow, and amongst the whole of these seed- 

 lings, I found but a single peach that was at all 

 worth attention. If, in another year, it improves 

 in quality, I may propagate from it, as it is a 

 large, green, and very late fruit. /. W. K. 



New-Bedford Hort. Society. — This ener- 

 getic society, we perceive, had a very successful 

 exhibition on the 27th and 28th of September. 

 The show of pears was very fine, — Mr. Crapo 

 showing 44 varieties, Mr. Arnold 28 varieties, 

 and Mrs. Morgan 20 varieties. We extract the 

 following from the report of Hknry H. Crapo, 

 chairman of the committee on fruits ; 



"They have much pleasure, in the outset or 

 their report, in being able to state, that the dis- 

 play of fruits on the occasion was exellent, and 

 far exceeded their most sanguine expectations. 



" The show of pears, the standard fruit of New- 

 Bedford, both in appearance and extent, as well 

 as in size and beauty, exceeded that of any former 

 exhibition, and gave ample evidence that our soil 

 and climate are well adapted to the successful 

 growth of this most luscious and valuable fruit. 



Some of the dishes were indeed splendid, and the 

 committee very much doubt if they have often 

 been excelled by any exhibition. A very largo 

 dish of the Frederick de Wurteniberg, from Mrs. 

 Hannah Bates, the specimens of which were very 

 large and handsome ; and also a large dish of the 

 White Doyenne, Irom Wm. T. Cook, of great size 

 and exceeding fairness and beauty, especially merit 

 this commendation. Dishes of the Flemish Beau- 

 ty, from J. H. Clifford — of the Beurre Diel, Vicar 

 of Winktield and Glout Morceau, from Joseph 

 Clarke — of the Passe Colmar, lrom Wm. Swift — 

 of the Barilett, Gloui Morceau, Beurre Bosc and 

 Seckel, from Jas. Arnold — of the Louise Bonne de 

 Jersey and Napoleon, from Henry H. Crapo — of 

 the Seckel. from Wm. T. Russell — of the Glout 

 Morceau, from John M. Howland, of Fairhavcn — 

 of the Duchess de Angouleme, from Henry Deane 

 — of the Seckel, from Wm. Rotch, Jr. — of the 

 Bartlett, from Dennis Wood — of the Duchess de 

 Angouleme, from Joshua Richmond — of the Wil- 

 bur, from E. Gardner — of the Napoleon, from 

 Wm. Rotch, and of the Capsheaf, from John Akin, 

 merit especial notice for the great size and fine 

 handsome appearance of the specimens, even where 

 all were fine. 



" Of apples, the show was limited, the season 

 having been very unfavorable to their growth. 

 The committee would here express the hope that 

 the culture of this truly valuable fruit may be re- 

 vived in our vicinity, and again flourish as in for- 

 mer years — believing as they do that all which is 

 essential to success in this department of fruit 

 culture, is merely for the zealous and devoted po- 

 mologist to take the matter seriously in hand. 

 There were however some very fine specimens 

 and worthy of special notice, among which were 

 several varieties from Wm. Almys, of Dartmouth ; 

 a striped apple, very large and handsome, from 

 Levi Jenney, Jr., of Fairhaven ; and Hubbardston 

 Nonsuch, and another variety without a name, 

 from Samuel G. Hudson. 



" The show of peaches and plums was also 

 limited, although some very fine specimens of 

 each were upon the tables. Some noble speci- 

 mens of the quince were also conspicuous, and 

 especially three dishes of the Orange quince, from 

 Charles P. Sherman, the largest specimen of 

 which weighed 18 ounces. 



'■ Of grapes the show was very fair, both from 

 the grapery and from open culture, and made a 

 fine appearance, interspersed as they were among 

 the other fruit, throughout the entire length of 

 the tables. Of the Isabella, those exhibited by 

 Henry Cannon were very large, both clusters and 

 berries, and would perhaps be regarded as the 

 best exhibited. Those from A. D. Richmond were 

 also very fine, and, setting aside size, were per- 

 haps fully equal 10 those exhibited by Mr. Cannon. 

 Other dishes of this excellent variety of the grape, 

 worthy of special notice, were from R. N. Swift, 

 of Fairhaven — Charles W. Morgan, and R. R. 

 Crocker." 



