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and other fruits. With the single exception of 

 two plates of peaches from Mr. Delavan of 

 New Jersey, the entire collection of fruit was the 

 product of the coiuity of Worcester ! It would 

 hardly be an exaggeration, to assert that the whole 

 Sta<.e of Massachusetts, exclusive of Boston and 

 half a dozen towns in the immediate vicinity of 

 that city, could not, ten years ago, have produced 

 such a display of the truly valuable productions of 

 the orchard and garden, the great utility of the 

 horticultural exhibitions would seem, therefore, to 

 be no longer a matter of question; for certainly, 

 it is from these more than from any other sources 

 that the committee have acquired a knowledge of 

 the very best varieties of fruit, and a taste of their 

 cultivation. James Allen, of Oakham, contributed 

 a fine specimen of cranberries, grown in his gar- 

 den, together witha written account of the method 

 of cultivation. Doubtless a fine crop of this fruit 

 might be raised in any garden, by manuring hea- 

 vily with swamp muck, and adopting the same 

 general mode of culture as for the strawberry. 



After a great deal of examination and careful 

 comparison, the committee concluded to award the 

 Society's Premiums, as in the annexed list. 



Pears — Best Collection, 1. J.M.Earle,$5 — 



2 D. W. Lincoln, $4—3. S. H. Colton, $3 



Best Six, 1. John C. Mason, Paradise d'Au- 

 tomne, $2—2. G. Paine, L. b. de Jersey, $1. 



Apples — Best Collection, 1. S. H. Colton. $5 



—2. Joel Knapp, $4—3. B. N. Child, $3 Best 



Six, 1. J. C.Stone, Mother Apple, $2—2. Ches- 

 ter Gorham, Hubbardston Nonsuch, $1. 



Peaches — Best Collection, 1. J. H. Allen, $4 

 —2. Capt. Silas Allen, $3—3. C. J. Parker, $2 

 Best Twelve, 1. Asa H. Allen, for his splen- 

 did Seedlings. $2—2. W. L. Lewis, Early Craw- 

 ford, $1 — -To E. H. Hill, for best new Seedling, 

 $1. 



Plums — Best Collection, 1. S. H. Colton, $4 



To Ansel Luken, best dish, name doubtful, 



$2—2. J. C. Mason, for Jeflerson, $1. 



Grapes — The splendid specimens from D. W. 

 Lincoln, being entered for exhibiiion only, the 

 Committee awarded the 1st. To Charles Hale, 

 Millbury; best Grapes, (grown under glass) — $2 

 — 3d. To William Earle; best Grapes of open 

 culture, (for his Sweetwater) — $2. 



Quinces — 1st. Job C. Stone, Shrewsbury ; best 

 specimen of not less than six Quinces — $2. 



Gratuity — To Solomon Parsons, for a beauti- 

 ful plate of High Blackberries — $1. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Grape Vines. — jI. L. W. Bury the leaves 

 of your vines about the roots, they are the best 

 manure for them, and you may use the lime- 

 ashes — the refuse of the kilns after burning the 

 lime, as a manure. You may apply as much as 

 500 bushels to the acre with great advantage, 

 as no plant is fonder of lime than the grape. 



Vitis, (Burlington, N. J). The three best sorts 

 are Black Hamburgii, Royal Muscadine (Chas- 

 selas of Fontainbleau.) and Muscat of Alexan- 

 dria. They will all ripen in a cold vinery. 

 ^n old Subscriber, (New Haven) If the sub- 

 soil is gravel or sand the borders for the vines 

 will need no drainage. Prune your vines and 

 wind straw round the stems for the winter. 



Annual Flowers. — ^ Subscriber at Mo- 

 hawk. German Asters are only China Asters 

 — improved by cultivation — very double varie- 

 ties, variegated and of diflerent colors, with plain 

 or quilled petals. Great attention is paid on 

 the continent to this Ilower, and seeds, very 

 carefully saved, are sent from Germany to other 

 countries. 



Training Pears. — Several Maine Subscri- 

 bers. We intend giving soon an account of the 

 mode of training pyramidal pear trees as we 

 saw it practiced in France. It will be ([uitein 

 time for you, as the first pruning takes place in 

 March. j1. R., (Delaware). We recommend 

 the following sorts to you: Bartlett, Louise 

 Bonne de Jersey, Beurre d'Anjou, Seckel, Par- 

 adise d'Automne, Duchess of Angouleme, Win- 

 ter Nelis, Beurre d'Aremberg. 



Roses. — We would advise you to plant Per- 

 petuals instead of "June roses," as they have 

 all the beauty, size, color and fragrance of the 

 June roses, with the advantage of blooming 

 several times in the season. We recommend 

 the following sorts of Perpetuals: Baron Pro- 

 vost, La Reine, Mrs. Elliot, Robin Hood, Wm. 

 Jessie, Dr. Marx, Geante des Batailles, Du- 

 chess of Sutherland, Augustine Mouchelet, 

 Lady Alice Pee(, Aubernon, Madame Lall'ay. 

 Make the soil for them 2^ feet deep and very 

 rich — and let the basis be strong /oa;/i, not light 

 sandy soil. Chenedole is a fine Hybrid China. 

 The Poudrette of the Lodi works is a good ma- 

 nure for roses. Buy Buist's Flower Garden 

 Directory, and Mrs. Loudon's Companion to 

 the Flower Garden. 



Tree Planting. — j1 Beginner, (St. Louis). 

 In your rich soil, deep plowing is all that you 

 need, and you will succeed best if you press the 

 earth pretty firmly about the roots. Though you 

 should plant the tree a little higher than it stood 

 before, to allow for its settling, you had bet- 

 ter raise a hillock five or six inches high around 

 it to keep the tree steady — removing tlie hillock 

 when the ground is settled in the spring. This 

 hillock will usually be found to steady the tree 

 (if small) sulTiciently, without using stakes. 

 W., (Trenton, N. J.) Trench the ground 

 throughout before putting in the dwarf trees, 

 as it is worn out. Work in a heavy dressing of 

 stable manure, and give it a plentiful top dress- 

 ing of leached ashes. ^ Constant Reader, 

 (Norwalk, Ct.) By all means shorten-in the 

 ends of all the forest trees before planting them. 

 The trees will put out much more vigorous 



