DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



tree of this last variety, from which the pears 

 were taken, is nearly gone with blight, and I 

 regret to see that this valuable sort is peculiarly 

 subject to that malady in this region. 



Plums — Worthy of note, were Imperial Gage, 

 by MissCARRiNGTONand A. P.Grant; Bolraar 

 AVashington, by Messrs. Beardsley, Phelps, 

 Brown, and others; baskets of assorted varie- 

 ties by Mrs. J. Turrill, Mrs. I. S. Isaacs, 

 and others. 



Nectarines. — Mr. J. W. P. Allen exhibited 

 4 varieties; Mr. A. P. Grant, and Mr. W. 

 Brown, a dish each of the Argyle and White; 

 Mr. Geo. Seeley, the Elruge — all very large 

 and perfect. 



Mr. W. R. Smith, of the Macedon Nursery, 

 exhibited 15 varieties of the pear, 28 of the ap- 

 ple, and 30 of the peach: the last mostly in 

 perfection, and of the finest quality. Promi- 

 nent among them were Early Crawford and 

 Bergen's Yellow. 



I must not forget to add, that among the best 

 peaches was our Beckwiih, a native of Oswego, 

 a very large and delicious variety, reproducing 

 itself from seed in nearly every orchard and 

 garden, and never failing to j^roduce abundant 

 crops. Respectfully yours, Jno. Casey, Rec. 

 Sec'y. Oswego, Oct. 20, 1851. 



Champlain Yalley Hort. Society. — The 

 doors of the Court House were thrown open to 

 the members of the Horticultural Society of 

 the Valley of Lake Champlain, and to the 

 public, at 2 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 5, 

 and we hazard nothing in saying that one of 

 the finest exhibitions of the fruits and flowers, 

 (more particularly the former) that were ever 

 made north of New Jersey, greeted the admir- 

 ing eyes of the numerous visitors. The sur- 

 prise and gratification, on witnessing so superb 

 a display of the beneficence of our soil, under 

 careful and intelligent cultivation, were strong 

 and universal, — more especially as but imper- 

 fect notice to the Horticulturists of our Valley 

 of the intended exhibition had been given, and 

 very many were wholly unapprised of the in- 

 tention of the managers to bestow premiums. 

 This is the first, too, of the attempts to bring 

 out numerous samples of the horticultural pro- 

 ductions of the fertile and quite extensive ter- 

 ritory embraced in the bailiwick of the society, 

 and we believe we have the warrant of the 

 active and indefatigable President himself for 

 saying that the response quite exceeds any ex- 

 pectations that were formed. Indeed we were 

 assured by Mr. Howard, who has attended the 

 annual fairs of the American Institute, in New- 

 York city, for more than twenty years past, 



that he never saw so excellent a display of fruit 

 at any one of them, both as resjiects quality, 

 and variety, as was on tlie tables of our own 

 youtliful societj^, yesterday and to-day. 



And tliis is but the begiiniing of the end. 

 The Valley of Lake Champlain can do vastly 

 better. It can produce apples, pears, grapes, 

 quinces, &c., &c., and the wide range of garden 

 esculents, that need shun no comparison with 

 those of any otlier portion of the globe, — and 

 produce them in boundless profusion. And it 

 v;ill. It is manifest that the untiring and cre- 

 ditable zeal of numerous intelligent and spirited 

 gentlemen (and ladies, too) on each shore of 

 our lake, is working out successfully a most 

 profitable problem, to wit: tlie advantage of 

 the scientific cultivation of fruit in tlie Valley 

 of Lake Champlain, and the congeniality of the 

 soil and climate for such cultivation. They 

 have pretty much succeeded in the solution, 

 and with what effect, the future annual exhi- 

 bitions of their society will unmistakably de- 

 monstrate. Vre bid them God speed! "They 

 are in their duty; be out of it who may." 



We have neither time nor space to go into 

 any i)articulars in reference to this very hand- 

 some display. There was scarcely a specimen 

 of fruits or flowers, or of the products of the 

 garden, in the Court Honse, that would not 

 have attracted notice in any fair in the country. 

 Where excellence was so universal, it is more 

 than difficult to specify. We cannot omit, 

 however, to mention the very beautiful boqueis 

 sent in by Mrs. Abel Houghton of St. Albans, 

 as elegant and tasteful in their arrangement as 

 they were choice and rare in their species, nor. 

 the superb floral contributions of Mrs. JohnH. 

 Peck of our own village which attracted very 

 great admiration. 



Our friends over the Lake, Messrs. Bailet, 

 of Plattsburgh, Battet and Keese, of Keese- 

 ville, Everest, of Peru, Hubbell, of Cham- 

 plain, Barber, of Beekmantoxra, contributed 

 largely to the interest and value of the exhi- 

 bition, as also did our next door neighbors 

 Messrs. Curtis, Hoyt and P.\lmer of St. Al- 

 bans, Hunt and Langdon of New Haven, Al- 

 bert Chapman, of Middlebury, Penniman and 

 Read, of Colchester, Landon, of S. Hero, 

 Wells, of Underbill, Hewes, of Georgia; — 

 while our own townsmen. President Wheeler, 

 Prof. ToRREY, Messrs. Goodrich, Pomeroy, 

 Smalley, H. p. Hickok, Dr. Hatch, Pierce, 

 R. G. Cole, Haswell, Tucker, N. Parker, 

 and others, most creditably represented Bur- 

 lington, in the friendly and honorable competition 



The annual meeting of the Society, for the 

 choice of officers, and for the transaction of such 

 other business as may be necessary, will be held 

 at Burlington, on the third Tuesday cf Februa- 

 ry 1852, commencing at ten o'clock, A. M. 



In connection with the annual meeting, there 

 will be held, each year, an exhibition of winter 

 fruits, at which any other article or production 

 not unconnected with the objects of the Society 

 may be exhibited. 



