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MASSACHUSETTS HORT. SOCIETY. 



Exhibition of Saturday, September 2nd, 1848. 



FLOWERS —Fine Bouquet of indigenous flowers from 

 c o Swan, of Medford. 



From James Nugent, six hand a«d two flat bouquets, also 

 one round bouquet and cut flowers. 



From George C. Crowninshield, by John Quant, oue pyra- 



°"From°VVmiam Kenrick, by Miss Russell, three bouquets 

 and a basket of flowers. . ^ . 



From John CaJness, two flat and seven hand bouquets, 

 also cut flowers. 



From John Kenrick, by Mrs. Kenrick, a basket of flowers. 



From J. Breck & Co., a large variety of cut flowers. 



From Lewis Davenport, a lot of cut flowers. 



From Isaac Spear, an assortment of Asters. 



From John Parker, an assortment of Dahlias. 

 For the Committee, Joseph Bkeck, Ch n. 



FRUITS— From Otis Johnson, Pears, Vallee Franche. 

 Belle et Bonne, Beurre d'Amalis, Dearborn's Seedling. 



A D Williams & Son, apples, Williams, and two vars. 

 for name; Pears, William's Bon Chretien, Orange, Fondante 

 d'Automne, Harvard, Julienne, Summer Franc Real. 



Breck & Co., Pears, Summer Franc Real, and Harvard. 



Galen Merriam, Peaches, Jaques and Coolidge's Favorite ; 

 Pears, William's Bon Chretien. 



Thomas Needhara, eight vars Grapes, names mentioned m 

 previous reports. ^ , , ,• . - ^ 



W. C. Strong, by John Donald, ten dtshes of Grapes m 

 var ; Nectarines in var. 



George Walsh, Plums, Green Gage ; Pears, William's Bon 



Chretien. ,, ^ r ji i . ir- i . 



J F Allen, Peaches, Manning, Crawford's late, Violet 

 Hatif, Crawford's Early, Grosse Mignoune, Yellow Rare- 

 ripe New-Jersey Grosse Mignonne, Royale, Tippecanoe, 

 Coolidge's Favorite, Nectarines, Roman, Violet Hatif, New- 

 ington, Boston; Plums, Green Gage; Pears, Dearborn's 

 Seedling, Passans de Portugal, Summer Franc Real, Han- 

 nas, William's Bon Chretien; Grapes, Golden Chasselas. 



Messrs. Liversedge, Grapes, Black Hamburg, from two 

 years planted vines, bunches very large, berries not well co- 



Hovey & Co., seven vars. of Grapes, would make a ranch 

 better appearance if pains were taken to preserve the bloom; 

 Figs, White Marseilles, Brown Turkey, Black Isciiia, and 

 one other var. . , „ ,., ^, , 



James Nugent, Plums, Imperial Gage; wapes, Black 

 Hamburg and Sweetwater. 



Warren's Garden, Apples, Minister, Parkman's Favorite, 

 Porter, Esopus, Vandevere, Capen Apples, Red and Yellow 

 Siberian Crabs ; Pears, Dearborn's Seedling, fine, William's 

 Bon Chretien, Winship's Seedling, Summer Bergamot, Stone 

 Pear, Saint Ghislain, and Washington ; Plums, Duane's Pur- 

 ple, Kirk's New, Pond's Seedling, Diamond, Yellow Gage, 

 Green Gage, Smith's Orleans; Nectarines, Breda; Grapes, 

 Black Hamburg, and two baskets of assorted Fruits. 



George Wilson, Plums, Smith's Orleans, Kirk, Green and 

 Imperial Gage. „. , . -.xr v 



John Parsons, Plums, Impenal Gage, Bingham, and Wash- 

 ington. 



William W. Merritt, Plums, White Gnge, and Washington' 



E. Bradshaw, Plums, Black Imperial, and Washington, 

 fine. 



J. S- Sleeper, P.ums, Imperial Gage, Violet Gage, Smfith^s- 

 Orleans ; Pears, Harvard. 



Messrs. Winship, Pears, Winship's Seedling, Washingtoif, 

 and two varieties for name. 



S. R. Johnson, Plums, Bolmar's Washirsgton, fine. Henry 

 VaiKline, Smith's Orleans, Green Gage, Imperial Gage, 

 Prince's Yellow Gage, Coe's Golden Drop, Red Magnum 

 Bonum, Hulen's Superb, Lombard's Seedling, Early Yellow 

 Gage, Corses Admiral ; Pears, Green Sugar. 



S.Walker, Pears, Belle de Bruxelles or Belle de Aom; 

 Plums, Green Gage, extra fine, Washington, Bingham; Nec- 

 tarines, White, new; Pears, Tyson, William's Early. 



Josiah Richardson, Plums, Diamond, Smith's Orleans, Dn- 

 ane's Purple, Imperial Gage ; Pears, Williams' Bon Chretien, 

 Flemish Beauty. 



F. W. Macondray, Coolidge's Favorite Peach. 



A. Bowditch, Grapes, Black Haiuburg; Figs, Kack St. 

 Michael. 



B. O. Enaerson, White Sweetwater Grapes, fine. 

 Fruitstested Sept. 2d, 1848 : 



From J. F Allen, Peach, Manning, a Seedling. 



From John Owen, Seedling Peach. 



M. P. Wilder, President, Pears, Beurre Opremont, (new,) 

 worthless. Count de Frittilley, (new,) Beurre Goubault, 

 (new,) Epine Dumas, Colmar d'Ete, (new,) Arch Duke, 

 Charles, (new,) Souveraind'Ete, (new, fine,) Doyenne Bous- 

 soek, which proves to be the same pear as those exhibited in 

 former years as an unknown variety, from Dorchester, Pro- 

 vidence and Plymouth ; large size, flavor excellent; may be 

 classed as one o( the best pears of the season. 



Hovey & Co., Pears, Bergamot, Fieve, Beurre Beaumont. 



Cheever Newhall, Pear for a name. 



Messrs. Winship, Winship's Seedling Pear. 



Robert Manning, Pears, St. Germain d'Ete, (new,) good, 

 and an unknown variety from Von Mons, highly flavored. 



For the Committee, David Haggebston. 



AWAED OF PREMnjMS. 



The first premium to A. D. Williams & Son, for the Jar- 

 gonelle Pear. 



The second premium to Oiia Johnson, for the Bloodgood 

 Pear. 



And the special premiums : 



To A. D. Williams, for the Jargonelle. 



To Otis Johnson, for the Bloodgood. 

 For the Sub-Committee, F. W. Maconbkat. 



Accepted by the Fruit Committee, S. Walker, CVn. 



The Sub-Committee on Blackberries recommend the first 

 premium to Josiah Lovett, 2tl. 



The second premium to M. Withington. 

 For the Sub-Committee, Otis Johnson. 



Accepted by the Fruit Cormnittee, S. WAtKEE, CA'n. 



VEGETABLES.-vFrora Merrill W.White, Okra, the flo- 

 wer and leaf culled at the South. 



From James Cruikshank, a brace of Douglass Champion 

 Cucumbers, (new.) 



From William A. Pierponi, Beets. 

 For the Committee, A. D. Wiluams, Jb.. 



