AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS. 



Fig 1681. — Ribbon Bed in Public Gardens, Boston. 



consented to answer questions on 

 "Landscape Gardening,'' in our journal, 

 if such are forwarded to him, and we 

 shall be glad to take advantage of his 

 kind oflFer. 



At the old Quincy Market we saw 

 quinces in barrels and crates, apples in 

 barrels in endless quantity, especially 

 Colverts, Vandeveres, Greenings and 

 Baldwins. These were of course mostly 

 No. 2, and were bringing from $1.25 to 



$2.25, about the same as this stock 

 brings in Montreal. Canadian Snow 

 apples were much wanted. Concord 

 grapes were almost all in five pound 

 baskets at 13 cents each. California 

 grapes were offered in four pound veneer 

 baskets— four of these crated together, 

 the Tokay being the prominent variety. 

 In another article we give some ac- 

 count of the gardens and orchards of 

 Nova Scotia. 



140 Varieties of Pears were ex- 

 hibited at the Syracuse State Fair by 

 Messrs. EUwanger & Barry, of Roch- 

 ester ; and 235 plates of plums by Mr. 



S. D. VVillard, of Geneva, N.Y., the 

 latter included some samples of the 

 Wickson, described as large, brilliant 

 red, very juicy, sweet and pleasant flavor. 



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