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through the whiter in a dry and warm place, and forcing it in the spring, the 

 usual hot weather of our summers would be sufficient to produce a good 

 crop. If this were (lone, the trouble would be no greater than we take for 

 the sweet potato ; but as to real profit, taking into consideration the expense 

 and time employed, an experiment can only decide. Its very great increase 

 may be judged from the fact that at St. Helena, from two small tubers, were 

 produced, in two seasons, twelve bushels fit for manufacturing the article 

 technically called Arrow Root. 



October 11th. Exhibited. — Surpasse Virgalieu and Henri Quatre Pears; 

 Boxford Apples and Franklin Golden Pippins, from R. Manning, Esq., Sa- 

 lem. Capiaumont and Piatt's Bergamotte, from 3Ir. S. Downer. Henri 

 Quatre, Beurre Colmar d'Automne, and B»urre d'Aremberg, from William 

 Kenrick. Apples, from E. M. Richards. Late Peaches, from S. Walker. 



October 18th. Exhibited. — Fulton and Rushmore's Bon Chretien Pears, 

 Harvey A|)ples, and Japan Quince (Cydonia japonica), from S. Pond. Or- 

 pheline. Green Sugar and Beurr6 Rose Pears, trom R. Manning, Esq., Salem. 



October 25th. Exhibited. — Beurr6 Knox, (received from T. A. Knight, Esq.) 

 and Marie Louise Pears, from the original tree received from Mr. Knight ; 

 also, Nos. 4 and 10, as numbered by Mr. Knight in his last donation, 

 (accompanied with a letter) from the Hon. John Lowell, Roxbury. Henri 

 Quatre Pears, from William Kenrick. Beurre Diel, Bleeker's Meadow, and 

 Urbaniste Pears, and Beauty of Kent Apples, from R. Manning, Esq., Salem. 

 Beurre de Roi Pears, from J. Prince, Esq., Roxbury. Apples, fiom the Hon. 

 John Welles. Ribstone Pippins and White Calville Apples. 



JVovember 1st. Exhibited. — Green Sugar and Moorfowl-egg Pears, (sup- 

 posed identical, by the committee, with the Swanks-egg) from R. Manning, 

 Esq., Salem. Bezy Vaet, Forelle, Lewis and Chaumoutelle Pears, from S. 

 Downer. 



JVbvember 8th. Exhibited. — Pears, (from an imported French tree) by Mr. 

 Ward, Roxbury. Apples, from L. P. Grosvenor, Esq. A new native Pear, 

 by B. V. French, (which the committee called Wilbur's Late) from Fall River. 



JVovemAer 22d. Exhibited. — Passe Colmar, Doyenne Gris, Sabine, Pas- 

 torale, Princesse d'Orange and Dutchess d'Angouleme Pears, (a fine specimen) 

 from R. Manning, Esq., Salem. Two new varieties of Pears, received from 

 T. A. Knight, Esq., presented by the Hon. John Lowell. Apples, from S. 

 Pond. 



jYovember 29f/i. Exhibited. — Bezy Vaet Pears, by S. Downer. Moor'bwl- 

 egg, by William Oliver, Esq. The Foxley Pear, from the second donation 

 of Mr. Knight. Seven varieties of Apples, from William Kenrick, received 

 from E. J. Ford, Esq., of Alna, Me. 



December 6th. Exhibited. — Passe Colmar and Lewis Pears, from E. Vose, 

 Esq., Dorchester. The Passe Colmar were in a fine state of preservation, 

 and were the finest specimens ever exhibited. Brown St. Germain, from 

 William Oliver, Esq. 



December ISth. Exhibited. — A beautiful Apple, by Thomas Whitmarsh, 

 Esq., Brookline (name unknown). This Apple was received by Mr. Whit» 

 marsh from the garden of Mr. Andrews, Salem. 



