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Chretien or Bartlett, Gushing, Wilkinson ; apples, — Hawthornden, 

 Ruggles' apple, Downton Golden Pippin, Native Sweeting, Kerry Pip- 

 pin, Yellow Bellflower, Dutch Codlin; Grapes, — Morillon Noir. Mr. 

 Slack, of Roxbury, pears, — Bartlett, Andrews, and another variety ; ap- 

 ples, — a large and handsome variety ; peaches, — three baskets of An- 

 drews. William Dean, of ISalem, pears, — Beurre Colniar d'Automme, 

 a new, valuable, and most productive variety. 



Messrs. Hovey, pears, — Johonnet, Williams's Bon Chretien or Bart- 

 lett ; also, peaches and nectarines, raised in pots; semi-aniia plums. 

 P. May, of Boston, pears,— Golden Beurre. S. Sweetser, of Cambridge, 

 pears, — Bon Chretien. Cheever Newhall, of Dorchester, — President 

 peaches. David Hill, of West Cambridge, peaches, — Lemon Rareripe, 

 Orange peach. William Gridlcy, of Boston, plums, — a limb of beauti- 

 ful fruit of the Maguum Bonum, a kind suitable only for preserving and 

 for show . Samuel Heath, of Roxbury,— a basket of beautiful Andrew 

 pears. E. W. Hayward, of Mendon, — a basket of fine peaches. Mrs. 

 King,— two basket's of fruit. Mrs. Timothy Bigelow, of Medford,— some 

 specimens of peaches, very fine. Mr. Timothy Bigelow, of Medford, — 

 Bon Chretien pears. 



William Wales, of Dorchester, — Black Hamburgh grapes. Thos. Ma- 

 son, of the Charlestown Vineyard, peaches— Royal George, Bellegarde ; 

 nectarines, — Elruge,Brugnon, a native, both kinds very beautiful; grapes, 

 — Chasselas or Sweetwater, Black Hamburgh, of the second crop. Ben- 

 jamin Seaver, — Sweetwater grapes and peaches. Jacob Tidd, of Rox- 

 bury, grapes, — two bunches of Regner de Nice, very large, one weigh- 

 ing"2| lbs. and the other 2^ lbs.; also, three bunches of Black Hamburgh, 

 one weighing 2 lb. 6 oz., another 2 IIj. 15 oz., and another 3i lbs. Joshua 

 Child, grapes, — Morillon Noir. Benjamin Guild, of Brookline, plums, — 

 White Gage; grapes,— Black Hamburgh, raised under glass, but without 

 fire, Sweetwater, raised in Brookline, in the open air, on a common trellis; 

 all large and fine. John Arnold, Cambridge street, — Sweetwater grapes, 

 raised in open culture in the .city. Charles Taylor, of Dorchester, — a 

 large basket of Black Hamburgh grapes, very fine. Joseph Balch, pears, 

 — Green Catharine, and another for the Gushing; apples, — Benoni, and 

 a yellow variety from England; twice bearing red raspberries ; fine spe- 

 cimens of peaches ; grapes, — Black Hamburgh, White Frontignac. 



T. H. Perkins, from his magnificent and spacious glass-houses in Brook- 

 line, peaches, — Noblesse, Early York, French Gallande, Grosse Gal- 

 lande ; also. Red Roman nectarines, all very beautiful ; grapes, — White 

 Passe Musque, Black Lombardy, White Sweetwater, Black Frankendale, 

 White Muscat of Alexandria, Black Hamburgh, White Syrian, Black St. 

 Peter's, White Frontignac, Black Frontignac, Grizzly Frontignac, Black 

 Cluster or Meunier, Barcelona Long White. These were beautifully 

 arranged in clusters of different colors alternate, and with a fine effect. 

 Such a variety of the superior kinds has never been displayed, we be- 

 lieve, at any former exhibition. All were grown by the skill of Wm. H. 

 Cowan. From the same source a rare variety of squash was sent for 

 exhibition. Samuel Phipps, of Dorchester, — specimens of Valparaiso 

 squash ; also, Autumnal Marrow do., and Egg Plants. Dennis Murphy 

 of Roxbury, — Lima Squash ; also, fine specimens of the Purple and 

 White Egg Plants. 



Next to the altar, the end of the centre table was graced by a large 

 and beautifnl Orange Tree, loaded with its large and golden fruit, inter- 

 mixed with others unique, and in every stage of their growth. This was 

 from the green-house of the Hon. John Lowell. 



September I9th. — Exhibited. From S. Walker, Roxbury, dahlias, 

 viz., Queen of the dahlias, Tyso's Matilda, Magnet, Countess of Liver- 

 pool, Amanda, Romulus, Lord Liverpool, &c.; Verbena chamsedrifolia, 

 V^eronica, &c. 



