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d'Angouleme, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Passe Colmar, Seckel. Apples — 

 Golden Russet, and a variety unknown. Seedling peaches. Melons. 



From Charles Sprague, Boston, Spanish filberts, grown in the city of 

 Boston. 



Fronn Charles E. Fisk, Natick, Porter apples. 



From James Arnold, New Bedford, grapes — Black Hamburgh, Chasse- 

 las of Fontainbleau, Royal Muscadine, Royal Muscat (?) St. Peters. 



From Geo. Jacques, Worcester, pears — Surpass3 Virgoulouse. Peach (?) 

 — 11 1-3 inches in circumference ; weight, 11 5-8 ounces. 



From Dr. W. W. Cutler, South Reading, apples. River (?) 



From Samuel Pond, Cambridgeport, pears — Andrews, Beurre Diel, 

 Gushing, Columbia, Doyenn6 blanc, Dix, Flemish Beauty, Louise Bonne 

 of Jersey, Marie Louise, Napoleon, Seckel, Surpasse Virgoulouse, Urban- 

 iste, Le Cur6, Belle Lucrative, Williams's Bon Chretien. 



From Isaac Pullen, Hightstown, N. J., peaches — Crawford's Late. 



By Isaac P. Davis, Endicott pears ; tree 220 years old. 



From G. F. Chandler, Lancaster, apples. (?) 



From Wm. Adams, Woburn, a watermelon, weighing 37 1-2 lbs. 



From N. N. Dyer, South Abington, apples — Black Detroit, Brown Jack- 

 et, Bedford Sweeting, Crow's Egg, Fameuse. 



From J. M. Everett, Foxboro', Native grapes, for premium. 



Extra fine specimens of Seckel pears, from the New Jersey Horticultu- 

 ral Society, came too late for exhibition. 



Vegetables. — From J. E. Teschemacher, East Boston, new cabbage, 

 sown 19th of April, in the open ground ; only manure one tablespoonful of 

 guano ; the finest flavor and most delicate of the cabbage tribe ; have been 

 grown to 15 lbs. wt. ; introduced and distributed by Mr. Teschemacher, in 

 1847. Sprouts from the same. New cabbage — Early Northern ; seed 

 from St. Petersburg, Russia, received by the kindness of Horatio R. Storer. 

 Sown in the open ground, 19th April; ready for table, 9th July. Sprouts 

 of the same. New string bean ; seed from California ; sown first week in 

 June; first gathering, first of August. The same plants continue to pro- 

 duce abundantly till the frost ; extremely tender ; flavor very delicate ; grows 

 about three feet high ; introduced by Mr. T. White beet root, from which 

 sugar is extracted in France and Germany. Seed from France, 1848. 

 Onions, carrots, Scotch kale exhibited, also to show the action of guano. 

 The onions, &c were raised on a very poor soil, which has had no manure 

 for three successive years, but guano, at the rate of about 400 pounds to 

 the acre. 



From James Cruikshank, German Curled greens, or Scotch kale ; 

 Scotch Flag leek, Bassano beet. Early Horn carrot, A Itringham do.. Or- 

 ange do., Grace Douglass Champion cucumber, new ; Latters' Victory of 

 England do. ; Lima beans, for table ; quantity of do. ripe ; Custard Winter, 

 Marrow, and Club squashes. From D. Denny, Dorchester, Drumhead 

 cabbages. From G. C. Crowningshield, by John Quant, celery and egg 

 plants. From Lewis Davenport, a peck of sweet potatoes. From Elbridge 

 Tufts, Cambridgeport, Canada, Crook-neck, and Striped squashes, six 



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