88 PROCEEDINGS. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, November 13, 1847. 



President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Members of the Society : — Edward W. Perkins, 

 of Brookline ; George R. Minot, and S. M. Weld, of Roxbury ; Nathaniel Hooper, Edward 

 King, and Horace Gray, of Boston ; Daniel Chaplin, of Cambridge ; Alexander Pope, and 

 Benjamin Hemmenway, of Dorchester, and James Hill, of Somerville. 



EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 

 From John Fisk Allen, Emerald, Winter Nelis, fine, Jervis, good, Chaumontel, Brugman's 

 birne, worthless, and Glout Morceau Pears. 



From Dr. J. C. Warren, fine Beurre Diel Pears. 



From 0. H. Mather, by Thomas Needham, Frankendale ( ■? ) Syrian, Black Hamburg, 

 Black St Peters, and Muscat of Alexandria Grapes. 



For the Committee, S. WALKER, Chairman. 



EXHIBITIONS. 



Saturday, November 20, 1847. 



The Chairman of the Commhtee on Fruits, presented some fine specimens of the 

 " Watermelon" Apple, with the following letter, addressed to him, dated 



" Macedon, Wayne County. N. Y., November, 1847. 



"My Dear Friend — I have taken the liberty of forwarding to thy address, a few specimens 

 of an apple kno\vn here as the ' Watermelon,' though noticed in a Rochester Nurseryman's 

 Catalogue as ' Norton's Melon,' for what reason I am not informed. It has been cultivated 

 to a very limited extent in East Bloomtield for perhaps thirty or forty years, having been 

 circulated from the old Chapin orchard, famous for its paternity of the Northern Spy, &c. 

 From a member of the Chapin family, I learn that it is not considered a native of their 

 vicinity, but was brought from Salisbury, Ct. On this point, however, there seems much 

 uncertainty; and I have thought it expedient to send it to your society for exhibition, 

 hoping that it might be recognized. Ordinarily it keeps well until midwinter, frequently 

 several weeks later. The smaller specimens indicate the average size. 



" Thy sincere Friend, WILLIAM R. SIVIITH. 



" Samuel Walker." 



The Committee submit the follo\ving description and character of the specimens pre- 

 sented : — 



Size — large, 3 to 3^ inches in diameter. Form — roundish, flattened at the ends. Stem — 

 Straight and slender, not rising above the surface, deeply sunk. Calyx — partially open, 

 in rather deep, narrow basin. Color — pale yellow ground, striped with light and dark 

 lake, becoming very bright on the sunny side. Skin — smooth, fair, highly polished. Flesh — 

 ■white, crisp, tender and juicy. Flavor — Melon-like with an agreeable combination of 

 saccharine and subacid. Core — Small. Seeds — Small. Maturity — November to February. 



From Mrs. Battell, of Norfolk, Connecticut, by the President of the Society, the Toiring- 

 ton Pounder Apple ; the specimens were large and fine ; quality not first rate. 



From Joseph Burnett, Southboro', Flushing Spitzemberg ( T ) and Belden Sweet Apples ; 

 the specimens were handsome, but in quality below first rate. 



From John Owen, Cambridge, two Apples, without names, and Messire Jean Pear. 



From IVIessrs. Hovey & Co., Esperine Pear, past eating. 



From Samuel Walker, Verte Longue d'Automne, Beurre Ranee, Sabine, good, Figue, fine, 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme, fine, Beurre Diel, fine, and Vicar of Winkfield Pears ; this last 

 variety fully sustains its reputation ; the specimens were fine and the quality excellent. 

 For the Committee, S. WALKER, Chairman, 



