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With respect to the new Pears of foreign origin that, for the first or even second time, 

 have been exhibited the past year, an enumeration of their names can alone be here 

 made, because, that, in some instances, only a single specimen, and that immature, picked 

 before ripe, was exhibited, and in others, for other reasons, no decided estimate of their 

 quality would have been justifiable. Neither is it to be pretended that the list given is 

 complete, only that it embraces those that, on account of some particular circumstance 

 attending their exhibition, particularly attracted the attention of the Committee. Amono- 

 the new Pears then exhibited, were Beurre Dremont, Beurrd Benoist, Princess Marianne, 

 Poire Ridelle, Charlotte de Brower, Adele de St. Denis, Poire d'Albret, Poire Cire, Bezi 

 d'Esperin, Belle Apres Noel, Fondante Millot, Beurre Navez. Millot de Nancy, Louise de 

 Prusse, Bergamot Picquet, Conseilleur Ramiez, Charles Van Hooghten, Compte de Paris, 

 Baronne de Mello, Grand Soliel, Souverain d'El6, Graine de Coraile, Delices d'Alost, La 

 Marie, Bezi Tardif, Vessouziere, Colmar du Lot, Poire Caiesie, Poire Serrurier, Poire Neil, 

 Leon le Clerc, Buchanan's New Spring Beurre, Duchesse de Berry. Poire His, Gloire de 

 Cambron, Poire Gerando, Rondelet, Poire de Mens, Bosmelle, and others. 



To designate merely the particular varieties of Pears, of which superior specimens were 

 exhibited, would probably subserve no valuable purpose. A statement of any particular 

 mode of culture that conduced to this superiority might impart useful information ; but of 

 this, if such there was in the case, your Committee have no knowledge. In some instan- 

 ces this excellence may have been the result of accidental causes, as a peculiarly favorable 

 soil ; in others, of a better cultivation. The rules of the Society require no statement from 

 the exhibitors ; the awards of the Committee are made from an examination of the speci- 

 mens presented. 



But few new Apples worthy of particular attention have been exhibited the past season. 

 Among those that should not be past by unnoticed, was an Apple presented by Mrs. N, A. 

 Haven, of Portsmouth, on the 26th of April. It was a large Apple, of a greenish yellow 

 color, with fine red in the sun ; sweet, fine flavored, firm fleshed, and, in the opinion of 

 your Committee, to be ranked with the very best late keeping sweet Apples. The history 

 of this Apple is not known to your Committee, but it is presumed to have originated at 

 Portsmouth. The MacCartny Apple, a seedling from West Cambridge, of a red color and 

 very handsome, was exhibited as late as June 7th ; it is rather acid but brisk, and valuable 

 for its late keeping properties. 



Baldwin, Roxbury Russet, and other Apple.?, were exhibited as late as June 14, by Mr. 

 Bowen Harrington, in a fine state of preservation. These Apples had been kept by being 

 merely placed, from the time of being gathered, uj)on boards in a cellar. The Summer 

 Apples of last year, placed upon the tables of the Society, were, in some instances, partic- 

 ularly fine. This remark applies especially to the Williams Favorite ; so fine specimens 

 of this variety, and in large quantities too, were probably never before exhibited. This is 

 a very fine and very handsome Apple when well grown, but requires high culture to bring 

 it to perfection. A few specimens of the Northern Spy have been exhibited for the second 

 time, the produce of the same tree from which those first exhibited on the last year were 

 gathered ; although the specimens of this were somewhat superior to those of last year, 

 yet, thus far, your Committee see no reason to alter the opinion they have before expressed, 

 of the unsuitableness of this variety to general cultivation in this vicinity. As, however, 

 the tree is an upright, vigorous growing tree,, ripening its wood well, it maybe well for 

 those who have them to make further trials of its quality before condemning it as worth- 

 less. 



The Society are under obligations to the Champlain Valley Horticultural Society, for a 

 fine collection of Fruits, consisting of Apples, Pears, &c., in numerous varieties, presented 

 by Mr. Battey. the specimens fine and well grown — many of them superior. 



The collection was one of much interest and its receipt was highly gratifying to the 



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