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and Red Dutch ; also, a fine display of the Cherry currant ; Knevett's Giant 

 raspberries, of large size. By Breck & Son, currants. White Transparent, 

 White Gondouin, White Dutch, and Victoria. By M. H. Simpson, Cannon 

 Hall, White Nice, White and Black Frontignan and Black Prince, in every 

 variety ; fine display of well ripened fruit. By G. Walsh, cherries, Nos. 1 and 2. 



By J. F. Allen, a liberal display of Sweet Montmorency cherries, grapes, 

 figs, nectarines, &c. By C. S. Holbrook, grapes in variety ; four varieties 

 of peaches — the contribution of peaches was large, well colored and high 

 flavored fruit ; a branch of one variety was shoAvn, bearing 33 handsome 

 specimens. Estate J. Lovett, Red Gondouin currants, fine. By J. B. Moore, 

 currants. By Mrs. J. Hovey, gooseberries. By G. Merriam, a handsome 

 show Downer cherries. By A. Wales, figs and grapes in variety. By 

 W. R. Austin, Knevett's Giant and Franconia raspberries. 



The exhibition to-day was the most liberal, as well as the handsomest, in 

 specimens, of any during the season. 



July 28th. — Exhibited. Flowers : From E. S. Rand, Jr., Dedham, cut 

 flowers in varieties, including fuchsias, seedling petunias, (fine,) seedling 

 verbenas, hollyhocks, pansies, three varieties lantana, Whitlavia grandi- 

 flora, Rudbechia amplexicaulis, and others. 



From Hovey & Co., a seedling petunia, color blush, broadly and very 

 beautifully striped, and marked with deep crimson. Cut flowers were also 

 shown in variety, by W. J. Underwood, P. Barnes, E. A. Story, Evers & 

 Bock, J. Nugent, H. Vandine, Mary R. Richards, and others. 



Gratuity. — To P. Barnes, for hollyhocks, $2. 



Fruit : From G. Wilson, Marblehead, currants. White and Red Dutch, 

 and a liberal contribution of the Cherry in perfection of growth. The Cher- 

 ry currant is of recent introduction, and when grown in a deep, rich soil, 

 produces large bunches and berries of surprising size; while, in a poor soil, 

 the bunches are small, with berries scarcely equalling the common red 

 variety. Under any culture, this is more acid than any other variety. 

 Mr. Wilson is so fortunate in his soil (probably a reclaimed marsh) that 

 he has been enabled from year to year to show the Dutch, (Red and White) 

 Gondouin and Victoria, in such perfection of growth as few others can. Of 

 the latter variety he gets strings of from thirty to forty of large sized berries. 

 By W. Bacon, extra sized Cherry currants. By E. King, large sized peaches. 

 By T. W. Severance, apricots. By G. Walsh, his seedling cherries, Nos. 

 2 and 3. In addition, he brought in his No. 3, which was shown the previous 

 Saturday, with the view to show its keeping quality — and though the skin 

 was slightly shrivelled, there was no appearance of rot, while the flavor 

 seemed even more saccharine than in specimens picked from the tree this 

 morning. 



By J. W. Foster, currants — Victoria, Cherry, and Champaign ; Knevett's 

 Giant raspberries, and a seedling gooseberry, of a fair size. By J. Nugent, 

 raspberries. By C. S. Holbrook, another handsome display of peaches, of 

 excellent flavor. By J. F. Allen, nectarines— Elruge, Hunt's Tawny and 

 Newington, making a handsome show of this fruit, and Grosse Mignonne 

 peaches and figs; Black Hamburg, Portieu Noir, White Nice, White 



