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riety which will, no doubt, occupy a prominent place among 

 the new grapes, we hope to give a correct statement of its 

 origin, which has been variously given, and a full description 

 of the grape. 



Fine Pears at the last Exhibition of the Mass. Hort. 

 Soc. — The season has been remarkably fine for the pear, 

 and the specimens exhibited at the last exhibition of the 

 Mass. Hort. Soc, in September, show the high condition 

 which the culture of this fruit has attained in our vicinity. 

 Finer specimens of some sorts, we venture to assert, were 

 never produced, and finer, we doubt not, than many amateurs 

 believed it possible could be grown. Familiar with all that 

 have been shown in preceding years, and with the display of 

 societies in other parts of the country, we feel no hesitation 

 in saying they would, as a whole, be " hard to beat." The 

 specimens of Flemish Beauty, Beurre d'Anjou and Lawrence, 

 surpassed in size anything we had ever seen. The following 

 is a list of the varieties in the collections which obtained the 

 principal prizes : — 



From M. P. Wilder, 30 varieties, 12 specimens each, viz. : 

 Bourre Sterckmans, B. Diel, B. Clairgeau, B. Superfin, B. 

 d'Amalis, B. d'Anjou, B. Langelier, B. Golden of Bilboa, Lodge, 

 Walker, Doyenne Boussock, Dnnmore, Louise Bonne of Jer- 

 sey, Le Marie, Frederick of Wurtemberg, Nouveau Poiteau, 

 Urbaniste, Bergamot Pequot, Conseilleur Ranwez, Duchess of 

 Angouleme, Duchess of Orleans, Seckel, Triumph de Jo- 

 doigne, Le Cure, Flemish Beauty, Rouge d'Anjou, Columbia, 

 Andrews, Glout Morceau, and Bartlett. 



From Hovey & Co., 30 varieties, 12 specimens of each, 

 viz. : Beurre Langelier, B. Clairgeau, B. Golden of Bilboa, 

 B. Bosc, B. d'Anjou, B. Montgeron, B. Diel, B. d'Aremberg, 

 Doyenne Boussock, D. White, Swan's Orange, Gansell's Ber- 

 gamot, Bartlett, Triumph de Jodoigne, Adams, Le Cure, 

 Louise ]3onne of Jersey, Belle Lucrative, Urbaniste, Van 

 Mons Leon le Clerc, Glout Morceau, Dinimore, Lawrence, 

 Sieulle, Columbia, Marie Louise, Flemish Beauty, Duchess 

 of Angouleme, Duchess of Angouleme panache, and Frederick 

 of Wurtemberg. 



