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the same with Prince's Imperial Gage, a kind wonderfully pro- 

 ductive. These were from his celebrated tree, the fruit large 

 and very fine. The tree, though not large, is annually loaded 

 with fruit, and produced this year, by estimation, three barrels. 

 His Bolmer's Washington Plums of the largest size, measured 

 seven inches in circumference. The tree produced about 1200 

 fruits this season, of superior size ; though this kind is not re- 

 puted so productive. 



By Mr. Sweetser, from his garden in Cambridgeport : Mogul 

 Sumner Pears. 



By Mr. Alexander McLennen, from " Oaklands," in Water- 

 town, the garden of William Pratt, Esq. : Black Hamburgh 

 Grapes, fine specimens of his skill as a cultivator : Also, Green 

 Persian Melons. 



By Mr. Jonathan Warren, of Weston : Apples — African, a 

 dark red fruit ; American Nonpareil : Also, Hercules Club 

 Gourd, very curious form, cylindrical, about three inches in di- 

 ameter, and two or three feet long. 



By Mr. John T. Wheelwright, from his garden in Newton : 

 Pears — St. Michael, Bonchretien and Pound : Apples — York 

 Russetting : Peaches — Two baskets of fine fruit. 



By Messrs. E. Dana & Co., No. 109, Faneuil Hall Market: 

 Pears — apparently the Urbaniste. 



By Mr. John Hill, No. 103, Faneuil Hall Market, from the 

 farm of Mr. David Hill, in West Cambridge :. Peaches — Red 

 Rareripes, fine ; Lemon Peach, very large and beautiful, and 

 evidently a synonyme of the Yellow Red Rareripe. 



By Mr. A. D. Williams, from his farm in Roxbury : Or- 

 leans Apple, a large and beautiful yellow fruit : Pears — 

 Williams's Early, juice abundant, and of exceeding fine flavor. 



By John Brown, Esq., of Concord : Purple Detroit Apples. 



By Mr. Wm. B. Sweet, of Roxbury: Varieties of Apples, 

 Pears and Plums. 



By William Oliver, Esq., from his residence in Dorchester: 

 Pears — St. Ghislain, Seckel, and Brocas Bergamot. 



By Mr. James Hunnewell, of Charlestown : Grapes — Sweet- 

 water, of fine appearance, and grown in the open air from a vine 

 which yields 103 bunches this year ; Isabellas, very fine, from a 

 vine which produced 300 bunches last year. 



By Mr. John Rayner, of Boston : St. Michael Pears. 



