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Prize-Jighter Cucumber. — We have lately seen this variety in full 

 bearing at Belmont Place, where, in the new pit erected last autumn, 

 the vines are growing, and producing an immense number of fine fruits. 

 The vines are planted at one end of the \)k, and are trained upon a 

 wire trellis, about eight inches from the surface of the soil, near the glass. 

 We have never seen any plants that were more prolific of fruit; some of 

 the largest would measure nearly eighteen inches in length. Mr. Hag- 

 gerston thinks it is much preferable for early forcing to Walker's long 

 green. We first introduced this variety three years since; but the seeds 

 were planted in an exhausted hot-bed, and the vines did not flourish 

 remarkably well: from this cause we had an unfavorable impression of 

 its excellency, and have not since grown it, nor have ever seen it until 

 a late visit at Belmont Place; fortunately, however, we saved the seeds 

 of two very long fruits, the only fine ones the vines produced. Another 

 season we shall swe it a trial under ftivorable circumstances. — Id. 



The Forty-fold Potato. — AVe again notice this fine variety, in order 

 to direct the attention of cultivators to the great importance of planting 

 but one in each hill. An unfavorable impression has been received by 

 many persons, of the character and quality of this potato, from the cir- 

 cumstance of their having been generally of a small size; this, how- 

 ever, is only, attributable to a too light soil, not sufliciently manured, 

 and to the error of planting from three to four potatoes, as is usual with 

 common sorts, in each hill. A gentleman who raised some fifty or sixty 

 bushels last season, has shown us some which weigh, at least, half a 

 pound edch: the average size being as large as any potatoes. He in- 

 forms us that but one middling sized potato was put in each hill: still 

 the produce was so great, that at each hoeing many of the potatoes 

 showed themselves on the outside of the hills, and a peck was taken 

 from some of them. We would have cultivators bear in mind the im- 

 portance of planting but one potato in a hill, if large ones are de- 

 sired, — Id. 



Art. IV. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, March '25th. — Exhibited. From R. Manning, Salem, 

 Winter Nelis, or Bonne Maliiioise, pears: this variety has been noticed 

 by Mr. Manning in a previous number of the present volume; the spe- 

 cimens were in a state for eating. From J. A. Kenrick, Newton, 

 Rhode Island greening, Old Pearmain, Hubbardston Nonsuch, Flushing 

 Spitzemberg, Gardener sweeting, and Seaver sweeting apples. From 

 Jos. Sumner, Roxbury, sweet apples, which, from their excellency, the 

 committee of the Horticultural Society have called the Sumner 

 Sweeting. 



^pril 8th. — Exhibited. From S. W. Cole, editor of the Yankee 

 Farmer, Portland, Me., specimens of a new apple, called the Golden 

 Ball; the connnittee called it a very beautiful apple. From B. V. 

 French, Nonsuch, Baldwin, Yellow Newtown pippin, and Templeton 

 Winter sweet. From Jas. Leonard, Taunton, buurre Ranee, or Har- 

 denjtont de Printemps pears. From E. Vose, Easter bcurre pears. 



L>istrif)uted. Scions of a new ai)ple, called the Golden Ball, from 

 S. W. Cole, Esq. 



.^pril loth, 1837. — Distributed. A variety of vegetable seeds re- 

 ceived from Benjamin Gardener, Esq., of Palermo, Sicily. Melon 

 seeds received by J. M. Ives & Co. from London; and also a collectioa 

 of seeds from the Rev. J. Pierpont, of Boston. 



