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erally imported from the French nurseries as Belle de Bruxelles is Belle ct 

 Bonne, of Thompson. 



There is a handsome colored engraving of the pear in question, in Noi- 

 sette's Jardin Fruitier, but [ have received it under its only proper name 

 from one nursery, namely, at Orleans, from whence my original trees were 

 imported. It now comes to us, both from France and England, under the 

 name of Belle d'Aout. — Yours, cj-c, Marshall P. Wilder, Boston, August 

 18,1849. 



Art. III. Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural Society. 



Third Exhibition for 1849. — The exhibition of the society, held at the 

 hall of the State Agricultural Society, on the 25th inst., was a most suc- 

 cessful one, especially in fruits and vegetables. Owing to the extreme 

 drought, the show of flowers was not as extensive as at some former exhi- 

 bitions, the show of gooseberries was more extensive in variety, and the 

 fruit finer in quality than any we have seen, and of cherries and currants, 

 it was unusually fine. The society has reason to be encouraged from the 

 spirit which is displayed in every department. 



Fruits : The committee on fruit reported that there was exhibited by 

 Henry Vail, Esq., Troy, six varieties of cherries, viz.. Black Heart, Black 

 Tartarian, Black Eagle, Early White Heart, Late Duke, and a very beau- 

 tiful bright red colored seedling of the Morello family, resembling the 

 carnation, — this seedling was raised by Mr. Vail ; seventeen varieties of 

 gooseberries, (of very large size, and entirely free from mildew, this is 

 attributed to the application of thick layers of salt meadow hay under the 

 bushes ;) five varieties of currants, viz.. Red Dutch, Champagne, Cherry 

 Currant, White Dutch, and English Black ; and five varieties of rasp- 

 berries. By B. B. Kirtland, Greenbush, four varieties of cherries, viz., 

 Black Heart, Graffion or Yellow Spanish, Kentish, and a seedling resem- 

 bling Transparent Guigne ; three varieties of gooseberries ; also,. Made- 

 leine pears, fully ripe. By A. J. Parker, Sweet Montmorency cherries 

 and four varieties of gooseberries. 



By Dr. Herman Wendell, nine varieties of cherries, viz., Holland Bigar- 

 reau, Yellow Spanish or Graffion, Elkhorn, Wendell's Mottled Bigarreau, 

 Black Tartarian, White Bigarreau, May Duke, Black Morello, and Trans- 

 parent Guigne ; seven varieties of currants, viz.. Knight's Sweet, White 

 Grape, Cherry Currant, Black Naples, Red Dutch, Champagne, and 

 White Dutch ; and five varieties of gooseberries. By E. P. Prentice, of 

 Mount Hope, six varieties of cherries, viz., Black Tartarian, Late Duke, 

 Downer's Morello, Black Mazzard, and Black Heart; three varieties of 

 currants, viz., English Black, Red Dutch and White Dutch ; also, fine Yel- 

 low Harvest Apples, fully ripe. By E. E. Piatt, White Bigarreau, Graf- 

 fion or Yellow Spanish, Holland Bigarreau, and eleven varieties of seed- 

 ling cherries, several of which were of veiy fair character, much resembling 



