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From Messrs. Hovey & Co., Excellentissima, Beurre Crapand, Sarge- 

 ret, Arhoricrite (?), and White Doyenne pears ; also a fine specimen of the 

 Swan's Orange, weighing ebven ounces, xece\\e A fxom Gen. E W.Leav- 

 enworth, of Syracuse, N. Y. From S. A. Walker, fine Brown Beurr6 

 pears. From K. Bailey, fine Isabella grapes. From E. M. Richards, 

 Pennook, White Calville, Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening, Pomme d'Api, 

 Black Prince, Dyer, Minister, Spice ('), Walpole, Lyscom, Kilhnm Hill, 

 American Wine, Fall Sops of Wine, Porter, Boxford, Fall Pippin, Moore's 

 Sweeting, Gardner's Sweeting, Pumpkin Sweeting, Pumpkin Russet, and 

 three varieties of apples unknown ; also McLaughlin, Beurre Bosc, Heath- 

 cot, Urbaniste, Le Cure, Harrison's Fall Baking, and two varieties of 

 pears unknown ; and Orange quinces. From E. Brown, Seckel pears, 

 fine, and Uvedale's St. Germain. From C. Newhall, Napoleon and Ur- 

 baniste pears, fine, also Norton's Seedling, and Ohio grapes From A. D. 

 Williams, Urbaniste, fine, Seckel. and Marie Louise pears. From S. 

 Downer, Jr., Louise Bonne de Jersey pears, fine. From Isaac Fay, Golden 

 Beurr6, (1) Easter Beurre, and Capiaumont pears; Oldmixon Freestone 

 peaches, and Semiana plums. From J. B. Chapin, by Capt. Comstock, 

 Capsheaf pears. 



From J. F. Allen, White Nice, Syrian, Black Hamburgh, Wilmot's No. 

 16, Wilmot's Black Hamburgh, Portuguese Muscat, (very high flavored,) 

 and White Frontignan grapes; Noblesse peaches, and Seckel pears, fine. 

 From E. Grant, Roxbury, Isabella grapes, finely ripened. From H. Van- 

 dine, Cainbridgeport, a variety of fine quinces. From T. Needham, Syr- 

 ian, Black Hamburgh, White Frontignan, Whi'e Muscat of Alexandria, 

 and Frankindale grapes, all fine. From Neponset Hotel, a remarkable 

 cluster of L'vedale's St Germain pears. From S. W. Cole, Pocahontas 

 and Pierce's Seedling pears, and Long Stem apples. From Anson Dex- 

 ter, Blue Pearmain apples, (?) Passe Colmar and Duchesse de Angouleme 

 pears 



The Committee tasted some of the new pears exhibited by the President 

 and Messrs. Hovey & Co., and made the following report. — 



FriJin .**amuel Walker, the llyewood, rich flavor ; Beurr6 Duval, good. 

 From M- P. Wilder, Colmar d'Aremberg, (premature,) astringent ; Delices 

 Charles, handsome, but poor; Beurr^ d'Anjou ; had much the flavor of 

 Brown Beurre, and fully sustained the high character formerly given it by 

 the Committee ; Sargeret, inferior ; Girardin, pleasant, but not high fla- 

 vored ; Beurre de Rhine, good ; Heaihcot, fine ; Beurre de Herckman, pleas- 

 ant. From J. Washburn, Delices dHardenpont, fine. From Hovey & 

 Co., Beurre Crapaud, good ; Kxcellentissinia, fine. It is proper to state 

 that some of the specimens were not strictly in eating, the rare kinds hav- 

 ing heen picked for the Se[)teniber exhibition. 



Vegetables. — From F W. Macondry, some fine celery. From Josiah 

 Loveit, 'Jd, a fine show of cauliflowers. 



Oi/dbcr 23d. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — 

 the President in the chair. 



There being no business before the Society, — it was adjourned one week. 



