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Autumn — Bartlett, St. Ghislain, Belle Lucrative, Flemish 

 Beauty, Sheldon, Bonne de Jersey, Swan's Orange, Superfin, 

 Bosc, Urbaniste, Seckel, Fulton, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Clair- 

 geau, Diel, Figue, d'Anjou. 



Winter — Glout Morceau, Lawrence, Winter Nelis, Easter 

 Beurr^. 



Mr. Gustavus Gilbert cultivates about half an acre of land 

 stocked with shrubs, flowers, ornamental trees, apple and pear 

 trees, grapes, currants, gooseberries, raspberries, with enough 

 space left for his dwelling-house, green-house, and kitchen 

 garden ; the very best half acre known to this committee. Mr. 

 Gilbert makes the following list of pears for general cultiva- 

 tion : — 



Early — Giffard, Dearborn's Seedling, Tyson, Rostiezer. 



Autumn — Bartlett, St. Ghislain, Golden Beurre, Belle 

 Lucrative, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Sheldon, Swan's Orange, 

 Seckel, Urbaniste, Beurre d'Anjou, Beurre Superfin, Paradise 

 d'Automne, Figue, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Boussock, Doyennd 

 du Cornice. 



Winter — Glout Morceau, Winter Nelis, Passe Colmar, Vicar, 

 Lawrence. 



Peaches. — The show of peaches this year was smaller, per- 

 haps, than at any previous exhibition. Less and less attention 

 seems to be given to the cultivation of this delicious fruit, on 

 account of the difficulty, it is to be presumed, of preventing 

 disease in the tree. There are some localities, however, in our 

 county, where the peach seems to thrive. Mr. Austin J. Rob- 

 erts of Lakeville has met with so much success in its cultiva- 

 tion that he has recently added to his peach orchard five 

 hundred more trees. Mr. Roberts cultivates the best grafted 

 varieties, but in other parts of the county where the grafted 

 peach fails, remunerating crops are obtained from seedlings, 

 especially when planted in sandy soils, and elevated situations. 



Grapes. — The show of grapes, both foreign and native, was 

 very creditable. A small but very choice and well grown 

 collection was offered for exhibition by Mr. John Higgins of 

 Rochester, which was, unfortunately, too late for competition. 



Cranberries. — The cultivation of the cranberry is becoming, 

 every year, of more importance. The demand increases quite 

 as rapidly as the supply, so that the high prices are maintained, 



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