458 Exhibitions of Horticultural Societies. 



By Stephen Carleton, of Lowell, the Royal Blush and Royal seed- 

 ling peaches, very large and handsome. Fine peaches were also 

 exhibited by our townsmen, Charles C. Nichols, from his own gar- 

 den, the largest measuring nine and a half inches in circumference; 

 and also large and fine clingstone peaches, raised by Robert Brad- 

 ford, from a tree set out last year in the small yard in the rear of his 

 shop on Merrimack street. Also, seedling peaches, four years old 

 from the stone, by Master George W, Carleton, Peaches by James 

 B. Francis. Grapes, by Joshua Merrill. Pears and crab apples, by 

 G. A, Hodges. Peaches, by Benjamin Cutter, of Pelham. Very fair 

 and handsome apples and plums, by John Avery. Plums, by Miss 

 J, Wright. By Daniel P. Coburn, of Tyngsboro', large water-mel- 

 ons and apples. The tnost attractive part of the exhibition, so far as 

 the fruit is concerned, is acknowledged to have been the very rich 

 show of peaches, raised by Mr. Benj. F. Hodges, on his farm ia 

 Chelmsford. There were but three varieties, the orange clingstone, 

 a large red rareripe, and the golden rareripe. But the beautiful col- 

 or and form, and the uniform large size of these specimens exceeded 

 any thing of the kind we have had the good fortune to witness. 

 There can have been no doubt in the minds of the committee, as to 

 whom the peach premium should be awarded, notwithstanding the 

 formidable competitor. 



By Dr. Bartlett, of Chelmsford, six specimens of apples. By Noah 

 Spaulding, of Chelmsford, three varieties of handsome apples. By 

 P. P. Spaulding, of Chelmsford, peaches, apples, and very fine pears, 

 especially the Bartlett, which appeared to excel all others exhibited. 

 By John P. Cutter, of Dracut, apples, Water-melons, seedling peach- 

 es, and native grapes. Mr. Kenrick, of Newton, also favored the 

 show by an exhibition of fourteen varieties of pears and several of 

 apples; and we should by no means forget in our enumeration the 

 beautiful foreign grapes, of which there were exhibited no less than 

 thirteen varieties, from the green-house of our worthy Mayor, Na- 

 thaniel Wright, Esq. 



In the evening a party of ladies and gentlemen sat down to an en- 

 tertainment, and passed a social hour; songs were sung and senti- 

 ments were offered, and the company separated, delighted with the 

 exhibition, and the occasion which had been the source of much 

 pleasure. 



Worcester County Horticultural Society. — This Society 

 held its third annual exhibition in Worcester, on Wednesday, Octo- 

 ber 11, 1842. 



From the reports of this exhibition, as given by the several com- 

 mittees, it appears that there was a fine display of fruits, especially 

 of apples; but of flowers, owing to the lateness of the season, there 

 were but a few exhibited. 



The Committee remark that "it is in the exhibition of apples, 

 mainly, that Worcester County can, at present, modestly challenge 

 competition with her sisters. She may be equal to them in the cul- 

 tivation of other fruits, as open standards; she can hardly imitate 

 the cities and their suburbs in the growth of fruit sheltered by art; 

 but reg-arding the substantial excellencies of the most generally use- 

 ful fruit of New England, she stands upon her own grQund. Of 

 this, no one who visited the Hall, could doubt. 



