Worcester Co. Horticultural Society. 469 



" It may be questionable, whether future exhibitions should not bo 

 held earlier in the season. But the lateness of the period, this year, 

 has been attends 1 with the advantage of bringing out our resources 

 in the desideratum of good late seedling peaches, more fully than 

 could otherwise have been done." 



Fruits: — There were from Walter Bigelow, Jr., of Worcester, 

 fine apples — Pomme Water, and Gilliflovver. Col. P. Merrick's ap- 

 ples, in beauty, soundness, and size, were hardly excelled. Some of 

 the names do not appear upon the book of entries, but among them 

 were Roxbury russets, Rhode Island liieeniugs. Nonsuch, and gold- 

 en russets. His peaches were of superior beauty, but the Commit- 

 tee only feasted the sense of sight. From Col. Cushing, of Lunen- 

 burg, good specimens of Gloria Mundi, ijaldwin, and nameless ap- 

 ples. From George Flagg, of Holden, good specimens of sour and 

 sweet seedling apples. John Pratt exhibited good Roxbury russets, 

 Baldwins, Rhode Island greenings; three varieties of fine peaches, 

 one a clingstone; and some pears. From Clarendon Harris, excel- 

 lent Sweetwater grapes, raised in the o})en air; Mr. Harris having 

 only one competitor; also, two beautiful varieties of peaches; St. 

 Michael, Bergamot, Passe Colmar, and Monsieur Jean pears; Lady 

 apples, Lyscom, sweet russets, Baldwin, and Nonsuch. The Pres- 

 ident of the Society, Dr. John Green, brought specimens, such as 

 St. Michael, Duchess d' Angouleme, Dix (fine examples,) Seckel, 

 Passe Colmar, Bleeker's Meadow, and Burnet pears, a winter pear 

 for baking, rime-honored among the Doctor's ancestors, from whom 

 it has probably been disseminated, commonly called the Iron pear of 

 Worcester, being probably an English pear of the same name; and 

 two nameless pears; also, clingstone, and yellow flesh violet peach- 

 es, (fine;) apples — Rhode Island greenings. Peck's pleasant, Rox- 

 bury russet, russet pearmain, Baldwin, beautiful Hamburgs, and a 

 winter sweeting of high merit. John M. Earle, who has a taste for 

 all material good things, brought Blood, late red rareripe, and late 

 Melacaton jjeaches; seven varieties of late specimens of a white 

 pear,Rushmore's Bon Chretien, Duchess d'Angouleme, Louise Eonne 

 de Jersey, Beurre d'Aremberg, two French pears, golden Beurre of 

 Bilboa, minute pears named after Tom Thumb; Nonsuch, and Rox- 

 bury russet apples. 



From Hon. Judge Barton, two baskets brown Beurre pears, re- 

 markably large, sound, and fair, and unquestionably the finest spe- 

 cimens of this excellent fruit in the exhibition. B. F. Thomas, Esq.. 

 exhibited pears — Napoleon (fine specimens,) Easter Beurre, and two 

 good looking varieties without names attached; also, Baldwin ap|)les, 

 and orange quinces. Abiel Jacques, Esq. produced a fine looking 

 winter pear, of aristocratic origin, from an ancient tree upon the 

 "Chandler farm," which is not the Iron pear of Worcester, though 

 of equal size, and superior beauty; it was imported from England 

 in a by-gone century: he also sent black pear of Worcester, beauti- 

 ful Queening apples (rare and fine,) larpe Hubbardston Nonsuch, a 

 nameless apple afterwards found to be the Pound sweeting, and the 

 gray Reinette apple. Booth Bottomly, of Leicester, sent sonie j)ears, 

 and two baskets of fine Isabella grapes. L. Brummett, of Leicester, 

 exhibited handsome examples of Lady apjtles, and a fine looking 



