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sweet russet, Baldwin, russet peannain, and Wine apples. F. W. 

 Paine, Esq. contril)uted a fine seedling apple, good specimens of Iron 

 pear, hrown Beurie, and two nameless pears. From Levi A. Dow- 

 ley, Five-quartered Gilliflovver, ribbed, havinif five external divisions, 

 not a handsome, but reputed a very valuable fruit, F'rom Gardner 

 Paine, Fall russet. From Harvey Bancroft, of Leicester, Rhode 

 Island greening, Winter greening, and Roxbury russet. Edward 

 Earle exhibited three varieties of late peaches, iron pear, St. Mi- 

 chael (superior,) Gloria Mundi, July sweeting (an apple reputed of 

 mnch merit, ripening early, and continuing long in eating,) Sweet 

 pearmain, Rhode Island greenin<,', Tolman sweeting, russet pear- 

 main, Baldwin, Pommewater, Ribstone pippin, Nonsuch, Peck's 

 pleasant, Roxbury russet. Early sweeting, an(l a nameless apple. 



William H. Weaver generously bore to us fine exam[)les from or- 

 chards in the Granite State; long fiill russets, Clyde, and an import- 

 ed fruit, sometimes not poetically called Big Gal apple, but of sur- 

 passing beauty, and thought by some visitors to outshine all other ap- 

 ples in the hall. Its merits were rejiorted as accordant with its exte- 

 rior. It is expected that a few scions will be brought into the county 

 in the spriu^r. These fruits were raised by Mr. J. H. Sparhawk, of 

 Walpole. There were also fine Lyscom apples, Hubbardston pip- 

 pins, and Golden sweetings, raised l)y Mr. Fish, of Gilsum. 



Worcester county culiivators surely need feel no discouragement, 

 if, in this generous competition, they were all distanced in the matter 

 of pears, by the splendiil array of those fruits, munificently contribut- 

 ed by five gentlemen of Salem, at the instance of F. W. Paine, Esq., 

 of the committee of arrangements. Scarcely in any other district of 

 the country could so fine a collection have been made. There were 

 from E. Emmerton, Esq., fourteen varieties; from John C. Lee, 

 Esq., thirteen varieties; from J. M.Ives, Esq., seven varieties; from 

 J. S. Cabot, Esq., fifty-nine varieties of pears! 



[As the varieties contributed by Messrs. Emmerton, Lee, Ives and 

 Cabot were nearly the same as those exhibited by the same centle- 

 nien at the exhibition of the Essex County Natural History Society, 

 we have omitted the names. — Ed.] 



Vegetables: — The Committee on Vegetables report, that the vege- 

 table |)roduciions sent in for exhibition were all of very fine quality, 

 and afforded ijood proof that the growing of such articles, as well as 

 of fruits and flowers, is not retrograding; and the interest manifested 

 by the numerous and delighted visitors, evinces an increasing and 

 praiseworthy attention, on the part of this community, to the cultiva- 

 tion of veuetables, fruits and flowers. Charles Paine exhibited fine 

 samples of the Early white, Pollard's seedling, Cowhorn, and Bart- 

 lett potatoes, the particular ujerits of which are unknown to the 

 committee. Large and handsome S|)ecimensof the good old fash- 

 ioned crookneck winter squash were sent in by Gov. Davis, D. 

 S. Messinger, and S. H. Colton. Very large and fine marrow 

 squashes, from Dr. Green and Anthony Chase; this is decidedly the 

 best squash for autumn use known to the committee, but is reputed 

 a poor bearer. S. H. Colton sent in good specimens of the Cocoa- 

 nut squash — a variety not generally cultivated, but is an excellent sorJ 

 for winter use. Dr. Smith exhibited two or three bandsotne squash.* 



