TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 5 



' originating in Scarborough, Me. ; of large size ; skin rough and greenish 

 yellow ; form oblong ; flesh juicy and good ; ripe in January." It is in eating 

 from November to January, and is considered a very desirable variety. For 

 this, the Lawrence, and the Early Wilbur, the Society awarded a gratuity 

 of $5 each. 



6th. Ex-Governor Edwards, of New Haven, favored the Society with 

 a variety of seedling pears. The fruit committee examined and reported 

 on the following varieties, viz : 



Dallas, good ; Clay, good and sweet ; Calhoun, fine ; Elizabeth, fine ; 

 Jackson, not in eating, hard and gritty ; James K. Polk, not above second 

 rate ; Van Buren and Black Hawk, baking; Tyler, poor ; John, second to 

 third rate ; Cantaloupe, first to second rate ; and one specimen not named, 

 poor. 



In relation to Gov. Edwards's seedlings, the committee were under the 

 impression " that Dallas, Elizabeth, Calhoun and Cantaloupe, may prove 

 worthy of cultivation." They need further trial, in a different soil from 

 that in which they originated, before they can be recommended. The So- 

 ciety are under great obligations to Gov. Edwards and other gentlemen, 

 who have sent fruit from a distance. 



Besides these seedlings named, others of various qualities have been ex- 

 hibited from time to time, but none worthy of notice or place among the 

 numerous fine sorts already known. 



Some of the intelligent and enterprising cultivators of Essex County 

 have exhibited remarkably large specimens of pears of various sorts, 

 giving conclusive evidence that the influence of saline atmosphere is 

 any thing but deleterious to the culture of this fine class of fruit. The 

 pears of Capt. Lovitt, who has produced some of the finest ever exhibited 

 in our Rooms, were grown in the immediate vicinity of the ocean ; very 

 superior specimens have also been exhibited from Marblehead, Nahant, 

 and other situations exposed to the sea. 



Apples. — The new varieties of apples which are every year brought be- 

 fore the Society are very great ; but when compared with our well estab- 

 lished and choice varieties, very few are found worthy to be enumerated 

 among the large number already found in our catalogues. The very great 

 number of apples described in books, and the trees cultivated in our nurse- 

 ries for sale, lead to much confu.sion and disappointment. It would be 

 very acceptable for new beginners, particularly, could a selection be made 

 of the best known varieties for common cultivation, and classified as fol- 

 lows : — 



1st. The best varieties of apples for the different seasons of the year, 

 suitable for the climates of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. 



2d. The best ditto, for Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and 

 Western New York, and for the same parallel or altitude. 



