I860.] REPORT ON GRAPES, PEACHES, ETC. 35 



For third largest and best, to Win. A. Wheeler, for his seven varie- 

 ties, viz : Black Hamburgh, A'ietoria Hamburgh, Wilmot's Black 

 Hamburgh, Royal Muscadine, Chasselas Mosque, Syrian, Grisly 

 Front ignac, 2 00 



William B. Fox offered, under this class, four excellent plates, viz : Muscat 

 of Alexandria, Black Hamburgh, Grisly Frontignac and Sweet Water, which 

 deserve honorable mention. 



For best specimens of Isabella or Diana Grapes, to John C. Whitin, 



of Whitinsville, for his Diana, Harris" Report. 



For second best, to Wm. H. Thurston, of Oxford, (Isabella), I 50 



For third best, to E. D. Batchelder, of North Brookfield, (Isabella), 1 00 

 For best specimen of Native Grape, Concord Grape, Hartford Pro- 

 lific, or any other variety not inferior to the foregoing, to S. V. 

 Stone, of Worcester, for bis Northern Muscadine, 2 00 



The Committee make honorable mention of a large dish of Concord Grapes, 

 and a large dish of Hartford Prolific Grapes, presented by Jonathan Grout, of 

 Worcester, and a large dish of Hartford Prolific Grapes, by John C. Ripley, 

 of Worcester. 



The variety on your tables is enlarged by the exhibition of a jar of preserved 

 Lawton Blackberries, by I. S. Pike, and specimens of the rare fruit of the 

 Pyrus Japonica, by Edward Earle, of Worcester. 



Believing that ornament is the highest ntility of this beautiful shrub, vour 

 Committee recommend its use in an ornamental hedge in a warm sheltered 

 exposure. 



A single specimen of a new Melon, called Anderson's Pine Apple Melon, was 

 exhibited, but it was over-ripe, and not a fair specimen. This Melon is desir- 

 able for is delicacy and flavor, and especially for its freedom from the enduring 

 taste in the mouth, which in some Melons, as in Cabbage, and some other lux- 

 uries, remind us unpleasantly of the beautiful sentiment of the poet: 



"Joy's recollection is not always joy." 



To those who look sadly at the transitory character of the luxuries on 3'our 

 tables it must be agreeable to take notice that A. F. Hall, of Feltonville, ex- 

 hibited four jars, containing severally. Apples, Pears, Peaches and Green Corn, 

 preserved in a fluid, certified by Dr. Charles T. Jackson to be "effectual in 

 preventing fermentation or decay," which Mr. Hall is ready to sell. And 

 finally, to make perfect your supply of all that can tempt the appetite or gratify 

 the taste, Mrs. Charles E. Simmons exhibited two jars of choice Sweet Pickles. 



All which is respectfully submitted by direction of the Committee, 



S. SALISBURY, Chairman. 



