90 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1864. 



specimens of the Isabella Grape were presented by S. P. Harrington, S. R. 

 Heywood, and H. S. Tainter. Edwin Draper's Isabella, Concord and Hartford 

 Prolific were all fair and well-ripened. Henry Phelps and Mrs. Lydia A. 

 Searles, exhibited fine clusters of the Diana. David S. Messinger and S. F. 

 Shattuck fine Hartford Prolific. 



Mr. Colton exhibited the only Rebecca, a Grape that will rank high, unless 

 our seasons prove too short for it to mature. J. C. Lovell exhibited specimens 

 of Rogers, Nos. 4 and 15, but the Committee could not judge as to whether 

 they will prove worthy of cultivation. 



It is the object of the Society to aid in their selection, as far as it can, those 

 who have no personal knowledge as to the merits of the different varieties, and 

 with the knowledge and experience of the Committee, perhaps no better list 

 can be given than the varieties named in the off'ers for premiums : Delaware, 

 Diana, Concord and Hartford Prolific. They are all productive and may be 

 expected to ripen in ordinary seasons. 



The Hartford Prolific is the earliest and most productive, the Delaware ripens 

 next, a smaller berry, but of superior flavor, the Concord, of good size and fair 

 flavor soon follows, and ripening last, the Diana, a rich Grape, in size between 

 the Delaware and Concord. 



There are varieties which have been introduced elsewhere, which are highly 

 spoken of, but we have only reference to those that have been successfully tested 

 in this vicinity. 



This season has been unusually favorable for Grapes, and the Isabella has 

 ripened, but it has failed so many years that the Committee cannot recommend 

 it as reliable as the others, to which it is also inferior in quality. 



Peaches — It is pleasant to welcome back the luscious Peach to our tables ; 

 twelve years ago there were fifty contributors of Peaches and half that number 

 of varieties, for the few last years a Peach has been a rare sight upon our 

 tables, and many, discouraged by repeated failures, have abandoned the culti- 

 vation, but those who have persevered are reaping their reward. 



There were sixteen contributors, forty plates and twenty varieties, including 

 different Seedlings. 



For tlie largest and best collection, eleven varieties, to Asa H. Allen, 



of Shrewsbury, Harris on Insects. 



For the best twelve specimens of one variety (Late Crawford), to 



Harvey Dodge, of Sutton, 3 00 



For the second best do., to Francis McCracken, of Millbury, 2 00 



For the third best (Morris White), to George A. Chamberlain, 1 00 



Gratuity. — For eight varieties, to Newell Wood, of Millbury, '. 2 00 



Mrs. Theophilus Brown's Early Crawford, S. H. Colton's Stump the World, 

 and Sylvanus Sear's Seedling, of which he has sold three bushels at four dollars 

 each, were all Avorthy of an award if our means had allowed. 



When it is considered how much superior the poorest Peaches were to the 

 best New Jersey Peaches that are sold in our streets, it is hoped that the culti- 



