190 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Dr. W. G. Kexdall's Fruit Garden at Atlantic. 



September 13 the committee inspected the fruit garden of Dr. 

 Walter G. Kendall at Atlantic. This estate, covering an area of 

 about one acre, is devoted almost exclusively to the production of 

 high-grade fruits for private use. Dr. Kendall has been a con- 

 stant exhibitor of the products of his garden at the exhibitions of 

 the Society for a number of years and his name is well known in 

 the list of prize winners. High quality is his motto and he gets 

 it. 



Among the varieties of fruits grown most of which were particu- 

 larly in evidence on the day of the committee's visit were the fol- 

 lowing: 



Apples. — Maiden Blush, Mcintosh, Gravenstein, and Hubbards- 

 ton. 



Pears. — Dana Hovey, Bosc, Seckel, Bartlett, Worden Seckel, 

 and Souvenir du Congres. 



Peaches. — Foster, Mountain Rose, Chair's Choice, Greensboro, 

 and Carman. 



Plums. — Burbank, Jefferson, and October Purple. Dr. Kendall 

 speaks very highly of the Jefferson, an old variety of a yellow plum. 

 He considers it the most desirable variety for this vicinity. 



Grapes. — Some sixty vines among the most noticeable being 

 Campbell's Early, Salem, with unusually full bunches, Niagara, 

 Worden, Green Mountain, Delaware, and Moore's Diamond. 



There were also gooseberry, currant, and strawberry plants. 



The successful results obtained in this extraordinary fruit garden 

 are won by constant attention and vigilance. The specimens of 

 the various fruits were larger and finer than those usually seen in 

 private gardens and were almost entirely free from blemishes and 

 other defects of insect and fungous depredations, and a particu- 

 larly savage looking bulldog ensures the owner of his full share of 

 the products of his skill and labor. 



