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a fair crop. In wood and habit it resembles the Porter, but ripens all 

 along from August 10th to September 1st." "VVe may add that in qual- 

 ity it was equal to the Porter, and that Hunter's Pippin (the name given 

 by Col. Lee) promisee to be a valuable early kind. The first prize, 

 September 10th, was awarded to the Wormsley Pippin, a very large 

 light yellow Apple, of good quality. On the same day, Gravenstein was 

 second, and Porter was third in rank, though it is not probable that 

 Gravenstein is second to any variety in its season, for general culture. 

 An Apple received from J. "W. Adams, of Si^ringfield, under the name 

 of Early Congress, was thought to be much earlier, and to continue long- 

 er in eating than the Gravenstein. In appearance and in quality it cor- 

 ■ responds so exactly with Gravenstein, that j^our Committee are of the 

 opinion that it is identical, and that its earliness depends upon local 

 causes. At the annual exhibition, and also at the monthly exhibition, 

 October 8th, Gravenstein was first, and Hubbardston was second in 

 rank. For the best ten winter varieties, the first prize was awarded to 

 the collection having Hubbardston, Rhode Island Greening, Baldwin, 

 Northern Spy, Danvers Sweet, Esopus Spit?enb'arg, Dexter, Yellow 

 Bellflower, Batchelder and Black Gilliflower; the second collection 

 omitting the three last named, and adding J^odhead, Eoxbury Russet, 

 Ladies Sweet. A very handsome dark red Apple, fairer than Williams, 

 was exhibited by Elijah Benton, of Waltham, Vermont, September 20th. 

 It was obovate in shape, with a slender, deep-set stem, flesh pink stained, 

 very tender, juicy and very good, a promising kind, known as the Squire 

 Brown Aj)ple. 



Pears. — The Madeline was exhibited July 23d, and owing to its size 

 and extreme earliness it has a value, though it is much surpassed in qual- 

 ity by the Little Doyenne d'ete, which is nearly as early. August 6th, 

 Buerre Giffard was flrst, as it has uniformly been, in its season, for sev- 

 eral years past. August 13th, we had the Clapp's Favorite, not ripe, 

 and also Tyson, Rostiezer, Manning's Elizabeth, Brandywine, Blood- 

 good and Muskingham, August 20th, the Clapp has no competitor in 

 size and beauty, and its quality is so well up that it must be regarded as 

 the most valuable early Pear before the Bartlett. A small, sweet, high- 

 flavored seedling, resembling Manning's Elizabeth, was exhibited by J. 

 W. Hill, but it is too small to enter on the list, when we have such fruit 

 as the Clapp. September 3d, the first prize was awarded to the Bart- 

 letts of Davis & Bates, which were superior, and the second prize to 

 Geo. H. Jones, for fine specimens of the Clapp. On the 17th of Septem- 

 ber Messrs. Clapp exhibited several seedling Pears, one of which, No. 

 56, was larger than the Bartlett, melting, juicy, sub-acid, very delicate, 

 and was regarded as promising. Others are worthy of trial, but it is not 

 well to encourage the dissemination of seedlings until further proofs of 

 merit are obtained. At the annual exhibition the following varieties 



