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The Aiiiiinl Kvliibitio-i of tin; '\I:iss;iclnisi'tl:' 

 jlorticiiltMnil ?oi-i 'ty, wliidi li;is just i-Iosml, cniii- 

 muu^cil im \Vediir"Siliiy the 50^1 iiist., ;inil coiiliii- 

 iicil iliiriijg fi)iir (hiys, until S.-ilunl;iy Thn m^w 

 iiiiil s[)iu:ioiis hii!l (ifthi; Si)i!ii'ly, N"i). 23, Trenionr 

 Street, wii-i wstHCully ami a|i|>ro|ifi:ile!y (hicoriKeil 



■'11 lh(i occiisioii. 



['ht! great centre tahh; wa.s 



graoKil with two larire ami l)-'aiiti''iil Oraiii.'e Trees, 

 frniii the (Jreeii lioii-es of the lion. John Ijowull. 

 Liirge Pine-ii'|)|)les in a linn yrowing state an'l 

 Grapevines loailed with lar/i-e chisters in a grow- 

 iiia; state, ill decoiateil |)ots, hy'Mr Hajisei'st'i"- 

 froni the Houses nf Mr Cnsliinu', attraeteil very 

 (larticular attention ; as iliil also the heintifn'ly ar- 

 raiiL'Oil clusters of fjr.ifies ami other rieh frnits, hy 

 lAfr Cowan, from the spacions houses of the lion. 

 T. H. Perkins. 



On no former oerasion have we witnessed so 

 ai'eat a display, of the most useful, as well as oi- 

 nurmnital productions of nature, thus lironL'ht to 

 so frreat a degiee of perfcetiini hy the skid of man. 

 Of flowers many new and splendid varieties, of .-m 

 infinite variety of form, color, and shade: — Of 

 fruits also, many n !w and superior kinds, never 

 before witnesse{| at any former exhibition. 



The days of the e.xhihition were unusually fine, 

 ami the cnneouise of visitors far exceeded that of 

 Sny former year, — inclndiug a goo<! proportion nf 

 the fair, and the fairest of the fair, and the bril- 

 liant display on this occasion, might well serve to 

 remind us of Eden. 



The following is a more particidar account of 

 the fruits which were sent for exhibition. 



fly Mr Ilaggerston, from die extensive Green 

 and hot houses of J. P. Gushing, Esq. — nelmoiit 

 Piace,in Watertown, — Peaks. Williams IJonchre- 

 tion and Cushing's. Grapt-s. — RJa.-k Ilamliurgti, 

 White Ssveetwater or Chasselas, White Frontignae, 

 rlo. Proviihiice, and a vine trained spirally in anVr- 

 namented pot and loaded with fruit. All of which 

 were very beautiful. Pine Apples of large size, 

 growing finally in ornamented pots, the first ever 

 witnessed at our exhibitions ; Sago Palm, a noble 

 and most useful plant — and the same which pro- 

 duces the Sago of Commerci; ; a plant as valua- 

 ble in the Tropical regions as is corn with us. 



By .John Lemist, Esq., of Roxbury, — A fine 

 plant of Sago Piiliii. 



By Mr. W. U. Cowan, Gardener to the lion. 

 T. II. Perkins, froni his Emit houses in Brook- 

 line, — GitAPKs. I'rankindale, Rl.nck Hamburgh, 

 Black Cluster, White Mu.scat jf Alexandria, White 

 Eionlignac, Gjizzly Erontignac, Black Frontig- 

 nac, Syrian, White Chasselas, Golden Chasseliis. 

 Pi ACHK.s. — Mohlessc, New Royal George, Eree- 

 Htone Heath, Hill's Madeira, President, George IV. 

 NiiCTARi.VF.s. — EIrouge, Red Roman and Mrooni- 

 field, nil finest specimens of the most skilful cul- 

 tivation. Also, Terraughtie Pearniain, a newly 

 introduced and a handsome red fruit — varieties 

 of Musk Melon. 



By Mr Jacob Tidd, of Uoxbury, — Two bunches 

 of Ui'giior de Nice Grajies, the largest bunch 

 weighing 6 1-2 (lounds. 



By Aaron Mitchell, Esq., of Nantm-ket, — A 

 bunch of White Chasselas grapest and two buneli- 



es of Klack llaudiurgh from a girdled vine very 



large and beautiful, each buneli weighing 2 lbs. 

 Ra'sed by his Gardener, Mr Wellvvood Young. 



By Mrs T. Bigelow, from lier Green house in 



^ledford, — Lemons and Oranges, very beautiful. 

 Yel ow Rareripe si'cdliiig I'ea('hes, v(;ry fine ; al- 

 so, Fine looking French apples, name unknown — 

 ;niil Seven Years Pumpkins, very large, so called 

 from thi> jrreat leny:th of lime they will keep. 



I'y lion. r;. Vose, President of the Society. 

 Pea'is, — Napfdeon, Urbnnisti't, Wurtendierg, emi- 

 neiilly li'ainifiil, William's Uonehrc^lien or IJart- 

 letf, .Andrews, Wilkin on, Lewis, Easter lieurre 

 or Bergamotie de la Pentecote, Passe Colmar. 

 Peaches. — Grosse Mignonne. All these fruits 

 were finespecimens of finest kinds j—.Mso, Lady 

 [Liley's Nonsuch, a beautiful fruit, and Acorn 

 Squash, very fine, and keeps well a year. 



l?y Enoch Barthtt, Esq., of Roxbury, Vice 

 President of the Society, — Pears. William's 

 Ronchretien or Barllett, aUd Wurtemberg, both 

 kinds eminently beautiful; also Cushing, Striped 

 Doyenne or Verte Congiie, and Fulton. — Aepi.F.s. 

 Graverstien, llawthoriulean. Monstrous Pippin, 

 also long Cucumbers frcun Trieste. 



By Mr Manning, from his garden in Dearborn 

 Street in Salem, — Pr.ARs. 34 kinds, many of 

 them new, and snch as have never yet been si^en 

 with us before. Jalousie, Harvard, Saunders 

 Bcurre, Belle Lucrative, Beurre Von .Manim, 

 BeuiJe Knox, Napoleon, Marie Louise, Beurre 

 Duval, just come into bearing and bears well, Sur- 

 passe Virgalieu, Eigne do Na|iles, Saint Ghislain, 

 Summer Rose, Val.'ie Franche, Past(u-ale, Fulton, 

 Beurre Bose, Wilkinson, Autumn Su[)erb, Henri 

 IV, Styrian, Urbanister, Verte Congue or Mouille 

 Bouclie, Green Pear of Yair, Julienne, Gloria, 

 not the Gloria of any former exhibition, a fine 

 looking fruit from Mr Parsons's tree, sent by Mr 

 Knights, Beurre Spence, a celebrated new kind, 

 now unripe, the tree bore this year for the first 

 time. Chair a dame, Dearborn's Seediing, Beur- 

 re Colmar D'Autumn, Pope'.s Scarlet Major, Na- 

 umkeag, Jackmaii's Melting, a new fruit of a dark 

 red color, very oblong and conical or Calabash 

 foimed — it is doubtful whether ibis is the right 

 name : — Also two varieties of Pears without names, 

 the one of a yellow and the other of a red color. 

 Many of these kinds being now unri|>e, will be re- 

 ported again on a future occasion. — Apples. 

 .Swaar, a name which signifies heavy, a fine look- 

 ing fruit, fine and productive, Gravenstein, fine,^ 

 New Red Crab. — Plums. Green Gage, German 

 Prune, French long Blue,n aiiie lost, alarge oblong 

 bluefruit,very proiluctivf «nd fine — Diamond Phini, 

 a large blue and beautiful fruit, the flavor good : a 

 bunch of the tree bore for the first time exceed- 

 ingly full. Sharp's Emperor, another new fruit, 

 very large, pale, yellow in the shade, ; nd red next 

 the sun, and beautiful ; a small liii/h of the young 

 tree, bore this year a large crop for the first time. 



By Mr Downer, from his place in Dorchester, — 

 Pears. Duchesse D'Angoiileme. Seckel, Beurre 

 Diel, Wurtemberg, very beautiful, Urbanister, 

 Bleeckers Meadow, Andrews, Dix, Cushing, Ful- 

 ton, Harvard, Lewis, Washiuiiton, Passe Colmar, 

 Bezi Vaet, Saint Ghislain, Moorfowls Egg, Iron. 

 Apples. Puuipkin Sweeting, Porter, Nonsuch, 

 Sweeting, Seaver Sweeting, River Apple, Lady 

 Apple, Pie Apple, Spitzemberg, Pi-armain, Rhode 

 Island (Jreenings, Yellow and Red Siberian Crab 

 Apples and brain lies loaded with the fruit of the 

 same. — Pkacuks. Rareripes. — The fruits of Mr 

 Downer were of finest kinds. 



By B. V. French, Esq., from his place in Brain- 

 tree, — Pears. Williams Boncliretien, fine — Arch 

 Duke of Austria, which has been before noticed. 



form tiirbiiuile, fiiint'y striped, ami beaniil'ul, the- 

 quality but oidinary, Tillington, tiiis name it is 

 believed belongs not to this which is t'rbanistcr, 

 but to another, Urbauiste, Bleeckers Meadow. — 

 .\ppi.ES. Porter, Monstrous Pippin or Gloria 

 Muiidi, Yelow Bidlflower, Garden Striped, Duieh 

 Codlin, River Apple, Ruggles Apple, Siberian 

 Crab and branches of the same coverrd with the 

 fruit, very ornamental. — Pll'ms. Coe's Giddeii 

 Drop and Smiths Orleans, birth superior kinds. — 

 SquAsHKs. .Autumnal Marrow,fiiie large speciunns 

 of this fine kind ; Sugar beets, very large and 

 h.indsonie, of a white color and ol the true kind, 

 the seeds received from France. 



J$y Mr E. M. Richinls, from his garden in Ded- 

 ham, — Pears. Seckel, Verte Loiigtie or Mouth- 

 water, (jrise bonne. — .Apples. Benoni, Williams 

 Favorite, American Summer Pearniain, Red June- 

 ating. Orange Sweeting, Hawthorndean, Summer 

 Gilliflower, and other kinds, all very handsome. — 

 Peaches. Of five fine varieties. 



By Mr Thomas .^lason of the Charlestown Vine- 

 yard, fnun his Peach house, — Pea( hes. Early 

 Royal Gi'orgo and Royal Kensington. — Necta- 

 Ri.NES. El Rouge, Brignoii, and Broomfield. — 

 Grapes. From his Grajie houses, Black Ham- 

 burgh, Black St Peters, Lombardy, Sweet water 

 nr White Chasselas, and Golden Chasselas. All 

 the fruits of iMr M.ison were fine, and afford good 

 evidence of his sUiil as a Cultivator. Also Lima 

 Squashes. 



By Mr S. Pond, from his garden in Cambridg- 

 port. — PEA!ts. Williams Boncliretien, Andrews 

 Julienne — handsome specimens. — Pi ums. Senii- 

 ana or Imperative Violette, a fine (iroductive 

 kind. 



By Ebenezer Brood, Esq., from his fruit houses 

 in Charlestown. — PtA.t '. Wurtemberg, Seckle, 

 Williams Bonchretien, Swans Egg. — Grapes. 

 I'lack Hamburgh, all of the same fine quality, 

 which this gentleman has usually offered for ex- 

 hibition. Valpar.iiso Squash. 



J5y Judge Heard from his estate in Watertown, 

 Roxbury. — Russetting .A]iples, of the growth of 

 1836. 



By Mr Hamilton Davidson of Charlestown, — 

 A handsome basket of Williams Bonchretien and 

 Rooselette de Rhc*ims Pears, and Musk Melons, 

 the basket well decorated with branches of fruit of • 

 the Re<l Silierian Crab. Also fine sjieci-neus of 

 Cucumbers. 



By Mr Thomas Willot, of Roxbury, — A large • 

 basket of fruit singularly decoiated and surmouut- 

 ed by a branch of a tree and fruit, enveloped in the 

 house of the hornet tribe. The fruits consisting 

 of Pears. Williams Bonchretien, and Wurtem- 

 berg. — .Apples. York Russett, Bla( k Gilliflower, 

 Blue Pearniain, and Baldwin. R.ireripe peaches, 

 and Green fleshed Melon, were all very fne. 



By Mr Dennis .Murphy, of Roxbury, — Grapes. 

 Black Hamburgh from his Grapery, very fine. — 

 Pears. NVillianis Bonchretien and Dearborns 

 Seedling. — Plums. White iMaguum Bonum, and 

 Smiths Large Orleans. 



By Mr R. Ward, of- Roxbury,— Pears. Wilv 

 Mams Bonchretien and Seckel. A basket of fine 

 Peaches and White Gage Plums. 



By, Mr John D. W. Williams, from his Estate 

 in Roxbury, — Pears. Williams Bonchretien, very 

 fine, and apples. 



By Mr Samuel Phipps of Dorclicster, — speci- 

 mens of beautiful Nectarines. 



By Messrs Wiiifhips, from their Garden and 



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