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NIAV ENGLAND FAUMER, 



Sept. 14, 1831. 



ders ill the country. It would probalily be to tlieir 

 advantage to adopt the following metliod, that 

 is said to have been successfully tried, of hav- 

 ing a cask with cool and strong pickle in the 

 store cellar, directly under the counter, where the 

 butter is weighed, and a hopper in the counter 

 over the cask, and empty the* butter directly from 



orticultii 



Monlreal, Ai1|:iibIM, 1631. 



ur esleemeil favor of the first of 



Proceedings of the Massachusetts Horticultiiral So- 

 ciety, at an adjourned stated meeliiig held at the 

 Hall of the Institution, on Saturday, the 10th of 

 Septe7nb(r, 1S31. 



The followipg letters were read by the Presi- 

 the scales into the hopper, from which it is con-! dent, 

 veyed to the pickle, and every night or the next| jjj.^^ Sir-S 



morning carefully sort the butte* as nearly as can j j^j^^, ^^.^^ received, hut by some uuacrouniahle de- 

 be with regard to color and quality, so that what , ,.^^,^ ^^^^ ^j,, ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^i^,,,,^ of June. For the inter- 

 may he contained in a keg should have the same ij^ ^.^^^^ have evinced, and the mtemiou bestowed, 

 appearance, and the buttermilk well worked out, i ^.^j.^^^^.^ ^^ ^,^g ^^j^,,^ ,,,3^ j ^^^^^ ;,^ ,|,^ IMassachii- 

 and the butter carefully packed m good seasoned 1 ^^^^^ Horticultural Society, you have li.y best 

 white oak kegs, clear of sap. It is believed ' j,.^^,.^ 

 that this method would not only render the butter! 

 of more value, but would be convenient to those 

 who take it in. It is generally brought to the 1 



1 liave a communication to make to the Society 

 re ative to scions and engrailing, which shall be 

 do IK at some more leisure moment, and in the 

 meantime, 1 have the honor to be, sir, with the 

 greatest esteem, 



Your most ohedieiit servant. IIu.nkv Corse. 

 Hon. Henry A. S. Dearborn, 



Pies, of llle M.iss. Unit Soc. 



When Societies are fortunate enough to have 



en at their bead who are so solicitous for the 



advancement of their best interests, it is ne.\t to 



trader in boxes, and from a considerable number (if | |,„po^^ii,ig i„,t ti,.,y ,„ust prosper, and devoted 



different persons in a day, and of course of vari 

 ous colors and qualities, which would remain in the 

 pickle separately iniilhe same form it was in when 

 it was emptied from the boxes, and leaves it in 

 the best situation to sort and pack, and puts it at 

 once out 'of the way, instead of its being left 

 about the store exposed to the air as has some- 

 times ImMMI Ihc^ CI!S1'. 



Porlsinouik, .V. H. Sep!. 9. 



<EW ENGLAND FARMER. 



||» DEARBORN'S SFEDMNO FEAR. 

 This is the n.une given by the Committee on 

 Fruits to the i)e;ir, whose history with a figure an- 

 nexed is so aeciiralcly delineaied by the I'residenl 

 of the .^j^fiachusetls Ilorticiiliural Society in the 

 hist iiiiinlrer of the New England Farmer. 



This fruit was ihiis characterized by the com- 

 mittee : — A pear rather iiiuler the medium size; 

 skin smooth and fair, and of a li^'ht yellow color, 

 very meliing anil of tin; finest flavor. Indeed in 

 this respect it appeared fully equal to the very an- 

 cient and once famous and delicious St iMicliael. 

 And as lliero are appearances which indicate that it 

 may prove a good bearer, it bids fair to become 

 a valuable acquisiiiou to our list of summer fruits. 

 And allhougli the comiiiitleo had in the first in- 

 stance proposed thatthis fruit be called the Dear- 

 born Pear, yet they were not at the monieut 

 aware that in thus naming a friii' they had been an- 

 ticijiated on the other side of the Atlantic. 



The ' Deareor.n Pear' properly so called, is 

 quite another fruit. It is a new aiijl most superi- 

 or variety raised by Dr Van Mons of Lovain in 

 IJelgiiim and was so uaiued by him in honor of 

 the President: — It is not yet ia America. 



0.\E OF THE Committee oy Frcits. 

 Sept. 12, 1831. 



I am to Horticulture, nothing can he more gratifying 

 than the attenlion it at present commands, from 

 innumerable individuals of the first attainments, 

 in almost every quarter of the world, and ns far as 

 my feeble exertions call be made, in the slightest 

 manner, serviceable, they may be, at all times and 

 by any one, freidy commanded, and to Ulussachu- 

 seits, the place of my nativity, I shall be extremely 

 proud to say ' I have done tiie State some service.' 

 Yourfavor ought to have received nn earlier notice 

 and I have no very prominent excuse for not hav- 

 ing done it, nor do I like excuses, or the necessity 

 for llieiii, bi.t it so happens that 1 am under 

 the ahsolutc necessity of using the pen but very 

 seldom, and during a liusy time, when there is no 

 immediate .urgency, I take it with great reluctance, 

 and so postpone. Your letter informed me that some 

 scions would accompany it ; when written, it was, 

 1 presume, intended for private conveyaiiceaud I 

 may add that, the season was so lar advanced when 

 I scut the cuttings, I had not the ^ligllte^t expec- 

 tations of any favor in return ; therefore, there could 

 he no disappointment; but if, on aiiotber occasion, 

 ihe native Pears could be conveniently procured, 1 

 should be very glad indeed to receive ibem, having 

 the greatest confidence in their uliimate success ; 

 as our old stock of foreign varieties, of which there 

 was formerly a great plenty, have nearly all dis- 

 appeared, and there not being, as I believe, a sin- 

 gle seedling of merit in the emintry. 1 have a con- 

 siderable collection of French and Flemish Pears, 

 obtained from Philadelphia, NewYorkand Albany. 

 Mr Curtis a member of ycuir Society, who is ai 

 present here, informs me that he shall leave Boston, 

 for this place next March, and has kindly offcreil 

 to bring anything that it may ho desired to send. 

 I will also observe, although it is at the risk of ap- 

 pearing somewhat importunate, that having seen 

 occasionally in the New England Farmer, to which 

 I have been a subscriber fin- the two hist years, 

 an account of various packages of seeds that were 

 received by the Society, it lias occasioned no little 

 anxiety to be a participater in them, as I am exces- 

 sively fond of raising things from seeds, and couM 

 the society, consistently, favor me with the small- 

 est portion of such as it shall receive or with any 

 seed of indigenous plants or shrubs, they will be 

 gratefully acknowledged, and every exertion made 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMKR. 



SERIOUS QUESTIONS. 

 Which of the two fillowing habits is the most 

 efficacious in shorleniug human life — Hard working 

 or Indolence ? While the former is supposed to 

 have destroyed thousands, is it not an K/urtaiiio; 

 /ac< that the latter, even without the aid of luxury 

 and intemperance, is secretly but insidiously un- 

 dermining the health, and unmercifully slaying its I to reciprocate the favor. I saw on the road side near 

 tens of thousands ! Boston, and at the Society's rooms, what I suppose 



Again — Which of the above habits is the most to have been Perennial Lupins, blue and white, 

 potent in abridging, not the frivolous, hot the I should particularly like to procure seed of them 

 consoling and substantial pleasures of life? I and a white Azalia, that was very common, and 

 wait for au answer. J. K. i which I was told produced seed. 



Hon. Henry A. S. Dearborn, 



Pres. i.r the Mass. H..il. Snc. 



With this you liave a specimeuof three kinds 

 of .Apples, from the garden of I J. Corse, Esq. of 

 Montreal, vis^ No. 1. the Nonesuch : No 2. Rein. 

 ette Anglaise ; No. 3. Corse's Favorite ; they are 

 from the trees, from wliicli scions were presented 

 to the Horticultural Society last spring by Mr 

 Corse. But you are informed (lest you maybe 

 disappointed with the fruit) that they were all t,t- 

 ken from the trees before ripe, and have been three 

 weeks from the trees, and also that they have not 

 this year attained much over half their usual size, 

 owing probably to the great dnmiige all apple-trees 

 received in fllontreal last spring fiom the cater- 

 pillars. 



The other superior Montreal apple Fameuse, 

 was not ripe enough to be eatable when 1 left 

 Montreal. But probably they will he exhibited 

 to the Society next year, from scions which I pro- 

 cured two years since, and some of them arc doing 

 well at Newton and elsewhere. 



Yours &c, EuwARD Curtis. 



liuston, Sept. 7, 1831. 



DoBIon, Sept. 5, 1631. 

 Zebidee Cook, Jr, Esq. 



Mv dear Sir — I send herewith two punipkini 

 I purchased at the Cape de Verd Islaiidslast March, 

 and I have endeavored to retain more of them for 

 )our Society, in which I take great interest; but 

 having a long passage I have been unable to retaift 

 any more which I beg you to accept; and remain 

 in great haste. 



Very respectfully youiv, Josiah Sturgis. 



The following report being made by the Hon. 

 Joseph Story, on the Consecration of the Cemeteiy 

 at Mount Auburn ; it was 



Voted, That the same be accepted. 



The Coimnittee appointed at a meeting of the 

 subscribers to the Mount Auburn Cemetery to 

 consider and report to the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, whether it is expedient to hav^ 

 any, and if any, what religious ceremonies for the 

 purpose of consecrating the said Cemetery, have 

 had that subject under consideration, and beg 

 leave respectfully to report to the said Society: 



1. That in the opinion of the committee it is ex- 

 pedient to have the said cemetery consecrated 

 by religious ceremonies on Saturday the twenty- 

 fourth day of September instant, in the afiernoOD, 

 at Mount Auburn. And if that day should not be 

 fair, then on the next fair day, excluding Sundiy. 



2. That the religious ceremonies proper W 

 the occasion would be 



An Introductory Prayer, 



An Address, and 



A closing Prayer, i 



with an original Hymn to be sung by the AsselB- 

 bly, and other appropriate music. 



3. That the choice of the persons to officialti 

 at the religious ceremonies of consecration ssd) 

 all other arrangments suitable for the occasiipl 



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