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I^EW ENfiLANb FARMER, 



Sept. 28, 1631. 



(superb) Royal George, and Morris' Lucieu's wliite rare- 

 ripe Peaches ; a potted branch of white Chasselas Grapes 

 containing, wood of llie years 1831, and uood which in 

 ordinary cullurc, would have appeared in 1832, 33, 34, 

 wiih the fruit of the last three years tliereon, that of the 

 present year having been gathered. Hon. Richard Sulli- 

 Tnii, Broolvline ; black Hamburi;, Sweet-water and an 

 iinlinown kind of Grapes. Alderman Hall, of New- 

 Vork, a basket of large and handsome Pears, name un- 

 known. 



The following letter from the Hon. O. FisKEwas sent 

 with his donation oiChamberlain Pears mentioned above. 

 VVurcester, fept. IG, ISyl. 



My De.irSir— I exceedingly regret that aii engage- 

 ment with the governor as a Committee to examine White 

 Mulbeiiy Nurseries fjr a premium, iu various parts of the 

 county (postponed on account of the weather) must de- 

 prive me of the pleasure of meeting my Horticultural 

 frieud.-i at our .Annual Festival. I however avail myself 

 ol the occasion to forward for their inspection a basket of 

 native Pears. Although the produce of a farm within 

 two miles of me, 1 was iti ignorance of their exi-tence 

 uiiiil yesterday, when 1 requested the owner to preserve 

 tlie gleanings oithirly bushels which the tree had borne 

 for my use. I was on the ground toilay and found 

 the tree about 15 inches in diameter near the ground with 

 a moderate decrease for 8 feet, when it stiuck ofi into a 

 ptrpenilicular and two lateral branches a''^"<g 't a well 

 proportioned and well balanced top. Although it had the 

 appearance of age there was not a scar on the body 

 oi a dead or a diseased limb to be seen. I considered it as 

 th- best conditioned tree for its age I had ever noticed. 

 On the ino.t careful inspection it had every appearance of 

 a native. 



The account I obtained from the present owner was that 

 the larni formerly belonged to a Deacon • hamberlain,one 

 of who-e son- found it in a pasture some distance from the 

 house where hiscattlehad their range, and transplanted it 

 to its present situation. 



I called on Geu. Chamberlain a grandson of 'he Deacon, 

 who owns an adjoining farm. He corioborated the above 



ed by Mr Eaton, at Concert Hall. This repast was all 

 that could gratify the most keen, as well as please the 

 most fastidious appetite. It was served with a prompti- 

 tude and precision, an attention to the wants and wishes 

 of every individual, but rarely witnessed in an entertain- 

 ment, given to so large a party. The Hon. H. A. S. 

 Dearborn, President of the Society, presided at the 

 table, and was assisted as Toast master by Z. Cook, Jun., 

 Esq., first Vice President of the Society. The en- 

 tertainment exhibited a feast of intellect and a festival of 

 wit, as well as choice viands for those who were inclined 

 to mingle the repast of the senses with the ' flow of soul.' 

 The following regular toasts were drank. 



Our Country — Where each Exotic finds support — 

 where nothing liut the willow weeps. 



Massachusetts — In peace she furnishes Grapes for her 

 friends — in war, Grape-shot for her enemies. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Society — By intro- 

 ducing new modes and articles of culture, we hope to add 

 new links to the chain of social being. 



Political Horticulture — Which has shown experiment- 

 ally — that the Flower tie luce does not succeed well in 

 France — nor the Orange in Belgium. 



TVif Poles — Principle as well as Patriotism awakens 

 sympathy in their heroic struggle — since it is the duty of 

 every free citizen ' to go to the polls,' 



The Russian Grand Duke and the Portuguese Ty- j gloriously planted, overshadow and exterminate all germs 

 rant — We would not exchange a St Michael's pear, for 'of despotism. 



ccpts and examples have ameliorated the Farms and 

 Gardens, and deserve the grateful acknowledgments of 

 every New England Cultivator. 



By a Member.— TAc Orator o/ the Day— He has pre- 

 sented us this day, to use his own language, a nut of the 

 sweetest kernel, and happily easy to crack. 



By Dr Bigelow. — Bunker Hill Monument — We regret 

 to find that it resembles in nothing the worthies whom it 

 commemorates, except in having come to an obstinate 

 stand. 



By Zebedee Cook, Jun., Esq., First Vice President, 

 (after the President had retired.) — H A. S. Dearborn, 

 the President of the Alassachusetts Horticuiturnl Soci- 

 ety — The scientific and practical Cultivator — the annals 

 of our Institution attest the value of his labors; the grati- 

 tude of his co-laborers is cheerfully and liberally acceded 

 him. 



By a Member.— GoRHAM Parsons, Esq. — a distin- 

 guished patron of the sister sciences. Agriculture and 

 Horticulture. 



TRANSMITTED. 



By William Prince, Senior Proprietor of the Linnaan 

 Botanic Garden. — Tlie Hon. John Lowell — tlie distin- 

 guished patron and benefactor of Horticulture.* 



By William Robert Prince. — TTie Hortieulturiats ef 

 Poland — May the Tree of Liberty which they have 



a pair of such Michaels. 



La Fayette — an anomaly in Cultivation — A Tree 

 vigorous at 74 — whose grafts will survive the parent 

 stock, and perpetuate the original flavor of its fruit. 



Our Jilma Mater — Constant improvements in this ori- 

 ginal Nursery, until every scion surpass the best of our 

 Seedlings. 



TTie Two Websters — One an X-pounder of the Ameri- 

 can Language, the other a 76-pounder of the American 

 Constitution. 



The Industry of A"ew England — The braiding of 

 palm leaves and the spinning of cotton have shown thai 



statement and added that the tree was removed above six- , what we do not produce we render productive 



ty years ago by his urtcle Jacob now living and from that 

 circumstance the fruit has always been called the ' Jac- 

 obs Pear.' It i*s generally a free bearer ; and has never 

 been known wholly lo fail. As a table fruit from the re- 

 dun Imcy of its B.iccharine quality and di-stitution of 

 flavor (I "will doubtless lie considered as inferior to many of 

 our varieties of native Pears. But for all domestic uses, 

 which in a lamilv are of primary imporlanre, I doubt 

 whether it can be excelled. It comes in use when fruit 

 of this characier is not readily obtained. I was told that 

 it retains i's form and size when baked and gives a reil 

 and rich pulp. It is moreover longer in eating than most 

 other kinds as may be judged by the simple. 



Should the committee think proper lo give it a place in 

 their nomenclature, I would suggest the propriety of cal- 

 ling it the Chamberlain Pear. 



Respectfully your fiiend and seivant. O. Fiske. 



Zebedee Cook, Jun. Esq. 



The following letter from S. G. Perkins, Esq. was 

 sent logether with the fruits &c. presented by that gcntle- 



Dtonkline, Sept. 21, ISsr. 

 Zebedee Cook, Jr. Esq. 



t_'trHitn»;ni of the rommilteeof Arrangements. 



De.4r Sir — 1 herewith send you a branch of the 

 While Chasselas Vine, conlainine the wood of the years 

 1S31 — 18S!>— 1833 and 1334, with the fruits of the three 

 last years attached to their respectiveshoots— (Aa( of the 

 present ye.ir having been long since gathered and eaten. 



You will perceive therefore that Ibis Vine has borne 

 this season, the fiuitsof four yoars; which may be considei-- 

 ed by some of your guests an object of curiosity, and I ap- 

 pre'iend must be new to most of them. — The wood of 

 1832 has one bunch nf grapes only ; that of 1833 has two 

 bunches; and that of 1S34 has thiee bunches.— The first 

 is lipc — ihe ter'ond nearly so, and the last are as you will 

 see, quite small. There may be iHcs drawn from this fact 

 which every gardener who is acquainted with rtie cul- 

 ture of the'Grape Vine, will readily see; and as it is in 

 the power of every one to produce the same result, they 

 may ascertain the species of grape they ai-e cultivating 

 one, two, or even three years before the vine in its na- 

 tural course, worrld prodirce its fruit. 



Respectfully your obedient servant. 



Samuel, G. Perkins. 



At 4 o'clock, the Society, with their guests, consisting 



Our Festivals — While we draw from Vineyards it 

 Europe, and from plantations at the Tropics, we have 

 satisfactory pi-oofs of a good Kitchen Garden at-home. 



Eden— The first aboilc of the living— Mount Auburn, 

 the last i-esting place of the dead. — If the tree of life 

 sprung from tire soil of the one. Immortality shall i-ise 

 fronr the dust of the other. 



Cultivation, Commerce and Manufactures — They 

 must be coexistent, and we hope in this country they will 

 be coeternal. 



By Alfred S. Prince. — Flora and Pomona — Alike ani- 

 mating the hearts of their votar ies in every clime. 



Other sensible, witty and sentimental sayings were 

 uttered and responded, which we are compelled to omit.- 



Several songs were sung, and among others one origi- 

 nal, written by the Editor of the New England Farmer, 

 (and printed on the last page of this day's paper,) was 

 sung with much skill and eflect, by Mr i. W. Newell, 

 of Charlestown. 



volunteer toasts. 



By J. C. Gray, Esq., Third Vice President. — Our 

 Country — a noble tree, with 24 fruitful branches — Ljt it 

 be preserved from splitting at the crotch, and no earllrly 

 power can pr-ostrate it. 



By Doct. Ward, of Salem. — Tlie Flora and Pomona 

 of J\'ew England — The man of science may plant, the 

 man of wealth may water, but the man of practical skill 

 nrust give the increase. Success to them all. 



By Rev. J. Pierpont. — The tables turned since mart 

 first attended to Horticulture — then he had his worst fall , ,1 i> t-, ■ t, 



in the G-,irden— now he has his best Garden in the Fall. \ "V .'"", *;\- i^'_ /-^CKV. It wa 

 > By Mr Assur (a native of Poland.) — The Poles — In 

 America they arc necessary for the cultivation of Hops — 

 In Europe, the Russians are taught by them a quicker 

 step— fight. 



By Hon. Nathan Appleton. — Cultivation — The only 

 process of "obtaining Fruit, whether applied to Mind or 

 Matter. 



By E. Vose, Esq. — Belgium — the land of Van Mons ; 

 in return for the scions of its fine fruits, we ofTer to it 

 scions frorir our own Tree of Liberty. 



By E. Bartlctt, Esq., Second Vice President. — Our 

 Country — May those who administer the Govemmeitt 

 remember that tlie Apple of Discord should never be 

 cultivated. 



By Hon. Judge Davis. — Our modern Druids, who turn 

 Forests into Fields, unite the Garden with the Grove, and 

 are such decided Utilitarians as to prefer Maize to 

 Mistletoe. 



By Samuel Appleton, Esq. — The Garden of Eden, lost 

 to Mankind by the curiosity of Woman — regained for 

 Woman kind by Horticultural Societies. 



By T. G. Fessenden.— 77if Hun. John Lowell, the 



LtLLT & Wait. Boylston Square, have jtist re- 

 published the 90th niiiirber of the Quarlerly Review ; 

 it contains valuable articles on the fdlowing- sub- 

 jects : — ('ontie.'vion of Intellectual Operations with 

 Organic Action— Bonn's Poenis^Mmlern Science ; 

 Inductive Philosophy — Doctrine de Saint Simon ; 

 New Distribution of Property — Subversion of An- 

 cient Government — Old English Donn'stic Architec- 

 ture — Friendly Advice lo the Lords — Sanscrit Po- 

 etry. 



ALBANY HOKTICULTUI5AL SOCIeTY. 

 'I'lre third iiiiiiiverisary of the Alb.Tiiy lloi ticultu- 

 ral Society was reli:l)riitecl in this city on Saturday. 

 The tlis|i!!iy of fruits, vegetables, pjanls and flowers, 

 was not as great as oil the pievio'Js anniversary, 

 the season being iiirl'avoi-alple to the pearli, pear, 

 ijrape and paiticularly to what may lie called our 

 siaple fruit, tire pliiiii ; but it was, on the whole, a 

 creditiiblc oxlriliition. Tire annual address was 

 ilelivered at tire Mansion Hou.se, at 3 o'clock, P. M. 

 highly pertinent 

 and valuable efi'ort, ami was well received by the 

 idience. We hope lire author will coiisentto its 

 piiblicatiirii, with a more extended account of ^lie 

 p'^oceeilings. At 4, p. ji. ihe coinimny sat down 

 to an elegant dinner, served up in the best style, 

 by Mr Bradstreet. Tire guests consisted of the 

 ra'iers of the scrciety, the Ij'eiilenant (jovmior, 

 Chaiicelliir, Comptroller, Secretary of Slate, Recor- 

 der of the city, ami other stale and city olficers, anil 

 many citizens. Among the invited guests were 

 ihe venerable Col. Bassett and Dr Everett of Vir- 

 ;:inia, Alaj. Talcotl of the U. S. army, and Dr Spaf- 

 Oird, Mr Walsh, and other efficient ineinbeis of the 

 lleiissehrer County Horticultural Society. Judge 

 IjUel, president of the society, presided, assisted 

 by Isaac Denmsto.n, Est], vice-president. The 

 room and table were suitably decorated. Aftertlie 

 cloth was removed, various toasts were draulc. The 

 company separated at an early hour, in all respects, 



in all of about two hundred, sat down to a dinner, prepar- Patriarch of Improved Husla rdry— his influence, pre- we believe, highly gratified.— ^iiani/ ^rgui, 



