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AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



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Joshua GiirilrxT, of Dorclioster. — Anpli's: Fall 

 Pi|)piii, nixl brandies of Siberian Crab. I'ears : 

 Serkel. 



Mai-sliall p. Wi'ib'r, of Dorelipster. — Wiiliams' 

 Boil Chielieii {lidiilrtl), IJeigaiuotte. Apples: 

 two varieties, lioili fine. Melons: 'J'nie Persian 

 Honsanie Mnsiv Melon (striped, the seeds from tlio 

 London Horticnltiiral Society, and believed to be 

 the first of the kind prodnced in tlie eountiy;. 

 Lord Gardner's Grei'ii Heshed 3InskiiieIon. 



John A. Kcnriek, of Ncwtou. — I'eais: Seekel, 

 Williams Bon Chretien ^Bartlett), Chelmsford, 

 Beurre Knox. Apples; York Rnssets, and some 

 other kinds. Peaches; Albergej Red Rarcri|ie, 

 Sweet Water, Cooledge's Favorite. 



John Ma^kay, of Boston, for Henry Flagg, of 

 Weston. — Apples : 4 baskets of Ilawthorndean, 

 beautiful. Pears: 4 baskets of Seekel, 2 do. of 

 Heatheot. 



Ulichael Tombs, of the Fanenil Hall Market. — 

 Pears: Hanuas, a fruit which has never to our 

 knowledge been exhibited and believed to be a 

 native, much like the St Michaels, but to appear- 

 ance more olilong, and of larger size ; Gushing, 

 from the original tree, which in a dry and gravelly 

 soil produces from sixteen to twenty bushels this 

 season. 



Madaine Dix, of Washington street, Boston. — 

 Pears: Bon Chretien, Dix, Old St Germain. 



Dr S. A. Shurtleff, one of the Vice Presidents 

 of the Society, Pemberton Hill — Pears: 5 baskets 

 of St Michaels raised in his garden in the city, 

 Rousselette de Rlieims, F''all Berganiotte, Gansel's 

 Bergamotte. Apples: High top Sweeting. Grapes: 

 4 baskets of Chasselas. 



Dr Zabdiel B. Adams, of oston. Pears : Seek- 

 el, St Michael. White Imperial or Yellow Egg 

 Piuni. 



William Oliver, of Dorchester. — St Ghislain, 

 Wilkinson, Broca's Bergamotte, Williams' Bon 

 Chretien (Bartlett). Apples: Chataigne or Ches- 

 Dut apple. Melons : Cantaloupe, Persian Musk- 

 melons. 



E. Train, of Weston. — Apples : a specimen re- 

 sembling in exteriornhe Alexander. 



R. & E. Marsh, of Quiucy. — Pears : Gushing ; 

 specimens about as fine as those which were ex- 

 hibited the Saturday previous, 4 of which weighed 

 21 ounces. 



S. Phipps, of Dorchester. — Pears: Williams 

 Bon Chretien (Bartlell) Seekel. — Apples: Fall Pip- 

 pin, Spice apple. 



E. Bartlett, of Roxhury, one of the Vice Pres- 

 idents. Pears: Bartlett or Williams' Bon Chre- 

 tien, Capiaumont. Apples : Maiden's Blush, Rib- 

 Bton Pippin. Phims: Purple Gage, New Gage. 

 Peaches : some fine specimens. 



Dana & Norcross, of the Fanenil Hall Market. 

 — Pears: Williams' Bon Chretien, Gushing, Har- 

 vard. Peaches : Cooledge's Favorite. Other bas- 

 kets of ])earsand fine fruit. 



William Wortliington, of Dorchester. — Capiau- 

 mont, Monsieur Jean, Warden, Minot, Roussellette 

 de Rheims, Seekel, St Michael, ^\'illiatns' Bon 

 Chretien or Bartlett, Native Red Cheek, Pound 

 pear, and several other kinds. Apples: Ladies' 

 Delight, Carhoiise. 



Richard Ward, of Roxbury. — Roxbury Russets, 

 growth of 1834, Sweet apples. Pears : Bon Chre- 

 tien ^Villiams or Bartlett, Seek&l. Peaches : Cool- 

 edge's Favorite, Red Rareripe, Y'ellow do. 



Charles Stone, of Watertown. — Peaches: Y'^el- 

 low Rareripe, Stone's Favorite, in all II baskets. 



Amos Bemis, of Waltbam. — Peaches: Carolina 

 Rareripes. 



Sirs Deiieli, of Dcrne street, Boston. — Yellow 

 Rareripe Peach. 



E. S). Richards, of Dedham.— Pears : Verte 

 Longui', Harvard, Chelmsford. A|)ples: Red Ju- 

 iieating, lienoni, the lust always fine ; Summer 

 Pearmain, Orange Sweeting. 



B. V. French, of Boston. — Pears: Williams' 

 Bon Chretien or Bartlett, Gushing, Wilkinson. 

 Apples ; Hawthcirndcnn, Ruggles' apple, Down- 

 ton Golden Piiiiiin, Native Sweeting, Kerry Pip- 

 pin, Y'ellow Bellflower, Dutch Codliii. Grapes : 

 Morillon Noir. 



Mr Slack, of Roxbury. — Pears: Bartlettt, An- 

 drews, and another variety. Apples: a large and 

 handsome variety. Peaches, 2 baskets. 



G. Pierce, of Chavlestown. — Apples : 3 baskets 

 of Porter. Pears: 3 baskets of Andrews. 



William Dean, of Salem. — Pears: Johonnet, 2 

 baskets; and some fine Grapes from his Grape 

 house. 



William Kenrick. — Pears : Beurre Colmar d'- 

 Automne, a new, valuable, and most productive 

 variety. 



Messrs Hovey. — Pears: Johonnet, Williams' 

 Bon Chretien or Bartlett ; also, peaches and nec- 

 tarines raised in pots. 



P. May, of Boston. — Pears ; Golden Beurre. 



S. Sweetser, of Cambridge. — Pears : Bon Chre- 

 tien. 



Cheever Newhall, of Dorchester. — Plesident 

 peaches. 



.David Hill, of West Cambridge. — Peaches: 

 Lemon Rareripe, Orange peach. 



Wm. Gridley, of Boston. — Plums : a limb of 

 beautiful fruit of the Magnum Bonum, a kind suit- 

 able onlj' for preserving and for show. 



Samuel Heath, of Roxbury. — A basket of beau- 

 tiful Andrews pears. 



E. W. Hay ward, of Mendon. — A basket of fine 

 peaches. 



Mrs King — Two baskets of fruit. 



Mrs Timothy Bigelow, of Medford, — Some .spe- 

 cimens of peaches, very fine. 



Mr Timothy Bigelow, of Medford. — Bon Chre- 

 tien pears. 



William Wales, of Dorchester. — Black Ham- 

 burg grapes. 



Thomas Mason, of the Charlestown Vineyard. 

 Peaches : Royal George, Bellegarde. Nectarines: 

 EIruge, Bruguon, a native, both kinds very beau- 

 tiful. Grapes: Chasselas or Sweetwater, Black 

 Hamburg, of the second crop. 



Benjamin Seaver. — Sweetwater grapes and 

 peaches. 



Jacob Tidd, of Roxbury. — Grapes: 2 bunches 

 of Regnerde Nice, very large, one weighing 2 3-4 

 lbs. and the other 3 1-2 lbs.; also, three bunches 

 of Black Hamburg, one weighing 2 lb. 6 oz., an- 

 other 2 lb. 1,5 oz. and another 3 1-4 lbs. 



Joshua Child. — Grapes : Morillon Noir. 



Benjamin Guild, of Brookline. — Plums: White 

 Gage. Grapes : Slack Hamburg, raised under 

 glass, but without fire, Sweetwater, raised in 

 Brookline, in the open air, on common trellis ; all 

 large and fine. 



John Arnold, No. 99, Cambridge street. — Sweet- 

 water, raised in open culture in the city. 



Charles Taylor, of Dorchester. — A large basket 

 of Black Hamburg grapes, very fine. 



Joseph Balch. — Pears : Green Catharine, and 

 another for the Gushing. Apples: Benoni, and a 



yellow variety from England. Twice bearing red 

 raspberries. Fine specimens of peaches. Grapes : 

 Blac'k Ha. I burg, White Frontignac. 



T. H. Perkins, from his magnificent and s[):ieioni! 

 glass-hoiisus in lirooklirie. — Peaches: Noblesse, 

 F.arly York, Freiirh Gallande, Grosse Gal'ande; 

 also, red Roman nectarines, all very beautiful. 

 Grapes: White Passe Miisque, B'ack Lombardy, 

 White Sweetwater, Black Fraiikendalc, White 

 Mns-at of Alexandria, Black Handjurg, Whit 

 Syrian, Black St Peters, White Frontignac, Black 

 Frontignac, Grizzly Frontignac, Black Clusttr or 

 .Aleiinier, Barcelona Long White. These were 

 beautifully arranged in clusters of diflferent colors 

 alternate, and with a fine effect. Such a variety 

 of the superior kinds has never been disp'ayeil, 

 we believe, at any former exhibition. All were 

 grown by the skill of Win. H. Cowing. From the 

 same source a rare and new variety of squash was 

 sent for exhibition. 



Samuel Phipis, of Dorchester. — Specimens of 

 Valparaiso squash ; also. Autumnal Marrow do^ 

 and Egg Plants. 



Dennis Murphy, of Roxbury. — Lima squash ; 

 also, fine specimens of the purple and white Egg 

 Plants. 



Next to the altar, tlu» end of the centre table 

 was graced by a large an I beautiful Orange Tree 

 loaded with its large and go'den fruit, intermixed 

 with others unripe, and in every stage of their 

 growth. This was from the green-huuse of the 

 Hon. John Lowell. 



For the Committee. 



William Kenrick. 



()5= The Official Report of the Mass. Hort. 

 Society was received too late for insertion. 



Plaster on Corn. — Some of the best farmers 

 in Westchester county, near the Hudson, sow 

 gypsum broadcast on the ground they intend to 

 break up for corn. My previous impi'essions were 

 that this enriching substance was applied to com 

 only in the bill. It may be a query whether the 

 principal or only benefit which the corn derives 

 from plaster sown broadcast before ploughing, is 

 not be attributed wholly to the increased growth of 

 grass which is turned under and fermented. This 

 mode of application is certainly far less tedious. 

 These same farmers began this spring to sow plas- 

 ter early in April, when the grass had but just 

 commenced to grow. This does not appear to be 

 in accordance with the rule, that the benefit of 

 plaster is i:i proportion to the size of the leaf when 

 applied. — A*. Y. Farmer. 



Scraps for Hogs. — In former numbers of the 

 New York Farmer, it was stated that scraps of 

 ta'low-nielters fed to hogs would inqait a disa- 

 greeable flavor to the pork, and tliat it was neces 

 sary to give theni grain two or three weeks before 

 killing them. On the 12th of February last I 

 killed a hog fed almost altogether on scraps, until 

 within a week before killing. The pork was 

 sweet and pleasant, free from any taste of the 

 scraps. Mr Wheelock, of Elizabeth street, has 

 for several years past fed his hogs exclusively on 

 scraps to the time of killing them. He not only 

 does net discover any unpleasant taste, but finds 

 his pork superior to that generally found in market 



The demand for scraps for chemical manufac- 

 turing purposes renders a supply of this article 

 uncertain. — 76. 



