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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Oct. 1, 1830. 



slmlfin the garret, there to remain with otlier 

 coiMhustihle?, in tlie air, until wanted. ' 



In the (load of the night, perhaps, an herh is 

 wanted— a person is sent with a light to hrnig it | 

 in a huriv, and after tumhling over and over, a num- 

 ber of different kind?, it is at length fonnd,havmg 

 been exposed so long to the action of the air, as to 

 have lost its flavor. If in this manner, turning 

 ovor in a hurrv, a heap of dry conibustihle matters 

 „ith one hand, and holding the light carelessly 

 with the other, if the hout^e is not set on iire, it is | 

 a lucky circumstance. A hint to the wise is suth- 



cient. ^- ^• 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, was held at their Hall, on Satur- 

 day the 18th inst. when the following Officers 

 were elected. 



PRESIDENT. 



Henry A. S. Dearborn, Roxbunj. 



VICE PRESIDENTS. 



Zebedee Cook, Jr, Dorchesler. 

 John C. Gray, Boston. 

 Enoch Barti.ett, Roxbury. 

 EuAS Puinney, Lexington. 



TREASURER. 



Uheever Newhall, Boston. 



CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 



Jacob Biuelow, M. D., Boston. 



RECORDING SECRETARY. 



Robert L. Emmons, Boslori. 



COUNSELLORS. 



Jokn Lemiat, Rozbury. 

 !?. A. Shurtkfl', Boston 

 Henjurain Rodnmn,JVew Bedford. 

 John B. Ruiiaoll, Boston. 

 ClmrlM Senior, Roxbury. 

 William H. Sumner, Dorchester. 

 Chiirlcs Tappan, Boston. 

 Jacob Tiiiil, Roxbury. 



M \.\VarJ, M. D., Soiem. 



Jona. Winsliip, Brin-/l(on. 



William Worlliington,J^(M*t/(C^(er, 



Eliiah Vosfi, Vorchcster. 



Aaron D. Williams, Rozbnty. 



E. M. Richards, Dcdham. 



Au"r«tai Aspinwall, BrooUinc. 

 TliSmaa Brewer, Rozbary. 

 Henry A. BroeJ, ii/""-, , 

 B. W. Ciowninshield, i»ilrin. 

 i G. C(>!;iwcll, Jiforthaaipton. 

 NathaftW Davenport, Mitton. 

 B. H. Derbv, Salem. 

 Samuel Downer, Dorchester. 

 Oliver Fisko, ITorcestcr. 

 B. V. French, Boston. 

 J. M.Gourgas, Westm. 

 T W. Harris, M. D. Milton. 

 Samuel Jaques, Jr.CVinrleslolim 

 Jot.G. Joy, Boston. 

 William Kenrick, Jfcwton. 

 . PROFESSOR OF BOTANY AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. 



Malthcs a. Ward, M. D. 



professor of entomology. 

 T. W. Harris, M. D. 



PROFESSOR OF HORTICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. 



J. W. Webster, M. D. 

 STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL. 



ON FRUIT TREES, FRUITS, &C. 



Elias Phinney, Chairman. 

 Samuel Downer, 

 Oliver Fiske, 

 Robert Manning, 

 Charles Senior, 

 Elijah Vose, 

 Wm. Kenrick, 

 E. M. Richards. 



ON THE culture AND PRODUCTS OF THE KITCHEN 

 GARDEN. 



Daniel Chandler, Chairman. 

 Jacob Tidd, 

 Aaron D. Williams, 

 John B. Russell, 

 Nathaniel Seaver, 

 Leonard Stone. 

 05 ornamental trees, shrubs, flowers, and 

 green-houses. 

 Robert L. Emmons, Chairman. 

 Jonathan Winshiv, 

 Joseph G. Joy, 



David Haggebston, 

 George W. Pratt. 



on the library. 

 H. A. S. Dearborn, Chairman. 

 John C. Gray, 

 Jacob Bigelow, 

 T. W. Harris, 

 E. H. Derby, 

 Zebedee Cook, Jr. 



committee on the SYN0NYME9 OF FRUITS. 



John Lowell, Chairman. 



Samuel G. Perkins, 



Samuel Downer. 



executive committee. 



Samuel Downer, Chairman, 



George W. Brimmer, 



Charles Tappan, 



J. B. Russell, 



Elijah Vose. 



The following Gentlemen were admitted a3 Mem 

 bers of the Society. 



Richard Fletcher, Boston. 



Joseph B. Joy, " 



Samuel H. Bradford, " 



Robert T. Paine, " 



Leverett Saltonstall, Salem. 



Russell Freeman, JVeu) Bedford. 



John Mackay, Boston, 



Edward Eldridge, " 



John Williams, Cambridgeport. 



S. P. Hildrktii, of Marietta, Ohio, was elected 

 an honorary member. 



Voted, That the alterations which hare from time 

 to time been made in the Constitution ar.d By-Laws, 

 with a correct list of all the members and standing 

 Committees of the Society, be appended to the An- 

 niversary Address. 



The following letter from S. P. Hillreth, Esq., 

 addressed to the President, was read. It was ac- 

 companied with a drawing of a fine Seedliag Pear, i 

 to which ths Society was requested by the writer, to 

 affix a name, and they accordingly gave it that of 



the BuRLINGAME. 



JTo General Dearborn — 



Dear Sir — From your known attachment ind 



devotion to the culture of fine fruits, made known 



to me through the medium of the N. B. Fariier, 



I take the liberty of forwarding to you the drawing 



and description of a pear, which 1 think dcseives 



to be preserved among the native friiiti of jur 



common country. The drawing was made by 



myself, but I i)raclise the art so seldom tha. it 



lacks much of the nicety of a good artist, thoigh 



yon may rely on it as correct. The seed fiom 



which this pear originated was collected by the 



wife of Mr C. Burlingame, a daughter of the ate 



Gen. Rufus Putnam, in New Jersey as early as 



the year 1790, and saved among other scids 



from tVuits eaten on their journey from Masa- 



dmsetts to Marietta. These seeds were plant;d 



the following winter in a nursery ami trans|)lanlNl 



in t\ue time into an orchard on the Ohio botton a 



mile below Marietta. This tree happened to le 



planted on the base of a poor clayey hill, at tie 



extremity of a row ; its growth was tardy audit 



was not known to be a jiear tree until it producid 



fruit in its 14th or 18th year — since then it 



has been a regular bearer and free from the bligh, 



so ruinous to all other jiear trees in this part 'f 



Ohio. The following is a description of the friit 



&c. (The drawing is accurate as to size of fnit 



and leaf.) 



Tree ]>yramidal, with a broad base — Wool 

 strong, light brown inclined to green, sprinkled 

 with numerous light colored, fine dots — Leaves 

 large on the young wood ; oval, pointed and nearly 



fiat, with a finely serrated margin — Petioles, long 

 and strong — leaves numerous about the fruit buds, 

 from two to six on each bud, but smaller than on- 

 the young wood. Fruit medium size ; skin when 

 ripe, yellow, with fine green dots and on the 

 lawny side of a rich crimson — surface smooth^ 

 with slight longituilinal depressions — Flesh melt- 

 ing, white, very juicy, sugary and delicious; in 

 eating from the middle of July to the Inst of 

 August, best when ripening on the tree, but very 

 good if gathered when liard and ripened in tiiB 

 house; a great and constant bearer. 



This pear is probably of the Bergamot family, 

 impregnated with the golden Beiirre or Crassamie. 

 1 can find no pear in Coxe'svvorii which answers to 

 tbis. — If you know a more proper name than the 

 one given by me please suggest it. 



Fruits of most kinds, suitable to this climate 

 were early and extensively cultivated. The tree, 

 grew most luxuriantly, and bore fruit when very 

 young. 1 have seen pears of the variety called 

 ' pound pear,' weigh 36 or 38 ounces — but mojl 

 of the trees are either dead or in a perishiug 

 I condition. The last spring, or early part of sum. 

 nier has been rather the most ruinous to pe«r 

 trees of any since 1S2-2— many of ihem died ; Lui 

 latf^rly the young trees had been (piite hcaltlij, 

 I view it as a disease of plethora. The tree becomes 

 from its luxuriant growth too full of sap, and a 

 sudden check to its circulation by cold, or a de- 

 pression of 30 or 40 degrees of temperature,iii 

 the latter part of May or June, when the juice.- 

 circulate more rapidly, is certain to be followeo 

 by what is called ' blight.' Trees planted In a pool, 

 hard, clayey or gravelly soil, I have noticed are 

 much more healthy, than those in a rich soil, &ti 

 especially if highly manured. Doubtless soon 

 I trees perish by the ravages of the ' Scolytus Pyri, 

 but for one by this insect, ten die by blight «i 

 pletliora, in this vicinity. I have examined man) 

 trees for this purpose, but could never find oii: 

 whose disease could be attributed to this iiisec: 

 Plums and Nectarines, are tormented by itt 

 puncturing instruments of the little cnrculio, mi 

 in my orchard have as yet set at defiance my plans 

 for their preservation. I have tried paving iintlt! 

 the trees extensively, but without benefit. M, 

 next trial will bo with sulphur and soap sui! 

 thrown over the Icavesand fruit, through the mom! 

 ofMav. It is to be hoped your Horticultural Socii 

 ties, will raise a sufficient bounty to enconra; 

 some one to give full attention to the matter till 

 remedy is found. I have the stones of a wi' 

 plum, whose fruit is the size of a moden: 

 peach, brought IVom near Granville in this slii 

 The tree is small, and a regular bearer. If thi 

 do well I can furnish you some of the scions, «i 

 also sonic from the Burlg Pear, if you wish I 

 them. Being a cultivator and admirer of fc 

 flowers, I am aii.xious to obtain a few seeds 

 the Clarkia Pulchella and Schizanthus iiinnali 

 sent to your Society, last spring, from Paris, 

 the plants have ripened their seeds, a few mig 

 he sent in a letter, by mail. We have sevet 

 handsome wild flowers, cultivated in my gariit 

 from which I could furnish seeds — two or ihr' 

 varieties of Phlox, as many Perennial Dtlphiniw 

 &c, which could Ik; furnished in exchange for tar 

 of your exotics, without much trouble. 



Wishing you continual health, and abuiidi' 

 satisfaction in your horticultural pursuits, I reim 

 your friend. S. P. IIILDRETH 



Marietta, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1830. 



