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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Nov. 12, 1830. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1830. 



" ^ TTTo r.^^ I Taidiniur, of Noisette. From Samuel Lathrop, 



in sweetness and richness ''"y '?"'"•='' ''^^P^'-Je,, of West Springfield, a box of Pears, with 

 mium is given. If the farm orter no P=''' ^"'^ 1 ^fj' >" ,,,mg let er to the editor of the New En- 

 I advantage for a dairy, great attention m scalding '^ '"^^ - 

 = and purifying every vessel and article used, as U,k"iu ^ . wesi iSpriDgfidd, November 2, 1830. 



r„flh 'ihow at Mrthampton.— On the 27th ult. well as great care, that the cream be not kept 1°° I (;. Fessenden, Esci 



the at ve saVof e hLp;^^ Hu„,pden an.l long, and that no bntternnlk -nuun, wouU add ^^^^ ^^^_^ ^^^^^ ^^.^ ^^^ p„^ .„,„ ,, , ^ 

 Frank la Agrfcultural Society was celebrated in many thousand dollars of mconje '« ^ "de^^^^ ^^^ Springfield, a sn.all box contaunng 8 or 



^T 7 .7.1 ati'l increase the consumption by gratifying the |,^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ . ^^^ ^^^^^^. „^„,„ j,j„„ the 



Tle'Hamp^hire Gazette asserts that 'the ex- taste a"d pron.oting the health of the pur^^^^^^^ ^,,^ ^^.,„„3 ,,„.„ ,ent to me by Col 



hib^ti^nwrso, the whole inferior to former e^- Much credit is due to Mr Benus, ot W^le.t^wn, ^ ^ late of Germantown, Pa and 



S tic s though in some particulars there was an for his exhibition of a jar of Butter ™-de in the ^ _^_^___^^^^ ^^ j,^,,,,,.^^^ f^.„,„ ,^,, g^atc. 



e Sr improvemem.' The Hon. S. C. Allen of summer of 1829, perfectly sweet, and of good I ^^ ,J^^^^^^^ ^_^^ ^,^^^ .^ ^^^^ ^ „,,;,, fruit-that it 

 Northfield delivered the address. This is said to flavor. I •■ ^ .<■-. <•■■— o„.i ,l,„, h« bad L'lven it 



ha be ?i at;:! production. The collection The prenuums oii old Cheese are awarded- 

 of people, especially of the younger portion of the iThe 1st to E isIki Matthews, $10 



community was very great. The manufactures The 2d to Job Ranger, 

 are highly spoken of by the Editor of the Green- On new Cheese, 

 aie jiig y y J. , f 1.1. .„ The 1st to Hooper Holland, »i" 



The 2d to Samuel Denny, ^5 



All the Cheese offered was, with two exceptions, 



from New Braintree and Barre, and from those 



excellent grazing townships we are almost always 



field Gazette. Among them were a piece of blue 

 cloth, which took the first iiremium ; several 

 pieces of excellent flannels, and some rose blank- 

 ets ; do. of stair carpeting ; a cloth floor carpet 

 wrought in colors with the needle, by Miss Esther 



wi-niin-ht n CO ors with the needle, ny iviiss t,»uici caucuch g.i.^...j, ,- <•,!.„,„ 



down of milk-weed attracted particular attention 

 Cutlery manufactured by Mr E. S. Phelps, and 

 Messrs Fowle and Kirkham, of Northampton, 

 was highly commended. Spiral springs for fast- 

 ening doors and windows were exhibited, which 

 were well calculated for their object. There were 

 also fine butter, a few skeins of excellent sowing 

 silk, made by Mrs Shaw, of Belchertown, and four 

 or five pounds of raw silk, raised and reeled by 

 Mrs Starkweather, of Nortljampton. This silk 

 was wound on an Italian reel, said to be greatly 

 preferable to any other. 



' The manufactured articles generally were pro- 

 nounced to be of a quality superior to those 

 usually exhibited on such occasions,' although they 

 were not so numerous. 



were certainly very good, but not of such uncom- 

 mon excellence as to deserve higher commenda- 

 tion than receiving the premiums. 



The sage Cheese of Capt. David Lee, offered 

 only for exhibition, was very excellent of its kind. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



BENJ. GUILD, 



J. C. GRAY, 



I. THORNDIKE, Jr. < Committee. 



I. P. DAVIS, 



BENJ. POLLARD. 



He informed me that it was a native fruit— that it 

 originated on his farm, and that he had given it 

 the%ibove name. He spoke of the pear as ex- 

 celling almost all others in his estimation, and of 

 the tree as a good bearer. ' 



I esteem it as a very valuable fruit, and have 

 considered it a great accession to my assortment, 

 which is small, the more so, as it was wholly un- 

 known to any person here, who has seen or tasted 

 it It may not be a new kind to the members ot 

 llie Society, but if it should be, and any person 

 sliouUl wish for scions, it will give me pleasure to 

 furnish them, at the proper season, to the extent 



of my means. . 



The fruit which 1 have sent you, is a fair sam- 

 ple—not a selection of the largest pears, butajust 

 average of the whole produce. It is not so large 

 this season as common— indeed the season has 

 proved unfavorable with me for all kinds of pears. 

 I am, tery respectfully. 



Your friend and servant, 



Samuel Lathrop. 



The Committee on Butter, Cheese, and Cider, at 

 the Brighton Show, respectfully report— 

 That the only articles ofl'ered to them for pre 

 miums were Bmter and Cheese— that of the sev- 

 eral entries, more than one half would not be con- 

 sidered Butter of uncommon excellence, either in 

 flavor, the perfectness with which it was made, or 

 the neatness with which it was piit up ; it might be 

 termed very good butter, and a fair sample of 

 what the owners send weekly to market ; a few 



It should be borne in mind for the credit of 

 those to whom premiums have been given, that as 

 most of the Butter entered for premium at Brigh- 

 ton, is afterwards sent to Boston market, and sold 

 as Brighton Butter, purchasers are apt to think 

 Brighton and premium one and the same, though 

 they are by no means convertible terms 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Saturday, November G, 1830 

 R U I 1 



The Committee have carefully examined the 

 fruit and have identified it to their satisfaction as 

 the Holland Green, No. 26, of Cox, to wbo.e de- 

 scription Mr Lathrop is referred. Col. Forrest 

 >usthave been mistaken in its bemg a seed mg, 

 . have sent scions of the Holland Green for those 

 of the 'Bagpipe.' The Holland Green has been 

 produced for several years by one of the Com- 

 mittee. In all seasons it has been bad ; he there- 

 fore came to the conclusion that it was tin fit for 

 our climate, and regrafted his trees, as did others 

 who had raised the same fruit. The pears sent 

 ^m,ks.— From Mr John Perry, of Sherburne, j ^^ ^^^^ ^^^.^^^. ,,y jj,. L,ubrop, were ot fine flavor; 

 a native apple of good quality. From E. Phinney, I ^^^^ .^^ ^j^^ ^;,^„„ g„-^^ of Springfield, and in New 

 Esq. Baldwin apples, from his premium orchard ; j Yo,.k and Pennsylvania, it is no doubt a very de- 



' " ' ■ tlie largest apple ■,, f,.„:, 



" - - . ! sirable iiuii. „,. 



From Mr Otis Pettee, of Newton, Hyslop Chnir 



very fine and of large size , 

 What the owners sena wee..j .o .i.a.„.., . .... weighed 16 oz., and 6 weighed 5 lbs. t^'om Col 

 boxes of excellent flavor, pure, hard, and clean in Jaques, of Charlestown, ilubbardston Nonsuch p^^^^^es. 



-ipneann e and packed with .reat nicety and this excellent apple is stated to be a naive of, ^ .„,,o„ ^as also exhibited, which was tak 



" ' ' lu.,1.1 A^,^,, Pmm J. R. Russell, a very pleasant I ^ i,„ v:.,o 



care. 



The 1st preniiiun, is awarded to Michael Ci 



of Bedford, 



2d do to Nahum Hardy, 



Waltham, §10 



3J ao to Luther Cham- 



berlain, of Westborough, S''' 



4th ,lo to Adam Fay, $5 



The Committee would be very happy (if occa- 

 sion were given) to congratulate the community 

 on the improvements in the art of making Butter 



f and this excellent apple is stated to be a native ot ^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ exhibited, which was laKen 

 Hubbardston. From J. B. Russell, a very pleasant ^^,^^^^ ^j^^ yj,^^ ;„ gp^jn early in September. Ihe 

 ro=by, flavored apple, cultivated extensively in ^e^^f^^^.^y ^y^s good, ami the seeds were d.stnbutea 

 $15 Cambridge, and called the 'Coney Apple.' From . ^^.u^^tion. ROBERT MANNING. 



ney Apple 

 John Prince, Esq. Royal Apples, (good.) From 

 S. Downer, Esq. Natural apples ; small, handsome, 

 and said to be very prolific. From George C. 

 Eaton, ' Russet Sweetings,' very fair, keep late, 

 and said to have been raised from seed in Peters- 

 ham, Mass. . 

 Pmcs.— From John Prince, Esq. Beurr6 d Roi, 

 Spanish Bon Chretien, and Winter Auchan. The 



on the improvements in iiie art oi riiaKuig jjuiti,. in|jai.i=ii x^>^.. v^. , _-.- 



and Cheese, but in truth for the last few ye»rs. Committee had doubts about the co'-re^t".^^^ "^ 

 the Cheese has been rarelv capable of sustaining I the last name, on the ground that the iriiit was 

 a premium, and the Butter of no remarkable or much better than the descnption of Pomologica 

 uncommon excellence; nothing better than what authors would indicate. 1- rom Jeremiah Colman, 



POTATO ONIONS. 



This curious variety of the onion is very early 

 and mild. They should be planted in common 

 dry situations, in the autumn,_covered over abou 

 uvo inches deep in gaulens. The small ones 

 should be planted out 4 inches apart-the large 

 ones 12 to 14. They are generally ripe about the 

 10th of July, and yield eig ht to ten fold 



It is stated that there were in Boston 0"^Molwi 

 uncom"m"on excellence ; nothing better than what ; authors would indicate. From Jeremian ».o,mau, day, 18 ships 6 barks, 86 b'^S^ lj;2 sc loone^^ 

 eveiTftrm in the common weaUh might and ought Esq. of Ncwburyport, Pears, names unknown, and 58 .^loopMotal, 330 , 



to produce, and where there is, as in many places ' From E. Phinney, Esq. Doyenne G-'S fi.in im- „,ore fishmgciaft^_ __ 



there may be, a well constructed dairy room, pur- ported Tree. From Doct. S. A. .^l^""'^"' * '^■'°"- ^^ j^^„ Reid, of Halifax, Vt. took from fig 

 ified by a running stream, stock selected for rich leuse, (Poire d'Glace) not in eating. F'"'" S- GK Mr J ,^ ^^^^^^^ _ ^^^ ^23, 2d, 425, SJ^j 



milk, sweet pastures, clean and thorough milker^ Perkins, Esq. Doyenne d'Hyver, a gofld fruit »"d ] hi 1. 172-total, 1049. 



and makers, butter loight be offered, far surpassing worthy of cultivation ; for description see Bon 21b, 4ti , , 



