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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



to avoid repetition: viz., Flemish Beauty, Dutchess 

 d'Angouleme, Maria Louisa, Bartletl Dunlbre, 

 Catilhic, Vicar of Winkfield, Urbaniste, Napoleon, 

 Seckle, and many others. 



M. P. Wilder exhibited fine Golden Beurre, 

 Dix, Belle, Worcester, King Edward, Brougham, 

 Andrews, Frederic of Wurtemburg, Glout Mor- 

 ceau. 



J. P. Gushing made a grand display of early 

 Crawford peaches and Red Rare-ripes; and a great 

 variety of pears. 



HovEY & Co. Pears; among them Louise 

 Bonne de Jersey, Beurre d'Amanlis, Beurre St. 

 Quentin, Beurre d'Anjou, Stone, Passe Colmar, 

 I<e Cure, Seuille, French Autumn Bergamot, with 

 a splendid basket of assorted fruit, early Crawfords, 

 grapes and melons. 



J. S. Cabot. Fine pears; Bartlett, Henricarte, 

 St. Michael, Paquency, Neil, Henry IV., Musca- 

 dine, Fulton, Columbia, St. Andre. 



JosiAH LovETT, 2d. Fine Hessel, Ben Ar- 

 mudi. Belle Lucrative, Harvard, Pound, Bon Chre- 

 tien, Beurre Dial, St. Ghislain, Beurre Bosc, 

 Washington, Great Citron, &c. 



R. Manning. Bergamot, Miel de Waterloo, 

 Lewis Rousselet, Lawrence, Fondante d'Automne, 

 Long Green, Edwards, Huguenot, Figue. 



JosiAH Stickney made thebest display of pears, 

 receiving the first premium. 



John Gordon. Among others the Queen of the 

 low countries, Easter Beurre, Cumberland. 



In the lower hall was B. V. French's unrivalled 

 collection of apples, from Gloria Mundi to Crab, 

 $20 premium; plums by Henry Vandine, bronze 

 medal; peaches, (gratuity) by N. Stetson; plums 

 by J. T. Gates, bronze medal, and Josiah Lovett; 

 peaches, (gratuity) by W. Bacon and W. Kenrick; 

 basket of assorted fruit by James Nugent. 



Vegetables. — Squashes and potatoes, S. W. 

 Cole; beets and turnips. Stone & Co.; custard 

 squashes, (silver medal) Francis Marsh; melons, 



A. D. Webber; squashes, E. M. Richards; toma- 

 toes, Nahum Stetson; sweet potatoes, J. W. 

 Brown; cabbages, Jona. Mann, Jr.; Hybrid sweet 

 corn, (society's silver medal,) A. R. Rope; squash- 

 es and vegetables, A. Bowditch; snake cucumbers, 

 Thomas Page; blood beets, (gratuity $5) J. B. 

 Moore; and for turnips, (society's silver medal;) 

 cauliflowers, (gratuity) Fletcher Webster, and $8 

 premium fur 2d best display of vegetables; squashes, 

 (gratuity) Josiah Crosby; potatoes, (gratuity) An- 

 thony Hatch; water melons, (gratuity) John Gor- 

 don; best display of vegetables, J. B. Moore, $10; 

 3d, J. Crosby; -1th, A. D. Williams, (gratuity); 

 apples, J. B. Moore, 2d premium, $15; Josiah 

 Stickney, 3d, $12; John Gordon, 4th, $8; for the 

 best dish of apples, Silas Pierce, $6; 2d best J. 

 Stickney, $5; 3d, Josiah Lovett, (gratuity;) 4th, J. 



B. Moore. 



J. P. Gushing. Fine Catillac, Easter Beurre, 



Doyenne Gris, Gansell's Bergamot, Winter Nelis, 

 Bartlett. 



S. Dovi^NER, Jr. Fine Bartlett, Columbia, 

 Passe Colmar. 



W. R. Austin, $6 for best dish of 12 pears', 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme. 



B. V. French. Fine pears; and a magnificent 

 display of apples, receiving the first premium of 

 $20. 



Fine pears were also exhibited by Francis Dana, 

 Thomas Page, A. D. Weld, S. Philbrick, (An- 

 drews,) W. Kenrick, J. Hyde & Son, H. B. 

 Stanwood, (Bartlett) C. N. Brackett, A. W. 

 Stetson, Lewis Wheeler, J. B. Moore, Nahum 

 Stetson; J. Fiske Allen exhibited splendid grapes. 

 Black Hamburg, Rose, Golden and Red Chasselas, 

 Bowker, Bishop's. Winship & Co. had fine 

 Bruxelles, Jalousie de Fontenay, Catillac. George 

 Wilson, fine Paradise d'Automne, Beurre Bosc, 

 Charmontel. S. Sweetser, fine Pears, &c. Cheev- 

 er Newhall, (gratuity for pears.) John Washburn, 

 Josiah Richardson, (gratuity.) Galen Merriam, 

 W". C. Strong, W. R. Austin, John Gordan, (gra- 

 tuity.) William Bacon, Jonathan Mann, Jr., 

 Fearing Burr, (gratuity.) A. D. Williams, (gra- 

 tuity.) Henry Vaiidein and W. A. Crafts ex- 

 hibited fine pears. A magnificent stand of grapes, 

 which received the silver medal, was exhibited by 

 Dr. Nathan Durfee. A. W. Stetson exhibited a 

 fine vine of Black Hamburg grapes; also Sweet 

 Water. Other contributors were J. Breck & Son, 

 J. Fisk Allen, C. E. Grant, W. C. 

 best grapes, and $7 for a dish of 

 nectarines, &c. 



Strong, ($15) 

 assorted fruit, 



For the New England Farmer. 

 INSECTS AND THE POTATO ROT, . 



Mr. Cole: — It is curious to observe the variety 

 of opinions entertained relative to the decay of the 

 potato. It is a subject of so much antiquity, that 

 every one feels at liberty to speculate upon it, while 

 very few have the presumption to make any posi- 

 tive assertion respecting it. In fact, it is hardly 

 safe to aver what is known to be true, lest by pos- 

 sibility it may prove otherwise. 



I admire that perseverance in opinions that holds 

 on until the contrary is shown; but, when con- 

 vinced, to continue to argue still, is nearly allied 

 to obstinacy. Such, if I do not mistake, is the fact 

 in relation to those who still contend that insects 

 are the cause of the potato rot. It seeins to me that 

 Dr. Harris, in his modest but admirable letters on 

 this subject, has demonstrated, as far as is practi- 

 cable, that the decay of the potato, commonly called 

 the potato rot, is not caused by any insect hitherto 

 known among us. I think this should be set down 

 as an established fact; and so it seems to be admit- 

 ted in all quarters, except on the banks of the Mer- 

 rimack; and in certain papers whose distinguishing 

 characteristic is disagreement with all others. — 

 These thoughts came to mind, on the perusal of 

 your last paper, in which I perceive Mr. Whipple, 

 of Lowell, has put forward his insect notions as ap- 

 plicable to a green, and not a black insect, — and 

 holds on to his green louse with great pertinacity. 



