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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



the systematic farmer or gardener, will find plenty 

 of employment in all seasons of the year. Individ- 

 ual cases may appear trifling and unimportant, but 

 in the aggregate these little matters are really what 

 go far to distinguish the systematic and thrifty 

 husbandman. 



AN HOUR IN THE HORTICULTURAL 

 ROOMS. 



The towns in the vicinity of Boston produ'-e as 

 large, beautiful, and highly-flavored fruits, as can 

 be found in any other portion of our country. The 

 unfavorable influences of cold climate have, in a 

 considerable degree, been overcome, and fruits 

 which a few years since it was found very difiicult 

 to produce at all, are now grown in perfection and 

 abundance. It was supposed that the best of our 

 native grapes, the Isabella and Catawba, could not 

 be successfully cultivated in the open air; but the 

 exhibitions this fall show that some mode of culti- 

 vation has been found to produce them in a very 

 high degree of excellence. 



At the Horticultural Rooms on Saturday, we 

 saw the Frogmore Grape, by Geo. W. Robinson, 

 of Somerville. The branch weighed 3| pounds, 

 and was made up of 6 or 8 bunches, very much 

 resembling fine specimens of the Isabella, but all 

 attached to one general stem. Several specimens 

 of Black Hamburg, side by side, presented a very 

 different appearance; some of them answering to 

 their name by being very dark, and covered with 

 bloom, while others were purplish, and almost 

 transparent. A dish presented by B. D. Emerson, 

 of Jamaica Plain, were very large, purple, and 

 looked delicious. A plate of the Diana, with their 

 nale greyish red, were very attractive — presented 

 by G. H. Hutchings, Boston. Several lots o{ Isa- 

 hella and Catawba, by C. E. Grant, Mt. Pleasant, 

 Roxbury, gave plenty of evidence that they may 

 be successfully cultivated in the open air. 



A plate of Peaches, gathered on the 20th Sept., 

 and preserved by the discovery of D. F. Curtis, 

 were presented by A. W. Stetson, of East Biain- 

 tree; they were quite plump and fair, being only 

 slightly shrivelled on the stem end. 



But the Pears afforded the chief attraction. The 

 D/.r Pear, from Josiah Stickney, Waterlown, were 

 very fine. This pear is one of the highest excel- 

 lence. The Glout Morccau, by Jonathan Mason, 

 Ji. . is an excellent winter pear, and was nearly as 

 !-ine looking as sopne of the more delicate autumn 

 iiiit. Tiiere were some exquisite specimens of 

 liiH DucJiessc d'Angouleme, by S. Downer, Dor- 

 '•hesler, and beautiful samples of the Bucrre Diel, 

 by M. P. Wilder, of Dorchester. J. Fisk Allen, 

 of Salem, presented a dish of the melting Seckel. 



We noticed some large and fair Qxiinccs, and 

 one which weighed two pounds. 



There was but one lot of Apples, and that was a 

 basket of the Hubbardslon Nonsuch from John B. 



Moore, Concord, and one of the handsomest spec- 

 imens we ever saw. The fruit was large, clear, 

 and very highly ctdoiTd. This apple has been in 

 demand in the market this fall, and brought a high 

 price. 



We advise all lovers of good fruit, and all who 

 entertain doubts as to success in pniducing it, to 

 call at the Horticultural Rooms in Sc:lu)ol Street 

 and become convinced that the thing is thorough- 

 ly understood by the cultivators in the vicinity of 

 Boston. 



ACKNOWLFDGMENTS. 



From H. J. Mead, Cornwall, Vt., some seed- 

 ling apples, medial size, fair, handsome and of good 

 quality. 



From E. W. Bull, Concord, some nuive grapes 

 from Scituate, large size and f^iir quality. 



From Albert Bresee, Hubbardston, Vt., pears 

 for a name. This pear strongly resembles the St. 

 Michael, excepting it difl^ers very much in color in 

 having much cinnamon about it. It is of the very 

 highest quality. We think it is the Gray Doyenne, 

 which resembles the St. Michael, but is a little 

 later, of a higher flavor, more russett. Like the St. 

 Michael, it fails on the sea-coast in New England, 

 l)ut flourishes well in the interior. Also, some fine 

 apples, large size and fair, of excellent quality. 

 We should think they were well worthy of culti- 

 vation. We think the russett is not the Boston or 

 Roxbury Russett, but we cannot judge from a sin- 

 gle specimen, as they vary very much on the same 

 tree. 



From Wm. O. H. Gwynneth, Portland, Me., a 

 box of apples containing a variety of specimens 

 for a name; mostly too hard for present use; that 

 marked No. 7 is a very handsome variety, of ex- 

 cellent quality, and is probably the Gravenstein; 

 but it is hard judging of fruit from single speci- 

 mens. 



From G. W. Harrington, Watertown, specimens 



of large, handsome apples, quality pretty good. 



Froin S. W. Dame, Ludlow, Vt., apples for a 

 name. They are probably the Queen z^nne; it is 

 cultivated in this region to a small extent, owing 

 to its being a small bearer. As it is large, very 

 fair and beautiful, it sells well in tlie market, 

 though of medial quality. 



HOVBY'S MAGAZINE. 

 The October number of this popular magazine 

 contains descriptions and engravings of select vari- 

 eties of Pears, an exceedingly interesting paper on 

 Market Gardening around London, and a pleasant 

 and useful variety of Miscellaneous Intelligence. 

 It has now reached its two hundred and second 

 number, and its old age is as green and vigorous as 

 some of the beautiful plants which it discusses. 



There is no condition that does not sit well 

 upon a wise man. 



