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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



THE TYSON FEAR. 



The Tyson Pear is not among the most pop- 

 ular of the pears, but is -worthy of a place in 

 every fruit garden, where variety is desired. The 

 fruit is of medium size; short pyriform; light 

 yellow, russet patches, red in the sun ; stem me- 

 dial, set on a point ; basin broad and shallow ; 

 flesh white, melting, very juicy, sweet, with a 

 very delicious aromatic flavor. Latter part of 

 August to first of September. The original tree 

 according «to Cole's Fruit Book, is in Jenkins- 

 town, Pa., and is sis feet in circumference. 



DEARBORN'S SEEDLING. 



(dotted outline.) 

 The illustrations of this fruit by diflerent artists 

 vary a good deal; so much so, as scarcely to pre- 

 serve the characteristics common to almost every 

 variety. Mr. Cole was a careful observer of 

 fruits, and living in ihe neighborhood where this 

 pear originated, and having cultivated and tested 

 it, we think his description of it entitled to full 



credit. He says it is small ; turbinate ; stem an 

 inch long, in a slight cavity ; shallow basm ; very 

 smooth, yellow, minute dots, a little russet around 

 the stem ; flesh white, juicy, melting, of a sweet, 

 sprightly flavor. Ripe August 20 to September 

 10. Originated by Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn, Rox- 

 bury, Mass. Downing says it bears most abund- 

 ant crops in every soil, and is one of the moist 

 desirable early varieties, succeeding the Blood- 

 good, and preceding the Bartlett. The young 

 shoots are of a long, dark brown color. 



THE OSBORN PEAR. 



Rather small ; obtuse pyriform ; bright yellow, 

 with brownish specks ; stem stout, obliquely set ; 

 calyx small, slightly sunk ; flesh white, tender, 

 melting, juicy, of a sweet, lively, aromatic flavor, 

 with slight astringency. Aug. at Cincinnati. Vig- 

 orous. Originated by Mr. John Osborn, Economy, 

 la. Ranked among the best early pears, and 

 Ernst thinks that it will sustain this character, 

 but he has fruited it only one yeaf. 



For the New England Farmir, 

 LONG WHEAT HEADS. 



Mr. Editor : — Among all the accounts of large 

 things which I have ever read, I do not remember 

 of ever having seen an account of large for long) 

 wheat heads., I have just shelled a head of wheat 

 which contained GO kernels of good wheat. I 

 think I could pick out many such heads from the 

 wheat I have raised this year. Why not get 

 from forty to sixty bushels from an acre, provided 

 we do not go over too much ground ? 



Yours truly, a. s. 



Freedom, Me., Aug. 23, 1853. 



National Exhibition of Horses. — T'lie great fa- 

 vor with which the suggestion of an exhibition of 

 horses at Springfield has been received by the pub- 

 lic, has induced the organization of an association 

 in that city, for the purpose of making arrange- 

 ments for a display of imported blood and Ameri- 

 can breeds of horses next month. Hon. George 

 Dwight has been elected President of the Board 

 of Managers, James M. Thompson Vice President, 

 and William Stowe, Corresponding Secretary. The 

 managers of the exhibition have adopted rules and 

 regulations, and published a list of premiums of- 

 fered, which range from $20 to $200. The exhi- 

 bition will be held at Government Square, Spring- 

 field, from Wednesday, October 19th,to Saturday, 

 October 22d._ 



We recognize in the list of Managers the names 

 of some of the most enterprising and public spirited 

 citizens of Western Massachusetts, and we have 

 no doubt the exhibition will bo one of the most 

 successful affairs which has originated in this sec- 

 tion of the country. — Transcript. 



J^ Hon. N. P. Banks, Jr., of Waltham, has ac- 

 cepted the invitation of the Barnstable County Ag- 

 ricultural Society, to deliver the address before 

 the Society at their annual cattle show and fair, 

 on the 7th of October. 



