Washington plums measuring six inches and a quarter 

 in circumference, and weighing nearly three ounces 

 each. The Annual Exhibition was confined to the fruits 

 and flowers displayed on the table at the Exchange 

 Coffee House, where the anniversary dinner was pro- 

 vided ; but it is said " the show of fruits and flowers 

 generally was probably never surpassed in New Eng- 

 land." The Bloodgood and Urbaniste pears, with others 

 once highly prized, but which have now been super- 

 seded, were shown for the first time. No prizes were 

 awarded this year; but on the 15th of May, 1830, A. 

 Aspinwall received the prize for the best six tulips ; and 

 George W. Pratt, the prize for the best six Rammculns 

 Asiaticus^ — the first premiums ever awarded by the 

 society. July 24, E. Phinney sent Moorpark apricots 

 six inches in circumference, which received the pre- 

 mium. The Williams, Benoni, Porter, Hubbardston 

 Nonsuch, and Gravenstein apples, made their appear- 

 ance for the first time. A single specimen of the 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme pear was produced by Samuel 

 G. Perkins, and pronounced superior to the St. 

 Michael. Fruit was at this time a more prominent 

 object than flowers. The only flowers of which any 

 considerable variety was exhibited were the geranium, 

 rose, and chrysanthemum. Forced vegetables were 

 shown by Mrs. Gore's gardener. Capt. Smith of 

 Quincy presented " a kind of manure from Peru, called 

 by the Spaniards guano.'' 



The exhibitions of flowers, which had been largely 

 of hardy herbaceous plants, began in 1831 to show a 

 decided increase in green-house plants, such as camel- 

 lias, Musa coccinea, Hoya caniosa, Maranta zehrina, Sec. 

 The Dearborns Seedling pear was shown from the 

 original tree. June 15, 1833, Messrs. Winships con- 

 tributed a hundred and thirty varieties of roses. 



The Annual Exhibition in 1834 was held in Faneuil 



