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Mr. Porter, of Sherborn. It is deservedly a great favorite as 

 a dessert fruit, and commands a good price in the markets. 

 Tlie tree is very productive, the fruit rather large and oblong, 

 ripening in September. 



Haskell Sweet. Originated on the farm of Deacon Haskell, 

 in Ipsuach, (now owned by Mr. Nourse, of the firm of Rug- 

 gles, Nourse & Mason,) and on which the original stock is now 

 standing. It is one of the best, if not the best fall sweeting. 

 It is extensively cultivated in Western New York, and deserves 

 to be better known in New England. By Cole it is called the 

 Sassafras apple. It is large, and very juicy, in eating from the 

 middle of October to the middle of November. The nursery 

 trees are straight and good growers. 



Pears. — So many varieties of this fruit have been brought for- 

 ward, it is difficult to say which are, upon the whole, most desira- 

 ble for general cultivation ; for while many of the new Belgian 

 and Flemish kinds succeed well, as they often do, in the shel- 

 tered and warm gardens of our cities, they canker and blast in 

 open country exposure. The best varieties of pears, are those 

 originated in our own country, or in the more temperate and 

 colder latitudes of Europe. Many of the old varieties hereto- 

 fore cultivated, are now displaced by better sorts. It was well, 

 at our former shows, to bring forward those that were found, 

 upon trial, indifferent if not worthless, in order that we should 

 avoid working such fruits; but the time, we think, has arrived, 

 when it is no longer necessary to exhibit at our annual shows 

 these discarded fruits. We have also some varieties of apples 

 which many of our farmers continue to cultivate, that ought 

 not to be recommended for general culture. The Winter Blue 

 Pearmain is not so desirable a fruit as the Murphy, which re- 

 sembles it closely in form and color, but is a better bearer, and 

 altogether superior for orchard culture; and the Kilham Hill 

 is perishable in its nature, and the worst keeping apple we are 

 acquainted with. The following pears, which have thus far 

 done well in open culture, we would recommend in this report : 



Bloodg-ood, early, native fruit. 

 Bartlett, September, foreign fruit. 

 Andrews, September, native fruit. 



