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The following notes on Pears and Apples, are furnished by 

 Mr Manning. 



Pears. — Dutchesse d'Angouleme bas done finely as a 

 standard, and produced during the summer an abundance of 

 fruit. 



Henry 4th may be considered superior. 



Marie Louise, continues to hold its high character. 



Buerre Duval, (new) recently fruited. 



Hooper's Bilboa, very fine, beautiful and abundant bearer. 



Louise Bonne of Jersey, very superior. 



Alpha, fruited last year and also this, (new.) 



Rostiezer, (new) fruited last year for the first time. 



Petres, from Bartram Gardens, Philadelphia, fruited and 

 very fine. 



All the above under the culture of Mr Manning. 



Hon. John Lowell exhibited 



Queen Caroline, very fine. 



Beurre Crapaud, very superior. 



Beurre Spence, fine. 



Beurre Bronze, (true) also exhibited by Mr Manning, un- 

 der the incorrect names of Fourcroy and Figue of Naples, 

 by which they were designated when received by him. 



The Beurre d'Amaulis, exhibited by Samuel G. Perkins, 

 Esq. was considered very superior. 



Apples. — Mr Manning has raised the early red Margaret, 

 new, and the best of the earlier sorts. 



Pennock's red, very superior. 



Murphy, raised in Salem, fruited for the first time eight or 

 nine years since ; very fine. 



Also thirty or more new varieties, good, but scarcely wor- 

 thy of introduction. 



