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II. — Fruit Department. 



a. UNDER GLASS. 



This branch of horticulture is evidently on the advance. 

 The demand for the finer and more tender fruits, encourages 

 new efforts in its growth. Owing to the usual uncertainty of 

 our summers, and the repeated failures in out-door crops of 

 fruit, especially grapes, the attention of the market gardener 

 has been directed to glazed houses, with or without flues, 

 adapted to forcing, or to protection from frosts. The more 

 valuable grapes have thus been produced in the richest abun- 

 dance. In many instances, the green-house has been made to 

 contribqte its aid in the rearing of fruit as well as plants. We 

 presume that the most extensive structures for sale fruit, will 

 be found at the garden of William Mason, Charlestown. 

 His ranges are principally without flues, and adapted to the 

 grape, peach and nectarine. The tables of the weekly ex- 

 hibitions, have attested to the success of his labors in this 

 department. Dr J. C. Howard, Brookline, has proved that 

 the " Miller Burgundy " deserves more notice than hereto- 

 fore it has received, and should be treated as a tender kind, 

 and cultivated wuth heat. With such a process he has raised 

 fruit of a superior quality ; so fine indeed, as to cause its 

 identity to be doubted by cultivators and amateurs, until de- 

 cided from certain peculiar data, by an individual, to whom it 

 was well known for many years previous. This fact may 

 prove a valuable one with the growers of the vine. Others, 

 however, think that it may be the "Large Black Cluster." 

 A new series of forcing-houses, under the care of Mr 

 McCuUough, have been erected at Mount Washington, South 

 Boston, which will be devoted to grapes and similar produce. 



The culture of the pine apple has been progressive. The 

 efforts of J. P. Gushing are already known. Structures for 

 their growth have been erected by Hon. T. H. Perkins, 



