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pears ; and several varieties of peaches. From T. W. Lamb, Newton, 

 Williams's Bon Chretien pears ; and several sorts of apples and quinces. 



From R. Manning, the following assortment of pears ; — Althorp Cra- 

 sanne, Flemish Beauty, Bon Chretien Turk, Hericart, Jutte or Buit, and 

 Wredon ; these six were now exhibited for the first time ; Beurre Bosc, 

 Buffum, Beurre von Marum, Belle Lucrative, Beurre Bronze, Bishop's 

 Thumb, Cushing, Bezi de la Motte, Cabot, (a fine pear,) Bezi Chaumontel, 

 Beurre Duval, Foster's St. Michael, Fulton, Harvard, Bergamotte d'Au- 

 tomne, Golden Beurre of Bilboa, Huguenot, Hacon's Incomparable, Va- 

 lee Franche, Jalousie, King Edward, Long Green, Petre, Pope's Russett, 

 Ronville, King of Wurtemburg, Williams's Melting, Surpasse Virgou- 

 louse, Naumkeag, Winter Nells, Urbaniste, Garnons, green pear of 

 Yair, Fondante du Bois, Louis Bon Real, Forme de Delices, Alpha, 

 and Dearborn's seedling ; in all forty-four varieties ; the specimens were 

 very handsome: also the following apples j — Emperor Alexander, Fall 

 Harvey, Gravenstein, Murphy, red Crab, Swaar, Ribstone pippin, Beau- 

 ty of the West, and Victorious Reinette. 



From M. P. Wilder, a fine collection of pears, viz : — Bon Chretien, 

 Fondante, Williams's Bon Chretien, King of Wurtemburg, Beurre Bronze, 

 Fulton, Easter Beurre, Dix, Surpasse Virgoulouse, Louis Bonne of Jer- 

 sey, Napoleon, Cumberland, Cushing, Prince's St. Germain, Duchess d' 

 Angouleme, Heathcot, Urbaniste, Belle et Bonne, Belle Lucrative, Ray- 

 mond, Rouse Lench, Wilkinson, Seckel, Thompson, Queen Catharine, 

 Garnons, Gout Morceau, Belmont, Bleeker's Meadow, Fourcroy, Sum- 

 mer Thorn, Bouvier, Fondante de Bois, Seckel, on the quince, Forelle, 

 Whitfield, Beurre Die!, Passe Colmar, of the first and second crops, the 

 latter on new wood, Chaumontel, Borgemeister, Iron, Catillac, Beurre d' 

 Aremberg, French, (without name,) and the Columbian Virgoulouse ; the 

 specimens of the latter were remarkably large and fair, and we doubt not 

 that it will prove a most valuable variety ; all Mr. Wilder's specimens 

 were handsome, and of good size. 



From J. P. Cushing, Esq., by Mr. Haggerston, fine grapes of the 

 following varieties : — Black Hamburg, Black Maroc, White Sweetwater, 

 St. Peters, Grizzly Frontignac, Syrian, Black Morocco, White Frontig- 

 nac, and Muscat of Alexandria. From Perrin May, Boston, beautiful 

 brown Beurre and Bon Chretien pears. From A. D. Capen, Dorchester, 

 Seckel pears. From J. Gardener, Dorchester, Gravenstein apples. From 

 Cheever Newhall, Napoleon, St. Michael, Wilkinson, Urbaniste, Dix, 

 King of Wurtemburg, Williams's Bon Chretien, Bleeker's Meadow, 

 Knight's Seedling, (?) and Harrison (?) pears ; Porter and Gravenstein 

 apples, and native black grapes. From Messrs. Winship, Andrews, 

 King of Wurtemburg, and Capiaumont pears, and Gravenstein apples. 



From S. Pond, pears, viz : — Passe Colmar, St. Ghislain, Napoleon, 

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