

The most Popular Pears and Grapes. — At the annual exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 774 dishes of pears were shown by 99 contrib- 

 utors. The number of dishes of* Bartletts exhibited was 65 ; * Duchesse d'An^ 

 gouleme, 46 ; * Seckel, 45 ; * Flemish Beauty, 43 ; * Louise Bonne of Jersey, 42 ; 



* Beurrc d'Anjou, 42 ; * Urbaniste, 35 ; * Beurrc Diel, 27 ; * Sheldon, 24 ; Law- 

 rence, 22 ; * Belle Lucrative, 20 ; Winter Nelis, 20 ; * Beurre Clairgeau, 20 ; 



* Beurre Bosc, 19; Andrews, 19; * Swan's Orange, 17; * Beurre Superfin, 16; 

 Vicar of Winkfield, 16 ; * Beurre Hardy, 16 ; * Doyenne Boussock, 15 ; * How- 

 ell, 15 ; * Marie Louise, 13 ; * Doyenne du Comice, 1 1 ; de Tongres, 11 ; Dana's 

 Hovey, 10 ; * Beurre Langlier, 9 ; * Merriam, 9 ; Saint Michel Archange, 7 ; 

 Bufifum, 6. The remaining 114 were made up of miscellaneous varieties. 



It will be seen that these 29 varieties comprised six sevenths of the pears ex- 

 hibited ; and we have arranged them in this manner, as showing the preference 

 in regard to variety of the cultivators around Boston, where as much, or more 

 attention has been given to the pear than elsewhere in this country. It should 

 be observed, however, that the season may have caused some varieties to be 

 shown more freely than in other years, the Andrews, for instance, being much 

 finer than we have seen for many years, while other varieties may have been un- 

 favorably affected. A prize of five dollars each was offered for the best dish of 

 the varieties marked with a star, and another prize for the best dish of any other 

 kind, which was awarded to a dish of Andrews. 



Boston is not so much of a grape as a pear country ; yet we think a similar 



