56 ON FRUITS AND FLOWERS. 



Fifty varieties of that most splendid autumnal flower, the 

 Dahlia, exhibited by Francis Putnam, Salem, and a great variety 

 of beautiful flowers in bouquets and otherwise, presented by S. 

 Driver, H. Wheatland, A. Sanger, J. M. and B. H. Ives, J. C. 

 Lee, and others, made a very interesting show of flowers for the 

 season. 



Instead of confining themselves to the varieties exhibited, 

 your comniittee conceive that they shall best serve the interests 

 of the society by giving a catalogue, interspersed with occasional 

 remarks, of such fruits as at present informed, they deem best 

 worth the attention of the farmers of the county of Essex. 



Apples — Early Summer Varieties. 



[The names of gentlemen appended, indicate the places where scions 

 may be obtained.] 



Early Harvest Apple — Acid sweet, ripens in July and August. 

 This is not a great bearer, but the fruit 

 is large, fair and pleasant, both to the 

 eye and taste. It is the earliest apple 

 known. Andrew Nichols, and most of 

 the orchards about Salem. 



The Putnam Harvey — About a fortnight later than the last, 

 not quite so tart, a better bearer. Col. 

 Jesse Putnam, and at most farms in 

 Danvers. 



Sweet Harvey — An old and well known apple. 



Topsfield Sweeting — A large golden apple, very sweet, rather 

 dry when ripe, and not a great bearer 

 — ripens in August. Andrew Nich- 

 ols, Abel Nichols, North Danvers. 



Early Bough — Sweet, large and handsome, a good bearer, 

 ripens in August. Manning's nursery, 

 North Salem. 



Summer Pearmain — Striped red and yellow, very fine. August. 

 Manning's nursery. 



