1848.] REPORT ON FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. 27 



RuFUS "HASTixns, Sterlin<r, — Apples : four plates of Harrison Sweetings, 

 (believed to be the L\-scom,) one plate of Winter Sweetings, these latter are 

 commonly known by the name of " Pound Sweetings.'' 



Sewell Sargent, Leicester, — Apples : three named and one unknown va- 

 riety. 



Rev. Elam Smalley, — Apples : four varieties. 



JoHX Joxes, — Apples : three varieties ; Quinces. 



A. D. Foster, — Pears: eleven varieties ; Quinces: Orange. 



Baxter Barxes, W. Brookfield, — Apples: Judge; Pears: four varieties. 



John Pratt, — Apples : five varieties ; Peaches : Crawford's Late. 



Rev, Alonzo Hill, — Apples : six varieties ; Pears : three varieties ; Peach- 

 es ; Quinces. 



Dr. H. G. Bates, — Apples: three varieties ; Peaches : Melocoton ; Plums : 

 Diamond ; Grapes : Isabella ; and Native Quinces. 



Bex J. F. Thomas, — Pears:, sixteen varieties ; these were among the finest 

 collections in the show ; Peaches : Plums : Queen Norther, (a fine variety for 

 the season ; Quinces. 



Samuel M. Burxside, — Apples : Blue Pearmain, Black or Detroit. The 

 latter is one of the varieties which the French Introduced into Michigan in the 

 old Colonial times. 



Charles P. Chapin, — Apples : Sweet Russet. 



S. A. Howl AND, — Peaches : one Seedling variety which received the So- 

 ciety's Premium of $2, as the best seedling peach. The Committee named It 

 Howland Peach. Grapes : Isabella. 



Miss Sarah Waldo, — Apples: five varieties; Pears: four varieties; 

 Plums : Orleans ; Grapes : Sweet Water. 



R. D. Dunbar, — Pears: three varieties; Grapes: Isabella. 



Horatio Gates, — Pears : Seckel ; Peaches : Blood Cling (?) and Craw- 

 ford's Late. 



Jonathan Read, Shrewsbury, — Apples : two varieties. 



Miss Frances Wheeler, — Apples : Blue Pearmain. 



George Williams, Northboro', — Apples : Hamburg. 



Silas Allen, Shrewsbury, — Apples : Rockport Sweeting. (This apple 

 keeps as well as the Roxbury Russet ; it is of good size and most excellent 

 eating qualities. We consider it a very valuable acquisition.) Also, fifteen 

 other varieties of the apple, among the names of which, we notice " Gentle- 

 man's Blush." Capt. Allen may rest assured that this name is unquestionably 

 apochryphal. Pears : three varieties ; Peaches : six varieties ; (among them 

 the Red Cheek Melocoton which took the $2 Premium as the best plate of 

 Peaches.) Also, Orange Quinces, (big ones, — surely Shrewsbury is the ban- 

 ner town of Quinces.) 



Stephen Salisbury, — Apples: seven varieties; Pears: ten varieties; 

 Quinces : Portugal. 



P. HoLMAN, Leicester, Apples : four varieties. 



Lewis Chapin, — Apples : two varieties. 



