42 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1849. 



d'Autorame, heauiifnl! Thirty varieties; Peaches; Early Crawford, Late 

 Crawford, Cooledge's Favorite, Red Rareripe, Yellow Rareripe, George IVth, 

 White Imperial, Beers' Late Rareripe, Bonaparte, Late Admirable, Morris' 

 Red Rareripe, Yellow Alberge, Blood, Morris' White Rareripe, Seedling, Bal- 

 lard's Seedling, Yellow Melocoton ; Plums : Washington, Green Gage, St. 

 Catharines, Orleans, Purple Gage, Blue Gage, Smith's Orleans, Diamond, 

 Coe'*s Golden Drop, Prince's Imperial Gage, Prince's Red Gage, Lombard, 

 French Prune, Ross' Autumn Gages, Brussels, Horse Plum, Semiana, — seven- 

 teen varieties. A very large and fine collection. For second best collection of 

 Plums, Mr. Earle takes the second premium of .$8. Mr. Earle's collection of 

 pears was one of great excellence. The Committee had considerable difficulty in 

 deciding between this and that of Judge Thomas for the third premium ; but 

 after much deliberation and repeated examination, they came to the conclusion 

 that Judge Thomas had the largest number of first-rate specimens of good 

 kinds ; though Mr. Earle had the largest variety and some of them were mag- 

 nificent, yet others of his best kinds were imperfect specimens. 



Jonathan Rice, — Preserved Goosebei-ries and Currants. 



E. J. Whiting, — Preserved Watermelon. 



Enoch Hall, — Native Sweet Grapes. 



Oliver Hall, — Peaches : Clingstone, Red Rareripe, Snow, Cooledge's Fa- 

 vorite, Yellow Rareripe. 



George W. Richardson, — Peaches : Crawford's Late and Red Rareripe. 



Hon. B. F. Thomas,. — Plums: Queen Mother, Nameless ; Apples: Bald- 

 win, Porter, Fall Pippin, Nameless, Minister, Grafton Sweeting ; Pears : Louise 

 Bonne de Jerse}', Beurre Diel, Flemish Beauty, Capiaumont, Beurre d'Aremberg, 

 Beurre Bosc, Iron, Nameless, Bleecker's Meadow, Nameless, Bartlett, Name- 

 less, Napoleon, Howell, Duchesse d'Angouleme, St Michael, Seckel, Easier 

 Beurre, Nameless, Brown Beurre, Nameless ; Orange Quince ; twenty-one 

 varieties of pears of excellent quality. Premium for third best collection, §3. 

 Judge Thomas presented a bountiful dish of Queen Mother Plums. These 

 plums are recommended by him as possessing several good qualities which 

 should render them worthy of more extensive cultivation. They are not injured 

 by the curculio. The tree is a constant and enormous bearer ; the fruit will 

 hang on the tree till it becomes shrivelled and dried without rotting. They are 

 a very good, though not first-rate plum, and continue a long time in good eat- 

 ing condition. The Judge will be happy to supply any one with scions who 

 may desii'e them. 



Clarendon Harris, — Five varieties of Peaches, a very handsome lot, names 

 not entered. 



Gardiner Paine, — Pears : Louise Bonne de Jersey, Beurre d'Amalis, St. 

 Michael, Bartlett, Duchesse d'Angouleme. 



Emory Banister, — Pears : Louise Bonne de Jersey, very fine, Bartlett, 

 Passe Colmar ; Plums : Imperial Gage. 



Mrs. Cynthia Flagg, — Eureka Peaches. 



Asaph Andrews, Shrewsbury,^:-Peaches : Snow, Nameless, Seedling, Cool- 



