52 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1850. 



Lancaster, — Emory H. White, W. S. Locke. 



Berlin, — Rev. Henry Adams. 



North Brookfield, — Thomas Bond, S. H. Skerry, Amasa Walker. 



Northboro', — Wilder Bush. 



Worcester, — J. Hartshorn, S. H. Perry, Wm. W^. Pratt, Rejoice Newton, 

 C. P. Bancroft, M. M. Chatliu, David S. Messiuger, J. F. Allen, Charles M. 

 Miles, Lewis Sturtevant, Willard Earle, Nathaniel Brooks, Wm. T. Merrifield, 

 James L. Esty, Eli Johnson, Wm. Eames, Mrs. S. Whitney, James Green, 

 Ebenezer Flagg, Willard F. Pond, S. P. Champney, J. 0. Lewis, C. C. Cole- 

 man, Francis N. Merrifield, Edwin Draper, Francis H. Dewey, Pitt Holmes, 

 C. P. Nichols, Mrs. Braman, Solomon Parsons, Samuel Perry, John F. Pond, 

 Mrs. Salisbury, Loring Coes, Levi Gates, I. Washburn, Adolphus Baylies, 

 Samuel S. Leonard, Nathaniel R. Parkhurst, Wm. Workman, Jonathan Rice, 

 Salem Copeland, Charles Nash, Dennis Newton, J. K. L. Pickford. 



The Committee would add, that if any names are omitted in the above list, 

 it is because they were not entered upon the Society's Records at the time the 

 entry of fruits was made. With the single exception of two plates of Peaches 

 from Mr. Delevan, of New Jersey, the entire collection of fruit was the pro- 

 duct of the county of Worcester ! It would hardly be an exaggeration, to 

 assert that the whole State of Massachusetts, exclusive of Boston and half a 

 dozen towns in the immediate vicinity of that city, could not, ten years ago, 

 have produced such a display of the truly valuable productions of the orchard 

 and garden. The great utility of the Horticultural Exhibitions would seem, 

 therefore, to be no longer a matter of question ; for certainly it is from these 

 more than from any other source that the community have acquired a knowl- 

 edge of the best varieties of fruit, and a taste for their cultivation. 



Of superior specimens of Pears, the Committee noticed among others, very 

 large and beautiful Bartlctta from Asa H. Allen, Shrewsbury, Miss Waldo, 

 Wm. N. Green, Wm. A. Eames, B. F. Thomas and Jonathan Rice of Worces- 

 ter ; Golden Beurre of Bilhoa, from B. F. Thomas and Wm. N. Green ; Para- 

 dise d^Automne, from John C. Mason, J. M. Earle, S. H. Colton of Worcester, 

 and Dr. Porter of North Brookfield. Of this latter pear, all the specimens 

 were borne upon scions of three years growth. In size, form and color, the fruit 

 bears a general resemblance to the Beurre Bosc ; its flavor is not surpassed 

 even by that of the Seckel ; the tree grows vigorously, and is very productive. 

 Of all the new pears, the Committee know of none promising to be so valua- 

 ble an acquisition as this. Unfortunately for those who prefer dwarf trees, the 

 Paradise d'Automne does not grow well, worked directly on the quince. It 

 may, however, be double worked with considerable chance of success. 



Fine specimens of L. B. de Jersey, from J. C. Mason, B. F. Thomas, Rev. 

 Dr. Smalley, D. W. Lincoln, and others. 



St. Michael, from Francis T. Merrick, (very fine), alsOj from Wm. N. Green. 



A magnificent plate of TJrhaniste (grown on quince,) from D. W. Lincoln. 



Flemish Beauty, from Anthony Chase, very fair for this season. 



Of Apples, Wm. A. Draper of this city exhibited a fine plate oi Porters from 



