60 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1851. 



REPORT ON PEARS. 



The recent Exhibition fui-nished unmistakable evidence of the rapid progress 

 which the culture of the Pear is making in the County, and particularly in the 

 City of Worcester. Notwithstanding a very unfavorable season, the number of 

 specimens was much greater than ever before shown, while the character 

 of the fruit was of a higher order of excellence. Every specimen exhibited 

 was the product of Worcester county ; and several of them surpassed anything 

 of the kind ever before seen at our exhibition. 



The following is a list*of the contributors : 



F. N. Merrikield, — Bartlett, St. Michael, Williams, and two varieties un- 

 named. 



Dr. Joseph Sargent, — Seckel, Flemish Beauty, Chelmsford, BufFum, Cat- 

 lin, and one unknown, — all fine specimens. 



Rev. Dr. Hill, — Buffum, Napoleon, Belle Lucrative, and Seckel. 



A^'fSEL Lakin, — Flemish Beauty, — fine. 



Hon. Levi Lincoln, — Beurre Diel, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Julienne, Gore's 

 Heathcote, (fine,) Bartlett, Seckel, Monsle Cure, St. Michael, Easter Beurre, Na- 

 poleon, Dix, (superb specimens,) Wilkinson, St. Ghislain, Josephine, Bell Lu- 

 crative, Uvedale's St. Germain, Van Mons Leon le Clerc, Summer Thorn, Charles 

 of Austria, and seven other varieties. 



Booth Bottomly, Leicester, — Seckel, Bartlett, Passe Colmar, Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme, Beurre Diel, and six other varieties, — all fine specimens. 



James Longley, Boylston, — Bartlett. 



Hon. John Davis, — Dearborn's Seedling, Bartlett. 



Mrs. Henry Wheeler, — Bartlett. 



Emory Banister, — Bartlett, (the finest specimens ever shown at our exhi- 

 bition,) Duchesse d'Angouleme, and Beurre Diel, (both very fiue,^ Louise 

 Bonne de Jersey. 



Albert Brown, — Bartlett, Seckel. 



Dr. H. G. Bates, — Bartlett, Dearborn's Seedling, Duchesse d'Angouleme. 



Hon. I. M. Barton, — Bartlett, Beurre Diel. 



Clarendon Harris, — Bartlett, Beurre Diel, and Doyenne Boussock, — ex- 

 cepting that of Geo. T. Rice, the only specimens of this magnificent new pear 

 exhibited. 



Elkanah Rice, — Bartlett. 



John C. Mason, — Beurre Bosc, (very fine,) Lewis, Flemish Beauty, Stevens' 

 Genesee, Paradise d'Automne, Bell Lucrative, Bartlett, Bezi de la Motte, 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme, Capiaumont, St. Michael, Marie Louise, Louise Bonne 

 de Jersey. 



Lucius N. Holmes, Pomfret, Ct., Chelmsford. 



Pitt Holmes, — Bartlett. 



Leonard Brigham, — St. Michael. 



Jonathan Luther, — Flemish Beauty, (very fine,) Bartlett, Seckel. 



