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apples. From Otis Johnson, peaches, Smock's Freestone, Kenrick's 

 Heath, both fine. From James Eustis, South Reading, two kinds of ap- 

 ples for a name. From R. Manning, Columbia peach, very handsome ; 

 Las Canas, Beurr^ Bosc, and Paradise d'Automne pears. From T. Need- 

 ham, White Portugal, White Frontignan, Black Frankindale, and Black 

 Hamburgh grapes. 



From Z. Hosmer, Duchesse d'Angouleme pears, very fine and large, 

 (vi^eighingl9oz.,)Beurr6Diel, fine. From J. F. Allen, pears, Gansel's Ber- 

 gamot, Beurre Diel, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Seckel; grapes, Black Ham- 

 burgh, and Syrian ; peaches. Late Admirable. From G. Merriam, Seedling, 

 Cravpford's Late Melacaton, Bergen's Yellow, and Old Mixon peaches. 

 From J. W. Sever, Crawford's Late Melacaton, fine. From Geo. Walsh, 

 pears, Easter Beurr6, Beurre d'Aremberg, Doyenne blanc, Buffum, Ju- 

 lienne, Winter Nehs ; grapes, open culture, White Sweetwater, Isabella, 

 Seedling, and Red Chasselas. From John Duncklee, Fameuse apples. 

 From G. A. Crocker, Taunton, peaches, unknown, large and handsome. 



Vegetables : From J. F. Hall, a cucumber weighing four pounds. From 

 A. D. Williams & Son, fine celery. 



[In our report of the Annual Exhibition, in our last number, there was 

 an error in the Record Books of the Committee, in omitting the names of 

 26 varieties of pears, exhibited by the President, — making the number 154 

 instead of 128, as stated in our report.] 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR NOVEMBER. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape vines will soon require pruning ; some grapes may yet remain, 

 and if the house is kept dry, they will hang until December ; Black Ham- 

 burghs in our collection, ripe last August, yet hang in fine order, and the 

 Black Prince, a fine grape, will probably hang till Christmas. In the 

 greenhouse, as fast as the leaves turn yellow, they may be carefully swept 

 off, without injury to the vines. Keep the house still well aired, in good 

 weather, in order to harden the wood. On the approach of severe frost, a 

 few inches of manure should be thrown over the border, to prevent it from 

 penetrating too deep, and thus retard the starting of the vines in the spring. 

 Isabella, and other native grapes in the open air, should be pruned now, and 

 foreign kinds laid down and protected from severe frost. 



Strawberry beds will be benefited, if they have a light covering of old 

 haulm, coarse manure, leaves, seaweed, or even tan. 



Raspberry plants will produce a more certain crop, if they are protected, 

 unless they are in a very sheltered situation. 



Frutt trees of all kinds, Grape vines, <SfC. , may be planted this month 



