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."Select List 'pT^partd for this work, by Samuel Walker. 

 President of the Massachusetts IJorlicullural Society, as 

 in accorda?ice with his own experience, a?id in the order Oj 

 their value, all things considered. 



Apples — Rhode Island Greening, Gravenstein, Baldwin 

 Early Harvest, Minister, Danver's Sweet, Bough, Roxbury 

 Russet, Dyer, White Seeknofurther, Summer Rose, Porter, 

 Hubbardston Nonesuch, FameMse, Summer Pearmain, Fall 

 Harvey, Red Astrachan, Fall Pippin, River, William's Fa- 

 vorite — 20. 



Fears — Vicar of Winkfield, (for its size, productiveness, 

 ong continuance, and many uses,) Bartlett, Beurre d'Arem- 

 berg, Seckel, Fondante d'Automne, Urbaniste, Bloodgood 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey on quince, W^inter Nelis, Dear- 

 born's Seedling, Flemish Beauty, Glout Morceau, Madeleine 

 Beurr.' Bosc, Beurr^' Diel on quince, Rostiezer, Heaihcote 

 Passe Colmar, Andrews, Golden Bilboa, Tyson, Dix — 22. 



Cherries — Black Tartarian, Black Eagle, Downer's Red, 

 Mayduke, Bigarreau, Knight's Early Black — 6. 



Peaches — Grosse Mignonne, George IV., Oldmixon Free, 

 Cooledge's Favorite, Crawford's Late, Late Red Rare- 

 ripe — 6. 



Plums — Green Gage, Jefferson, Purple Gage, Columbia, 

 Washington, Imperial Gage — 6. 



Apricots — Moorpark, Breda, Royal. 



Nectarines — Elruge, Hunt's Tawny, New White, Early 

 Newington, Early Violet, Roman — 6. 



Native Grapes — Isabella, Catawba. 



List furnished by R. Manning, Pomological Garden* Sa- 

 lem, Mass. 



Three best pears, early, middle, and late — Bartlett, Para- 

 dise d'Automne, Winter Nelis. 



Three best summer pears — Bloodgood, Rostie>iei, Dear- 

 born's Seedling. 



Three best autunm — Bartlett, Paradise d'Automne, Urba- 

 niste. 



Three best wi?iter — Winter Nelis, Bt-urrj d'Aremberg, 

 Easter Beurrj. 



* Where nearly one ihousaiid sorts are in bearin<r. T. Rivers, in Knelar.J., has 

 Belecled out of nearly one iliousand, only four for market, viZ., LartUtt, Beurrt 

 d^Atnalis, Capiaumont, and Louise Bonne of Jersey. Tiie second and third, how- 

 ever, provj ac belter than second quality, in this country. 



