ON FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 77 



Fall Harvey, this is decidedly one of the finest Fall 

 and early Winter Apples we possess ; it is thought 

 by Mr. Manning to have originated in this County ; 

 R. A. Merriam, Topsfield. A basket of Apples, mark- 

 ed ' Permain,' from a graft inserted in May, 1837; 

 Dr. Bricket, of Newburyport. York Russet Apples ; 

 Wm. Boynton, Georgetown. Jalousie, Long Green, 

 Naumkeag, and two other varieties of Pears; R. 

 Manning, Salem. Pears and Seedling Peaches ; Jo- 

 siah Newhall, Lynnfield. Duchesse de Angouleme, 

 Passe Colmar, and six other varieties of Pears, nearly 

 all grown upon grafts inserted into Quince roots ; 

 Wellington and Michael Henry Pippen Apples ; Cru- 

 ger's Seedling (new), and Blue Imperatrice Plums ; 

 Lemon Clingstone and Freestone Peaches ; John M. 

 Ives, Salem. Basket of Isabella Grapes (unripe), as 

 were most of this variety the past season ; T. South- 

 er, Ipswich. Four bouquets of garden and native 

 Flowers; R. S. Ives, Salem. 



With regard to the Vegetables offered (owing to 

 their being placed inadvertently in different build- 

 ings, some may not have been properly entered.) 

 The past season of 1839, was remarkable for its 

 " Mammoth Squashes." Samuel Balch, of George- 

 town, brought to the exhibition in a wagon, five large 

 Lima or Valparaiso Squashes growing upon one 

 vine to which they were then attached ; they were 

 the most remarkable growth of squashes exhibited. 

 S. C. Thurlow, of West Newbury, sent in six of the 

 African Blue Winter Squash, weighing nearly 200 

 pounds, which were produced from one seed. Very 

 arge Hybrid Squashes from Gardner B. Perry, of 



