^^ APPLES, PEACHES, PLUMS, &C. 



APPLES, PEACHES, PLUMS AND QUINCES. 



Among fruity the apple is justly regarded by our New 

 England farmers as most valuable in the market, and 

 profitable in culture ; and the display in that depart- 

 ment to-day, we think, has never been excelled, in any 

 previous exhibition. It would be unjust however, to 

 the contributors of former years, to ascribe this excel- 

 lence entirely or chiefly to the manifestation of unusual 

 interest by the members of the Society, or to any sudden 

 development of agricultural skill ; but such have been 

 the f\ivorable influences of the season, that the beautiful 

 and perfect specimens seen upon the tables to-day were 

 selected, doubtless, with less care and pairis-taking, than 

 the inferior ones of some former years. 



Tour Committee were pleased to notice many plates 

 of new and choice varieties, which in the earlier shows 

 were confined to a few, giving evidence of the value of 

 these exhibitions in directing the attention of cultiva- 

 tors to the better kinds of fruit. 



So uniformly fair and perfect were the apples pre- 

 sented, that your Committee found great difficulty in 

 deciding upon the comparative merit of the contribu- 

 tions. We have been governed in our decisions quite 

 as much by the value of the variety as the perfection of 

 the specimens. 



In peaches, pliiras and quinces, the contributions 

 were few, and with some exceptions the specimens would 

 not be considered as superior quality. 



