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ette, Washington, Myrabolan, Green Gage, Prince's Imperial, Quetsche 

 d'ltalie, &c. 



Peaches. — Royal George, Sweetwater, Early York, Noblesse, George 

 IV, Coolidge's Favorite, New Jersey Gros Mignonne, &c. 



Apricots. — Moor Park. 



Nectarines. — Newington, Hunt's Tawney. 



Melons, — Green Citron, Watermelons, &c. 



Grapes. — Esperione, Wilmot's New Black Hamburgh, Ferral or Black 

 Portugal, Verdelho or INIadeira wine, Muscat of Alexandria, Black Prolific, 

 Black Hamburgh, White Chasselas, &c. 



Pears. — Among the early varieties which were not exhibited at the an- 

 nual exhibition, may be enumerated the following, viz. : Petit Muscat, 

 Amire Joannet, Muscat Robert, Madeleine, Beauty of Summer, Blood- 

 good, Dearborn's Seedling, Fin or d'Ete, Rostiever, Rousselet Hatif, Striped 

 Madeleine, Aston town. Green Sugar of Hoyerswerda, Tyson, Jargonelle, 

 Vallee Franche, Orange, July, Slc. 



Apples. — The same remarks are applicable to them as to the Pears. The 

 following may be enumerated, viz. : Jonathan, Early Harvest, Early Red 

 Margaret, Dodge's Early Red, Early Astrachan, Summer Rose, Paradise, 

 Early Sweet Bough, Irish Peach, Honey Pink, Yellow Ingestrie,Knowles's 

 Early, &c. 



ANNUAL EXHIBITION. 



The Fifth Annual Exhibition of Fruits and Flowers, on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, Sept. 10th and 11th, 1845, at the Hall of the Essex County 

 Natural History Society, went off in fine style. The display of fruits, 

 particularly that of the pear, far exceeded that of any previous exhibition. 

 Never before has it been equalled, either in the great variety, or in the 

 magnitude and beauty of the specimens. The Hall, though not so much 

 decorated with wreaths and festoons of evergreens as heretofore, presented 

 a neat and beautiful appearance. 



Fruit. — Pears : From R. Manning, about 250 varieties, comprising 

 nearly tlie same kinds exhibited at the Annual Exhibition of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, the names of which have been given. Other 

 cultivators exhibited fine collections, of which we enumerate the principal. 

 N. Silsbse, Jr. : Ambrette, Easter Beurr6, Gilogil, Passe Colmar, Rous- 

 selet de Rheims, Bouergmestre, Dearborn's Seedling, Harvard, Bishop's 

 Thumb, Williams's Bon Chretien, Napoleon, Cabot, Julienne, Seckel, 

 Althorpe Crassane, Heathcot, Wilkinson, Bleeker's Meadow, Josephine, 

 Bezi de Montigny, one variety unknown. P. Dodge : Autumn Bergamot, 

 St. Michael, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Julienne, Napoleon, Flemish Beau- 

 ty, three var. unknown. J. H. Nichols : Louise Bonne de Jersey, Cabot, 

 Gansel's Bergamot, Messire Jean, Bon Chretien d'Ete, Capiaumont. T. 

 Ropes, Jr. : Williams's Bon Chretien, Washington, Urbaniste. W. 

 Stearns : Orange, Ronville, Gansel's Bergamot, St. Michael, Rousselet de 

 Rheims, Piatt's Bergamot, St. Ghislain, Marsh, Harvard, Bon Chretien d' 

 Ete, Winter Nelis, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Long Green, Bergamot, Cush- 



