466 Exhibitions of Horticultural Societies, 



ter pears, David Thomas, Cayuga county, Vol. Tr. ; best 12 quinces, Oliver 

 Phelps, Canandaigua, A^ol. Tr. ; best 12 peaches, N. Goodsell, Greece, 

 Monroe county. Vol. Tr. ; best 24 plums, Henry Green, Utica, Vol. Tr. ; 

 best 6 bunches native grapes, W. Mervine, Utica, Vol. Tr. ; best 6 bunches 

 foreign grapes, S. D. Childs, Utica, Vol. Tr. 



Premiums were also awarded for the best vegetables, of which there 

 was a very good display. ( Utica Gazette.) 



Exhibition of Fruit in Washinglon, D. C. — The Columbian Horticul- 

 tural Society of Washington, having discontinued its exhibitions, several 

 amateur cultivators united together with a view to show fruits, and award 

 premiums. The following is the first report for the present season : — 



Some time ago it was announced that a few public-spirited citizens had 

 determined to award amateur premiums for the finest specimens of fruits 

 which might be left at the store of Mr. John F. Callan. We learn from 

 Mr. Callan that, during the months of August and September, some re- 

 markably fine specimens of peaches, plums, melons, pears, apples, grapes, 

 and other fruits were sent in for exhibition by the various competitors for 

 these amateur premiums. Of these noble specimens, which reflect so much 

 credit on the fruit cultivators of this District and its vicinity, we have here- 

 tofore taken notice, as they were handed in, or as our attention was. called 

 to them by Mr. Callan and other friends of horticulture. We now an- 

 nounce the subjoined result of the exhibition, as the official return of the 

 judges who awarded the premiums : — 



Peaches. — From E. G. Emack, Early Red Rareripe, 7 ounces, 10 inches ; 

 Yellow Rareripe, 8^ ounces, 10 inches. Col. J. Brooks, large Early Rare- 

 ripe, 10 ounces, 10 inches; Royal Kensington, 11^ ounces, 11 J inches. 

 Dr. J. H. Bayne, Early Red Rareripe, 10| ounces, 10| inches , Old Mixon, 

 9i ounces, 10| inches ; Rodman's Clingstone, 11 J ounces, 11§ inches. G. 

 W. Riggs, Old Mixon, 8 ounces, 10 inches; Red Cheek Melacatune, 7 

 ounces, 10 inches. W. Cammack, Red Cheek Melacatune, 25 to a peck, 

 lOi ounces, 11 J inches. • John Kedglie, Kedglie's Washington Seedling, 

 late free, a valuable new kind, 6 ounces. Dr. C. B. Hamilton, Clingstone, 

 9i ounces, 10 inches. George Thomas, (from J. F. Callan's orchard,) 

 Early Royal George, 28 to a peck, 9^ ounces, lOi inches. Anthony R. 

 Frazer, Heathcote, 11 ounces, 11 inches. John M. Donn, Heathcote, 11^ 

 ounces, 11 inches. Joshua Peirce, Native American, a new seedling, 

 large, handsome, free ; ripens in October. 



Plums. — From George Shoemaker, Bolmer's Washington, 2^ ounces. 

 Mrs. Seaton, Bolmer's Washington, 2| ounces ; Blue Imperial, 1 ounce; 

 Green Gage, If- ounces. Joshua Pearce, Imperial Violet, 1| ounce. Dr. 

 J. H. Bayne, Prince's Imperial Gage, 1 ounce. 



Figs. — Specimens were presented by Jos. L. Smith and by J. F. Callan ; 

 neither were considered worthy of record. 



Pears. — From Joseph L. Smith, Seckel, 4 ounces ; Golden Bergamot, 6 

 ounces ; Golden Beurr^, 6 ounces ; Brown Beurr6, 6 ounces ; Dr. J. H. 

 Bayne, Seckel, 5 ounces; Roi de Wurtemberg, 6^ ounces; Bartlett, .5 

 ounces. Mrs. Seaton, Seckel, 4 ounces ; Beurre, 7 ounces. Jos. F. Cald- 



