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number of the choice new kinds, as well as of the old standards, whose 

 reputation has become well established. A few asters, verbenas, pansies, 

 &c. &c., completed this portion of the exhibition. As yet, the cultiva- 

 tion of greenhouse flowers in this vicinity is too limited to encourage the 

 expectation of any display in that line. And although every year now 

 will probably add, more or less, to this kind of culture, yet some time must 

 probably elapse before we can look for much increase, from this source, 

 to our exhibition of either flowers or fruits. 



The show of vegetables, though not large, was very respectable in the 

 quality of the articles exhibited. It seems not to have been generally un- 

 derstood that exhibitions of this kind came within the object of the Soci- 

 ety, and, as cultivators in the vicinity have for a long period of years been 

 in the practice of exhibiting their remarkable vegetable products at the 

 hall of the Agricultural Society, they still continue to exhibit them at that 

 place. Hereafter, should the exhibitions of the two societies be, as they 

 have been, at the same time, it is reasonable to suppose that cultivators 

 generally will exhibit at the Horticultural room as the more appropriate 

 place. 



In the exhibition of fruits, the society had every reason to be well satis- 

 fied. Indeed, it much exceeded their expectations ; and the entries were 

 so numerous, that more extensive accommodations than had been provid- 

 ed were necessary ; and, even after doing all that conveniently could be 

 done, the extensive tables were loaded and overloaded, so that there was 

 not room for such a display of the various specimens as was desirable. 

 The report on fruits will show the great number of entries, and the exten- 

 sive variety of the kinds. In apples, we have no doubt the exhibition 

 would compare favorably with any one that has been held in this or any 

 other part of the country. Not only were the varieties exceedingly nume- 

 rous, but the specimens generally were remarkably large, fair and hand- 

 some. Many new varieties were displayed upon the tables, some of which 

 are particularly named in the reports — others, which are probably of 

 equal value, wait only for further evidence of their good qualities, to be 

 brought into notice. Of pears, the number of varieties exhibited by cul- 

 tivators in the vicinity has largely increased since the last year, and we are 

 assured that so much attention is now paid to the culture of that valuable 

 fruit, that they will continue to increase, probably, for many years to 

 come. The soil of Worcester county is, to a considerable extent, peculi- 

 arly favorable to the culture of the pear, and the magnificent specimens, 

 of several kinds, which have been shown at this exhibition and the one 

 which preceded it, the result of ordinary culture, indicates pretty clearly 

 what may be looked for when the approved modes of cultivation shall be 

 more generally understood and adopted. 



One of the most gratifying indications of the utility of these exhibitions 

 was, the interest which was manifested on the occasion, on the part of 

 great numbers of the exhibitors and visiters, by a free interchange of opin- 

 ions, and by other means of information, to acquire as much knowledge as 

 possible respecting the various kinds of fruits — of their several adapta- 

 tions, and of the soil and culture most congenial to them. Such an inte- 

 rest, widely and generally disseminated, and kept alive by successive ex- 

 hibitions, cannot fail, in the course of a few years, to be productive of the 

 most decisive results. — Yours, J, M. E. 



