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the Society sent beautiful specimens of the Washington, Bingham, Blee- 

 ker's Scarlet, and Long Blue plums. Hon. E. Vose exhibited Lady Ha- 

 ley's Nonsuch apples, clear and beautiful. From Capt. J. Lovett, Early 

 Bough and Benoni apples, Long Blue and Huling's Superb plums, very 

 fine ; specimens of pears, (Empress of Sumner,) taken from scions en- 

 grafted 5th Sept. 1843, by the method described by Capt. Lovett, page 

 163 of the present volume. From J. F. Allen, the variegated Newington, 

 Nectarine, hand'some, Passans du Portugal, and Summer Franc Real 

 pears. Dearborn's Seedling and Julienne pears, from Otis Johnson. 

 Hon. J. S. Cabot, Belle et Bonne, fine, Hessel, Honey, and Forme de 

 Delices pears. E. E. Eradshaw, large and splendid specimens of Bol- 

 mar's Washington plums, some of which Aveighed two to three ounces 

 each ; also fine Green Gage and Prince's Imperial plums. Samuel A. 

 Walker, fine Washington and White Gage plums, and Bartlett pears. 

 Cyrus Smith, Washington plums. Solomon Lincoln, apples, name un- 

 known. J. L. L. F. Warren, pears, viz., Passans du Portugal, Hessel, 

 Washington, Rushmore's Bon Chretien, Julienne, and Dearborn's Seed- 

 ling; Black Hamburgh grapes. Green Gage, Washington, Duane's Pur- 

 ple, and Bingham plums; peaches, and Grand Sachem apples. Chas. 

 Smith, Waltham, fine seedling peaches. H. J. How exhibited some seed- 

 ling plums, which were of medium size and very good flavor. From the 

 Pomological Garden, Salem, plums, viz., Washington, Victoria, Scarlet 

 Gage, Lucombe's Nonsuch, Long Blue, Brevoort's Purple, Meig's Purple, 

 Goliath and Kirke's ; Duchess of Oldenburg apples, and Walter's Early 

 peaches. Winship's Seedling pears, by Mrs. Winship. From S. Pond, 

 Bartlett, Julienne, and Andrews pears; Green Gage, Imperial, White 

 Gage, Lombard, Bingham, and Isabella plums. From W. Thomas, fine 

 Washington, Green Gage and Victoria? plums; Jargonelle of the French 

 and Bartlett pears. A. D, Williams, plums of different sorts. Smith's 

 Orleans plums, from Wm. Meller. Very fine peaches, from Mr. Merriam, 

 Newton. Very handsome Bartlett pears, from Seth E. Hardy. Fine 

 peaches, from Col. Bigelow. From J. W. Sever, Imperial Gage and 

 White Gage plums, Summer Rose and Bartlett pears. 



S. R. Johnson exhibited very superior specimens of the Washington 

 plum. From John Stearns, Bartlett pears. Dr. S. A. Shurtleft', Grand 

 Sachem, Ribstone Pippin, Pumpkin Sweet, Spice, and Kean's Sweeting 

 apples ; also, seedling plums. H. Vandine, a variety of plums ; among 

 them were Huling's Superb. Early Yellow Gage, Duane's Purple, &c. 

 From S. W. Holbrook, apples, name unknown. Wm. Kenrick, Newton, 

 exhibited specimens of the Golden or Orano-e Sweeting, and Ammidon 

 Winter Pound Sweet, apples. John Arnold, Black Hamburgh grapes. 

 Wm. Buckminster exhibited a specimen of an apple grown in Lunenburg, 

 Mass., very large size, red color, flavor sweet, and well adapted for bak- 

 ing. James Nugent, Summer Rose pears, Duane's Purple, Smith's Or- 

 leans, and White Gage plums. Specimens of the Watson pear were sent 

 from Plymouth for exhibition, by E. Warren. From Parker Barnes, 

 Washington plums. Green Gage, White Gage, Duane's Purple and 

 Orleans plums, from Capt. Macondry. Very fine Green Gage plums, by 

 G. Walsh. A variety of pears, &c. by S. Walker. 



Vegetables : Six very large fruit of the Purple Egg Plant, from T. 

 Wade. Minorca and Persian melons, fine, from J. Nugent, Woodlands. 



