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poleon, Wiirtembur^, and Bartlett; orapes, Hamburg, Sweetwater, 

 ami Zinfindal; peaches; ffoldeii-fleshed, and netted cantelopos. W. 

 F. Gardner, Passe Colmar pears, (second crop;) black Hamburg 

 grapes; |)ea( hes, early Royal Georjie, and other varieties. 



From J. F. Allen, pears, St. Michael, Seckel, Cabot, and Bonne 

 Lodise de Jersey; erapes, Cliasselas, Constanlia, black Handiurfr, 

 Bansaurable; figs; Jacqnes rareripe peaches, from a tree in pot 

 bearinsr eighteen such. W. Dean, Bartlett pears; grapes, black and 

 white Hanibur-r, white Frontiirnac. B. VV. Stone, seedling peaches, 

 two varieties, very fine. Mrs. Weston, several varieties apples. J. 

 Whitney, of Danvers, fine peaches, viz., early red Rareripe, yellow 

 fleshed Rareri|)e, and Noblesse. J. Pickerinir, Jr., St. Michael 

 pears. E. Bnrley, of Beverly, Drap d'Or ajjples. S. C. Phillips, 

 pears, Seckel, and other varieties; two varieties pliitns. John Lew- 

 is Russell, of Chelmsford, apjiles, an old orchard variety. Orange 

 sweeting, S|)auldin2; Chelmsford and St. Michael penrs. W. A. 

 Lander, pears, Gansell's Bergamot, Bartlett, Bon Chretien, Two- 

 eyed. J. Golilthwaite, netted and citron melons. Samuel VV'ebh, 

 green-fleshed Pine-ai)ple melons. G. D. Phipjien, green-fleshed Mi- 

 norca melons. W. Sarcent, Kilham Hill and Lyscom apples. 



From G. Brown, of Beverly, pears, Seckel, Bartlett, ^c; apples, 

 Pomme d'Api, Drap d'Or; Harrison nectarine, a seedling. Mrs. 

 E. Lander, pears, twelve varieties, viz., Chelmsford, Chaumontelle, 

 St. (Jermain, St. Michael, Catillac, &c., apples, seven varieties, 

 fall Harvey, Ribston |iippin, Sec; nectarines; peaches, Snow, Icem- 

 en, and a seedling clingstone. J. Dalfon, native grapes, under cul- 

 tivation. J. C. Lee, [)ears, Bartlett, Long green or Moulhwater, 

 Gore's Heathcot, Duchess d'Angouleme, Seckel, winter Oransie; 

 Ribston pippin apples; peaches, yellow-fleshed and other varieties; 

 gra|)es, red, white and |)m'ple Cliasselas, black Hamburg, Zinfindal, na 

 live ( Vtlis labrii-ica;) larure water-melons, (seeil from South America.) 



Vegetables: — From N. Frye, Fig tomatoes. S. H(dman, Jr., fine 

 purple E^rg, (large.) Miss J. Ward, toniato, very larije variety. 

 J. M. Ives, rice corn. J. Goldthwaite, Turnip, Blood, and Silesia n 

 sugar beets: while Silesian carrots, J. C. Lee, okra; Silesian sugar 

 beets; large pumpkin or squash, weight one hundred and nineteen 

 ])ouiids, seed from Indiana. P. Dodire, Elfin Glen, Manael VVurt- 

 zel, and Turnip blood beets; white Silesian carrots. C. H. Dodge, 

 Elfin Glen, sweet potato of South Carolina, growing in a pot. Mrs. 



E. liander, Mexi(;an corn; each kernel is enveloped in a husk pecu- 

 liarly its own. Lyman Mason, of Marblehea<l, large Scotch Drum- 

 head cabbage, weight nineteen and a half pounds. 



Several species of birds, as Frin^rilla canariensis, Turdus poly- 

 glottiis, Icterus ai:ri|)ennis, were exhibited by G. P. Farriniifon, 'ilie 

 .sin^niig of these lively denizens of the air added much to the interest 

 of the exhibition. 



Wednesday, Sept. 29 — The closing exhibition of fruits and flow- 

 ers, this season, took j)lace this daj\ 



The disjilay of dahlias was beautiful; they were contributed by 



F. Putnam, T. Ropes, Jr., G. Driver, F>. Biisuell, VV. V. Gardner, 

 J. Goldthwaite, G. D. Phii)pen, J. H. Phippen, W. P. Richardson, 

 F. Lamson, and H. Wheatland. 



