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interested us most was the display of fruits, which were unusually fine, 

 there heing several splendid collections of Winter apples, in over 40 vari- 

 ties; a collection of pears, from our friends E. and B., of Rochester, of 40 

 varieties, (the best we ever saw.) There were some twelve to twenty 

 kinds in good eating, and were really delicious. Some friends present, 

 who had no faith in Winter pears, were convinced of the error ofthtir ivay, 

 and became converts from actually tasting the good fruits and judging for 

 themselves. Among those in good eating, Avere those well known sorts, 

 Beurre d'Aremberg, Winter Nelis, Glout Morceau, Le Cur6, Passe Col- 

 mar, Prince's St. Germain, (very good,) and some others ; and of the vari- 

 eties of more recent introduction and not so generally known, were Jose- 

 phine de Malines, Suzette d'Bavay, Doyenn6 Gris d'Hiver Nouveau, 

 Inconnue of V. M,, (very good,) Catinka, Epine Dumas, Bezi Sanspariel, 

 (delicious,) and some others. Not in eating, were very fine specimens of 

 Easter Beurr6, De Louvaine, Doyenne d'Hiver Alencon, Chaumontel, Doy- 

 enne Goubault, Elize d'Hyst, Merveille d'Hiver, Bergamot Thouin, Bezi de 

 Veteran, Perfume d'Hiver; for baking, Pound, Catillac, Chaptal, Bon- 

 chretien Spanish, (very handsome,) and several others, which we do not 

 recollect, as we made no memorandum of them. There vras also several 

 dishes of pears, from other exhibitors. 



Among the apples, were very superior specimens of Northern Spy, New- 

 town Pippin, Esopus Spitzenburg, Baldwin, Swaar, Peck's Pleasant, 

 Wagener, Roxbury Russet, Hubbardston Nonsuch, Fameuse, Vandever, 

 Yellow Bellflower, Red Canada or Nonsuch, Monmouth Pippin, Jonathan, 

 Dutch Mignonne, Autumn Pearmain, Winter King, Tompkins, Smoke- 

 house, Ladies' Sweeting, Tolman's Sweeting, Green Sweeting, Twenty 

 Ounce, Pumpkin Sweet, Orange Sweet, and many other western varieties ; 

 among which, was a specimen of Willow Twig, (from Ohio,) Tulpohocken, 

 (from Pa.,) and a few plates of a very superior apple, from Herkimer coun- 

 ty, N. Y., called the Middle apple, the color of Swaar, but rather conical 

 shape, and scarcely second to that variety in flavor. 



There were also some excellent dishes of Isabella and Catawba grapes, 

 looking as fresh and juicy as when gathered in October. 



On the whole, it was the best exhibition of winter fruits we ever saw, 

 and from which we gleaned valuable information. — Truly, &;c., your friend, 

 A. Saul, Feb., 1853. 



Art. n. Massathusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, January 1. — Exhibited. Fruit : From the President, pears — 

 Beurre d' Aremberg, Echasserie. From J. F. Allen, grapes — Prince Albert, 

 Black Portugal, Syrian and Porteau Noir. From S. Downer, Jr., pears — 

 Le Cur6, fine ; Easter Beurre, very fine ; Epine Dumas, Columbia, Chau- 

 montelle. Passe Colmar, Glout Morceau and Beurr6 d'Aremberg. From 

 W. C. Strong, Syrian and Muscat of Alexandria grapes, cut November 1st. 



