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AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



ras sdiiie (lillicully in deteniiiiiiii;; wliicli was llie 

 '.st amona; so many good lots. 15iit after a rare- 

 il exaniiiialioii, llie fiist preiniiitn of $10 was 

 warded to llollis Tidd, oC New Braintree ; the 

 jcoiid preinijin of $7, to David Lee, of Barre ; 

 le tiiird of ,«!5, to John Matthews of New Braiu- 

 ee ; and the fom tli of ¥3, to Isaac Hnnter of 

 ew Braintree. The first preniintn of $8, for the 

 est ohi rlieese, tlie Committee awarded to Adams 

 honipson, of New Braintree ; and the second of 



6 to Hollis Tiiid, of New Braintree. For the 

 ist sage ciieese, the preiniiitn of $7, was award- 



I to Daniel Bacon of Barre. 

 The quantity of cheese offered was larger than 



iual ; and the Connuittee were gratified to find 

 so generally of a good quality. 

 A letter was put into tiie hands of the Commit- 

 e frem Jlr. Buswcll Converse of New Braintree, 

 aling particularly the maimer in which he makes 

 s cheese ; and the Coninjittee were pleased to 

 d that so much attention has heen paid to the 

 hject. Your Committee also f 'el hound to no- 

 e a commuiiicatioM from John W. Lincoln, Esq. 

 Worcester, in relation to the management and 

 oduction of his dairy — from which it appears 

 at from the average of eleven and a half cows 

 trn the first day of June last to the first day of 

 noher current, he has made 2516 1-2 lbs. of new 

 Ich cheese; 167 Ihs. of four milch cheese ; and 



7 1-2 Ihs. of butter — and in addition milk has 

 en used hy the family of his tenant as wanted, 

 d by himself for his own breakfast and supper 

 len at home — (a very wholesome food, in the 

 inion of the Committee, and very convenient for 

 e who is destitute of a helpmate.) Particular 

 .tements of this kind, the Cojumittee consider 

 portant, and would recommend to the Society 

 ; consideration of the propriety of adopting some 

 iasures to obtain them, and make them more 

 neral at future exhibitions. 



Your Committee cannot close their report with- 

 t a single suggestion in relation to the impor- 

 ice of particular attention to dairies. Good but- 

 ' and good cheese make two indispensable items 

 good living, and they must necessarily always 

 niuiand a good price ; and there is always a cor- 

 iponding difference between butter and cheese 



an inferior or ordinary quality, and that of a 

 lerior quality. It cannot have escaped the at- 

 ition of all, that those farmers in this section of 

 r country, which is so well adapted to grazing, 

 10 have paid particular attention to their dairies, 

 ve been constantly thriving. They have in fact 

 -ried it on so successfully, in some of the towns 

 the North-west part of our county, that almost 



of them either are rich, or fast becoming so. 

 Whether they have been rendered so by actual 

 leipts of premiums, or by industry and enter- 

 se which generous comiietition has inspired we 



II not determine, but strongly suspect by the 

 ter. And we hope ere long to see the same 

 leral competition in the management of dairies, 

 well as other laudable branches of business, pro- 

 cing like happy results throughout our county, 

 ) commonwealth and the whole country. ■ 



By order of the Committee, 



David T. Brigham, Chairman. 



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MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



Imdispensible use of Cucumbers '. We yester- 

 y ^^^^ ^n elegant work-bag made very ingenious- 

 from Cucumber Seeds, interspersed with black 

 188 beads — Portsmouth Journal. 



At the meeting of the Society held pursuant to 

 adjiiurnuient, Saturday, Oct. 25th, 1S34 : 



Elijah Vose Esq. in the Chair. 



Mr. Oliver from the Committee appointed on 

 the 11th inst. to examine the record of the meet- 

 ing held on the 4th inst. made the following report, 

 viz : 



" That they find the motion tendering the 

 thanks of the Society to Mr. Cook incorrectly re- 

 corded, that niotion liaving been in fact put and 

 passed in the following, or in similar words, viz : 

 Voted, that the thaidis of the Society be |)resented 

 to Zebedee Cook, Jr. Esq. for his long and faithful 

 services as one of the Vice Presidents of said So- 

 ciety for several years past;" which report, — after 

 the Recordijig Secretary had stated that the said 

 vote was jiassed at a moment of excitement occa- 

 sioned by the reading of Mr. Cook's valedictory 

 address, and his letter to Marshall P. Wilder, Esq. 

 in which he staled he had determined whether 

 elected President or Vice President, to retire from 

 the Society, and that said vote had been recorded 

 from memory — was unanimously accepted. 



The Committee appointed on the 4th inst. tore- 

 quest of Mr. Cook for publication a copy of the 

 address read by him that day wherein he took 

 leave of the Society and bade them farewell, re- 

 ported : 



That a letter had been received from Mr. Cook 

 stating that "as his address related only to the in- 

 ternal and private concerns of the Society it did 

 not seem that its publication would be proper, 

 or would answer any good [lurpose" and that he 

 declined a compliance with the request of the So- 

 ciety. 



Voted, To proceed to the choice of one mem- 

 ber of the Garden and Cemetery committee, to fill 

 the vacancy therein. 



The cominittee appointed to sort and count the 

 votes, reported the whole number given in was 

 19, all of which were for Charles Brown, Esq. 

 who was accordingly declared unanimously elect- 

 ed. 



Voted, To proceed to the choice of two Vice 

 Presidents in the room of Enoch Bartlett and S. 

 A. Sliurtleff, Esq's who declined accepting the of- 

 fice. 



On the ballots being counted it appeared the 

 whole number was 14, and that Samuel Pond had 

 12, Thomas Mason 11, and were accordingly de- 

 clared elected Vice Presidents for the year ensuing. 

 On the result being announced hy the Chair, 

 both of the gentlemen elect decliued accepting 

 the office.* 



The Recording Secretary informed the Society, 

 that during his recent absence from the city, a 

 letter had been received by the Recording Secre- 

 tary pro tem. from the President elect of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, wherein he 

 was requested to advertise a notice of the adjourn- 

 ed meeting of the 18tli of October in three news- 

 papers. The Secretary slated his object in calling 

 the attention of the Society to this subject was to 

 aflTord them an opportimity of ascertaining wheth- 

 er any member or officer was empowered to con- 

 tract a debt for which the Society should be re- 

 sponsible without au express vote authorising him 

 so to do, and whether before the next stated meet 

 ing, or the first Saturday in December, any mem 



her of the Society was entitled to act as President, 

 whereupon it was 



Voted, That the letter of Mr. Cook, referred to 

 MS above, be committed to Messrs. S. A. Shurtleff, 

 C. Tappan, L. Grosvenor, and R. T. Paine, to con- 

 sider and report thereon. 



Voted, That this meeting be dissolved. 



R. T. Paine, Rec. Sec'y. 



PRtJiTS EXHIBITED. 



Horticultural Hall, Saturday, Oct. 25th, 1834. 



Pears. By Mr. Cheever Newhall, Andrews Pear. 



By Mr. E. M. Richards. Baking Pears, name un- 

 known. Also, Monsieur Jean; and another kind 

 name unknown, a small dark yellow fruit. ' 



By Mr. John Clapp of South Reading. A small 

 Iruit, much resembling that which is last described ; 

 another small round fruit without name ; also, Piatt's 

 Bergamotte ; the last large and handsome. 



By Mr. Downer. The Beurre Diel, unripe; also, 

 Bleecker's Meadow, a small roundish yellow fruit, of 

 a sweet flavor. This variety was received of Messrs. 

 Bloodgood & Co. of Flushing. The fruit has been 

 compared m its flavor to tiie Catharine, and was 

 deemed inferior to the Minot Pear. Also, Urbaniste, 

 one of the fine new Flemish kinds. 



By John Prince, Esq. of Jamaica Plain. The fruit 

 which he received from France as the Beurre du Roi. 

 This most superior variety has been here identified 

 as the Urbaniste. 



By the Hon. John Lowell, from his country resi- 

 dence in Roxbnry. Beurre Knox, as received from 

 Mr. Knight. The fruit handsome, and deemed al- 

 most fii-st rate. It is here stated to be an enormous 

 bearer. Also, specimens of the Maria Louise, from 

 the original tree received of Mr. Knight; but its gen- 

 uineness seems to be doubted. Also, Nos. 4 and 10, 

 as sent and nimibered by Mr. Knight, in his last do- 

 nation. No. 10 is evidently a winter pear. (See Mr. 

 LowelVs Letter, on page 134 of this ATo. Farmer.) 



By Mr. William Kenrick. Henri Quartre, a very 

 productive new variety, of medium size, beurre anti 

 sweet; a fruit sent by Mr. Knight for the Beurre D'- 

 Aremberg; the tree of this variety grows upright, and 

 is somewhat thorny, and is very productive. 



Jlpples. By Mr. Manning. Beauty of Kent, a fi-uit 

 of good size and good flavor ; also, Drap D'Or of 

 Coxe and of Ronald, hut not of Duhamel, a large and 

 beautiful fruit of a flat form, of a yellow color and 

 excellent flavor. In addition to these inestimable 

 qualities the tree is one of the most productive varie- 

 ties known. 



By Mr. John Clapp, of South Reading. Three va- 

 rieties of api)les for names ; one of them was identi- 

 fied as the Yellow Bellflower. 



By the Hon. John Welles. Specimens of beauti- 

 ful apples, covered with stripes of bright red, of good 

 flavor. 



By Blr. E. Marsh, of Quincy. A variety, part of 

 which on the diflferent branches, are stated to be sour 

 and part sweet ; and diflTerent parts of the same fruit 

 are sometimes both sour and sweet on different sides 

 ■ — a small green fruit. 



* There are twenty vacancies in the officers of ihe Society 

 for the ensuing year. 



By Mr. Samuel Pond. A specimen of White Cal- 

 ville. 



By Mr. William Kenrick. A variety from New 

 Hampshire, a red and green striped apple, of large 

 size and fine flavor. 



By Mr. Senior. Ribslon Pippins. 



Peaches. By Mr. Senior. Beautiful samples of ihe 

 Heath Clingstone. This fine variety seldom atluiiis 

 to full maturity in this northern climate. 



Grapes. By Mr. John Clapp, of South Reading. 

 A small variety, of foreign origin. 



For the Committee. 



William Kxnkick. 



