VOL.. KV. NO. ai. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



165 



MASSACAUSETTS HORTICULTURAI. SOCIETY. 



Saturday, Nov. 19, 1836. 



EXHIBITIO.V OF FRUITS. 



Pears, by Mr Vose, President of the Society — 

 Duchesse D'Angouleme, Capiaumont, (now ascer- 

 tained to be tlie It'urteviberg'j Urbaniste, Napole- 

 on, all fine specimens of the finest kinds. Also, 

 St Michaels, very fine, an old fruit, which is now 

 but rarely seen. 



By the Hon. John Lowell — specimens whicU 

 were sent on a former occasion ; Sylvauche Verte, 

 now fully ripe and fine. Another supposed to be 

 the Elton, received of Mr Knight — a round fruit 

 and owing to the unfavorable season, unusually 

 small — no judgment can therefore be formed of 

 its merit. Also Beurre Bronze ; a fruit received by 

 him of Chevalier Parmentier of Enghein : size 

 medium, owing to the late cold summer, not half 

 the usual size, form regular, ovate, evidently a fruit 

 that will last long, being yet immature ; color, 

 green, with patches of russet or bronze. 



By the Rev. Dr. Harris • — Dix, from the orig- 

 inal tree ; a fine specimen, unusually oblong and 

 somewhat over ripe. 



By Jona. French, Esq. — specimens of a fine 

 new kind, identical with other specimens, which 

 were this day shewn. 



By Mr French — Capsheaf — very sweet and 

 delicious. In favorable situations and seasons, 

 this fruit attains to four times the size of the spe- 

 cimens seen to-day ; and it proves a very profuse 

 bearer. 



By Mr Guild from his garden in Brookline — 

 several varieties, including the Crassanne and Hol- 

 land Green. 



By Messrs Downing of Newberg, N. Y. — Ma- 

 bille, the same which was noticed on a former oc- 

 casion — A large and beautiful fruit, nearly re- 

 sembling in its form a large Napoleon, and now 

 nearly mature, beurre, of fine flavor; a very valu- 

 able kind. M. Noisette has indeed put down the 

 Mabille as a synonyme of the Napoleon. The 

 form of the latter, like the Bon Chretien and the 

 Bezi de Chaiimontelle is known to be variable and 

 inconstant. But the perfect resemblance, in this 

 specimen, was not seen. Other specimens and a 

 comparison of the tree and its leaf will at once de- 

 cide how far M. Noisette is right in his decision. 



Apples, by Mr Grosvenor — Pomnie Royal, 

 BomeUmes caWed Pound Royal, a fruit originally 

 brought by him from Connecticut, of very superi- 

 or quality : large, round, pale greenish, white in 

 the shade, with a few faint red stripes and deep 

 red specks next the sun ; the flesh white, tender, 

 breaking, juicy, of a fine aromatic and delicious 

 flavor, with a just proportion of acid : the pericarp 

 large. 



By Dr. Ford, of Alna, Me. — The following na- 

 tive varieties which were sent by him a few weeks 

 since. Specimens not so large as in former years. 



Golden Russeit; a fruit so called, but diffiering 

 from ours of that name ; small, round, covered 

 with golden russet ; the flesh breaking and flavor 

 good — a valuable winter fruit. 



King's Pocket Apple; — small, round, of a yel- 

 lowish green at maturity, an autumn fruit ; juicy 

 abundant, of a fine sprightly and excellent fla- 

 vor. 



Baldwin ; a variety so called, but differing from 

 ours of the same name ; — Calvjlle formed or rib- 

 bed, at the sides — a middle size red fruit, of flat- 

 tened and irregular form, a winter fruit, of good 



flavor ; but evidently would prove very fine in fa- 

 vorable seasons. 



Haley ; — Large, round and somewhat flatten- 

 ed ; yellow with a faint blush, and now fully ma- 

 ture ; flesh very tender, juice abundant, of a spright- 

 ly and excellent flavor. 



Plummer Apple — Of medium size, round and 

 regular form ; greenish yellow at maturity, with a 

 faint blush next the sun ; very sweet and fine ; a 

 valuable Autumn fruit. 



Spice Apple, so called, but diflTering from any 

 of the same name known with us: — a small 

 round and handsome fruit ; the skin very smooth, 

 of a hriglit yellow color, juicy and somewhat acid, 

 but of good flavor. A winter fruit. 



From the Rev. Hezekiah Ramsdale, of West 

 Thomson, Conn. — A collection of very beautiful 

 and fine varieties were received as follows. Most 

 if not all of which are understood to be good 

 bearers. 



Pomme Royal ; — Of the same fine quality and 

 kind as those which wers exhibited this day by 

 Mr Grosvenor : a most superior fruit, which keeps 

 from Dec. to May. 



Large Red Sweet; — A superb looking fruit; 

 very large, round, somewhat diminishing towards 

 the summit; color beautiful deep crimson, and 

 covered while on the tree with a dense and blue 

 bloom like the Blue Pearmain : flavor very sweet 

 and rich. Though these specimens were now 

 over-ripe, the fruit may sometimes be kept till 

 January. 



Hollow Crown ; — Large, yet but two-thirds of 

 the usual size in other years ; round, the stalk 

 short and but little depressed, the eye small, color 

 yellowish green, covered for the most part with 

 grizzly Red, with a due portion of acid : the flavor 

 fine: a fruit highly esteemed in those parts; it 

 keeps till Feb. 



Harvey : — Large, but not so large as usual : 

 round, a little flattened ; skin yellow, with patch- 

 es thin russet, and occasional specks of deep red ; 

 an autumn fruit of excellent quality and flavor; 

 sweet, relieved by a just portion of acid. 



Chandler ; — large, flat, and irregular in its formj 

 and unlike another of the same name knoun with 

 us, which originated in Chelmsford. The stalk 

 very short and the eye very large, and each sunk 

 in broad irregular eavities — the flavor good. 



Red<lick : — rather small, round, color dark dull 

 crimson : flesh very dense, flavor rich and good, a 

 valuable fruit for keeping as it lasts till July. 



Belle et Bonne : rather large, flat, and irregular ; 

 Calville formed, with large projecting ribs ; pale 

 red, of excellent flavor; a fine fruit: November to 

 January. 



Large Red; — a round an I rather large fruit, 

 but not half the usual size ; covered for the most 

 part with pale red on a foundation of pale green ; 

 with occasional stripes of deep red. The flavor 

 decidedly good. This fruit keeps till Feb. 



Dr. E. Ford is a gentleman, who aside from his 

 extensive professional pursuits and practice, has 

 spared no pains in collecting some of the best na- 

 tive kinds of fruit, known in Maine and in some 

 parts of N.H. and the kinds which he has so 

 kindly sent as specimens, in this year so unfavor- 

 able for the production of good fruit, are all un- 

 derstood to be good bearers. 



The Rev. Mr Ramsdale who has had the good- 

 ness to forward these specimens, has been for years 

 an itinerant preacher of the Methodist denomina^ 



tion iti several of the States, and has mnde it a 

 particular object of his research, to collect some 

 of the best native kinds which he could discover 

 in the course of his extensive travels. 

 For the Committee, 



WM. KENRICK, Chairman. 



Native Silk Gloves. — During the last week 

 a pair of gloves were shown to us, which were 

 manufactured from silk raised by Dr Truman 

 Abell, of Lempster, the well known editor of 

 Abell's Almanac. The gloves were m.ide bj' 

 Miss Louisa Miner, a young lady residing in 

 Lempster. Great skill was disphiyed in the man- 

 ufacture of . the articles. They bore the appear- 

 ance of having been woven, but we are told that 

 they were kuit in the usual manner. In short, 

 they are very beautiful specimens of art and in- 

 genuity, for which the fair manufacturer is de- 

 serving of especial commendation and inase. 

 We are glad to see a gentleman of Dr Abell's 

 known judgment and science, embarking in an 

 enterprise which we sincerely believe, promises a 

 rich harvest of profit to the agricultural jiortion of 

 the community. — N'eivport Argus. 



Large Beet. — Mr G. V. Wilkinson, of Union 

 Vale, raised in his garden this season, an Orange 

 Beet, weighing sixteen pounds ! This we believe 

 cannot be beat. — Poughkeepsie Telegraph. 



But it can, though, Mr Telegraph. A Beet has 

 been raised the present season in the grounds of 

 Mr Zar Hoyt, of Pembroke, in this town, weigh- 

 ing nearly eighteen pounds ! — Duxbury, Conn. 

 Chronicle. 



Improvemeist in Railroad Cars. — Mr Plan- 

 ton, of Philadelphia, has made what we deem a 

 very important improvement in railroad cars. Tlie 

 wheels are made to turn on pivots, by which plan 

 they can follow curved lines, and turn in a circle 

 with great ease. By Mr Planton's plan, it is de- 

 monstrated that it is impossible that any of the 

 wheels should run off"; and he proves, that if one 

 of them should be forced oflf by a sufficiently 

 powerful lever, the others would remain upon the 

 tracks and perform their duty Bangor Mec. 



Out of Place. — A correspondent of the 

 Maine Farmer, says he purchased some butter, 

 thinking it very nice, but on cutting a ball he found 

 a full grown, \\e\\ fatted bed-bug. 



Butter will not long be in demand at that 

 rate lb. 



Mammoth Apple. — The Richmond Whig no- 

 tices the receipt of a Pippin, from the orchard of 

 Mr R. Pickett, on Turkey Island, weighing twen- 

 tytwo ounces, and measuring fourteen and a half 

 inches in circumference. 



A Remedy for arsenic. — Tobacco is said :o 

 be an infallible preventive against the fatal effects 

 of arsenic, when taken into the stomach. In sev- 

 eral instances, where tobacco was swallowed after 

 taking arsenic, no sickness resulted from the use 

 of the tobacco, and not the least harm from the ar- 

 senic. This is an important discovery. -jV. Y. Sun. 



Ink. — In the last London Literary Gazette, no- 

 tice is given of a new ink, designed to supercede 

 the Indian ink in architectural and other drawings. 

 It is said to possess decided advantages over its 

 oriental rival : the color is deeper and richer, and it 

 works more freely than the best Indian Ink. 



