XVIII. NO. ir. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



151 



•1 A Dean, 

 11. Leonard 



Domestic Jlnimals. 

 jHos W. Dean, for the best fat ox 

 lernard Alger, for the 9d best do 

 ;nos W. Dean, for tlie 3d best do 

 acob Dean, for the best bull 



" " for the 3d best do 



'eyton R. Leonard, for the 3 best milch 

 cows, 2d premium 



Jeorge B. Atwood, for best milch cow 

 Jeorge A. Crocker, for 2d best do 

 )aniel Brewer, for best yearling heifer 

 Jernard Alger, for 2d best do 

 Ibridge Dean, for 3d best do 

 'eyton R. Leonard, for G best Merino owes 3 00 

 Simeon Leonard, for best boar 3 00 



•Samuel A. Dean, for 2d best do 2 00 



Simeon Leonard, for best sow 3 00 



The sum of two dollars was awarded to Ja- 

 cob Shepard, for a boar, 

 [any animals were presented for premiums which 

 not been entered agreeably to the rules and 

 ilations of the Society, which require that " all 

 k offered for premium shall be entered on orbe- 

 the Saturday previous to the day of exhibition." 

 he committee did not consider themselves au- 

 rized to award premiums to any stock entered 

 r Saturday last 



Butter, Cheese and Honey. 

 Alvarus Caswell, best tub of butter 

 Peyton R. Leonard, second best 

 John Arnold, Jr., best lot of cheese 

 Paddock Dean, second best 

 David Arnold, third do 

 Jacob Bayley, best and only lot of honey 



Fruit and Vegetables. 

 . Jacob Dean, for the best apples for family 

 use 

 G. G. Cobb, for squashes 

 Cassander Williams, do 

 Abel Bliss, for a basket of fine corn 

 Abijah Bliss, jr., lot of Rohan potatoes 

 Stanley S. Garge, do do 



S. B. Braman, for a lot of fine citrons 



5 00 i MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 4 00 CIETY. 



At a meeting of the Society, October .'jtli, 1839, 



Executive Cemviittee. 



18 00 

 6 00 

 8 00 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be pre- 

 sented to the Committee of Arrangements, lor their 

 acceptable services in arranging and fitting up the 

 Hall of the Society for its late annual exhibition. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be also 

 presented to all those persons who so liberally con- 

 tributed flowers, fruits and vegetables to the lato 

 aimiial exhibition. 



Mr Josiah Lovett, 2d, of Beverly, was elected an 

 immediate member of the Society. 



The Society then proceeded to ballot for officers 

 for the ensuing year, and the following persons were 

 elected — (Messrs Vice Presidei-ts Bartlett and 

 Prince having declined a re-election.) 



President — Elijah Vose, of Dorchester. 

 Vice Presidents — Jonathan Winship, of Brighton, 

 Marshal P. Wilder, of Dorchester, Benj. V. French, 

 of Braintree, William Oliver, of Dorchester. 

 Treasurer — Samuel Walker, of Roxbury. 

 ■ Recording Secretary — Edward M. Richards, of 

 Dedham. 



Corresponding Secretary — Robert T. Paine, of 

 Boston. 



Counsellors — Samuel Downer, Augustus Aspin- 

 wall, Thomas Brewer, Henry A. Breed, Joseph S. 

 Cabot, E. Hersey Derby, N. Morton Davis, David 

 Haggerston, Joseph G. Joy, William Kenrick, John 

 Lemist, William Lincoln, Thomas Lee, Charles 

 Lawrence, Benj. Rodman, M. P. Sawyer, Charles 

 Tappan, Aaron D. Williams, Jonathan Winship, 

 [William Worthington, Thomas Whitmarsh. 



Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology — 

 John Lewis Russell, of Salem. 



Professor of Entomology — T. W. Harris, of Cam- 

 bridge. 



Professor of Horticultural Chemistry — Samuel 

 $4 00 I L. Dana, of Lowell. 



Edward M. Richards, 

 Enoch Bartlett. 



Elijah Vose, Chairman. 

 William Oliver, 

 Benj. V. French, 



Committee on Finance. 



Elijah Vose, Chairman. 1 William Oliver. 

 Benjamin V. French, 



Standing Commit 



Committee on Fruits. 



Ed. M. Richards, Ch'mn. 



Reproduction of Fruit. — It is said that apples 

 nars, peaches, and various other fruits will not 

 •oduce their like from the seed. May not this arise 

 om the fact of various kinds of each sort being 

 lanted together, the farina of the one is carried by 

 le industrious bee to the other, and a hybrid pro- 

 uced ? Would it not be worthy of a trial, to take 

 )r instance the stone of a peach remotely situated 

 rom any other of the species, and see whether it 

 rould not produce its like.' We believe it would, 

 .nd if so, many diseases which proceed from graft- 

 ng and budding might be avoided. This will, we 

 are sure, be an unpopular doctrine with many, but 

 Believing it correct, we hesitate not to advance it. 

 Farm. &( Gardener. 



Robert Manning, 

 William Kenrick, 

 Samuel Downer, 

 Benj. V. French, 

 John A. Kenrick, 



John M. Ives, 

 P. B. Hovey, jr., 

 L. P. Grosvenor, 

 J. L. L. F. Warren, 

 Samuel Pond. 



Committee on Products of Kitchen Garden. 



J. L. L. F. Warren, Ch. Rufus Howe, 

 Samuel Pond, Ebenezer Crafts. 



Aaron D. Williams, 



Committee on Flowers, Shrubs, Sfc. 



Sam'l Walker, Chairman. David Haggerston, 



J. E. Teschemacber, Samuel R. Johnson. 



C. M. Hovey, William Carter, 



Joseph Breck, John Towne. 

 Samuel Sweetser, 



niassnclitiaclls Horticultural Society. 



KSHIBITION OF FRUITS. 



Saturday, Oct. 12, 1839. 

 Mr Wilder exhibited the monstrous Pompone 

 Peach, this is the " Pavie de Pompone" ofthe Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society's Catalogue. Mr Thomp- 

 son remarks, that it will not ripen except in a warm 

 season and good situation. 



Mr Oliver exhibited large and beautiful speci- 

 mens ofthe Urbaniste Pear: they fully sustain their 

 former high character. 



Mrs Jones exhibited a basket of fine Peaches 

 from her garden, No- 14 Friend street, Boston. 



Mr Emerton, of Salem, exhibited the Surpass 

 Vergoulouse and Capsheaf Pear : these were most 

 superior specimens, and produced a very favorable 

 opinion of their value. 



Mr Walker exhibited a basket of Plums, unnam- 

 ed : as this variety appears to be valuable from its 

 size, beauty, and late ripening, it is intended fur- 

 ther to investigate its name and origin. 



Mr Lowell exhibited the following Pears, viz. 

 Grande Bretagne, Glout Moroeau, (from Mr Par- 

 menter) Reine Caroline, Delices Hardenpont, Deli- 

 ces Charles, and Beurre Bronze : the Reine Caro- 

 line was the only one at maturity, and was judged 

 to be a very fine fruit. 



Mr Guild exhibited the following Grapes, viz. 

 liabella. Black Hamburg and Sweetwater, the two 

 last were the produce of vines cultivated in the 

 open ground — they were pronounced equal if not 

 superior to any grapes of the same sort and same 

 cultivation exliibited this season. 



Mr Manning exhibited the following apples, viz. 

 Boxford, KilhamHill, Lyscom, and Ribstone Pip- 

 pin for a particular description of these apples 



we refer to Mr Kenrick's New American Orchardist 

 The following Pears from the collection provided 

 by the Society, were examined to-day, viz : Wil- 

 kinson, Beurre Bronze and Duchess de Angouleme. 

 We do not find the Beurre Bronze described by any 

 Pomological author : it is not even named in the 

 second edition of the London Horticultural Socie- 

 ty's Catalogue : its color however, is a sure indi- 

 cation that the name is correct : it is a large and 

 good fruit, and well deserves to be extensively dis- 

 seminated. 



For the Committee, 



ROBERT MANNING. 



Elijah Vose, Chairman 

 Robert T. Paine, 

 William Kenrick, 

 Ezra Weston, jr., 



Committee on the Library. 



Charles M. Hovey, 

 M. P. Wilder, 

 Thomas Lee. 



One ofthe best plans for keeping potatoes in cel- 

 lars, is to construct a bin, put sand in the bottom, 

 line the sides and ends with smooth and handsome- 

 ly cut sods, and when the potatoes are put in, cover 

 them with sods and beat them down closely. In \ 

 this way, all the above requisites may be obtained, j 

 Potatoes intended for constant family use, may be i 

 kept temporarily in barrels, and covered with sand. John Lowell, Chairman. I William Kenrick 

 Genesee Far. I Robert Manning, | Samuel Downer., 



Committee on Synoni/ms of Fruit. 



Deciduous trees, that is, trees which shed their 

 leaves in autumn, may be transplanted with safety, 

 when they are not in a growing state, that is, at any 

 time after the functions ofthe leaves have been ar- 

 rested by frost in autumn, and before they come in- 

 to leaf in the spring. If planted in autumn, in a 

 high northern latitude, it is well to throw around the 

 tree a shovelfull of dung, to protect thff roots from 

 the cold of winter. — Cultivator. 



Great Yield Dr Fuller, ofthe Connecticut Re- 

 treat, raised this season, from one Rohan potato 

 weighing 4 oz., ninetysix pounds five ounces ! 



