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North. The Worden, a new native variety, ripening earlier, and con- 

 sidered of better quality, than the Concord, by Mr. Hadwen of Worcester 

 and Mr. Adams of Springfield, is being introduced around Boston. The 

 Champion, as an early grape, is attracting some attention, ripening a 

 week before the Hartford, of fair quality, very hardy, vigorous, and pro- 

 lific. Hon. E. W. Bull, the originator of the Concord, Hon. George 

 Haskell of Ipswich, and several other gentlemen, each presented seedling 

 varieties at the exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 some of which are of good promise 



Strawberries. — New varieties, some of excellent character, are 

 coming to notice every year. The older kinds that carry off the prizes of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society are Charles Downing, Jucunda, 

 Hovey's Se edling (now forty years old ; being the first successful attempt 

 at improving the strawberry), President Wilder, Seth Boyden, Triomphe 

 de Gand, and Wilson's Albany. The last is not regarded as of good 

 quality, but is valuable for its productiveness. Among the new varieties 

 which are attracting attention may be named the Belle, Caroline, and 

 Hervey Davis. 



CENTRAL DIVISION. 



From the Annual Report of the Worcester-county Horticultural Society, 

 a society second only to the Massachusetts for wealth, activity, and influ- 

 ence in New England, it will be seen that most of the fruits grown in 

 the eastern section of the State are alike successful in the central. Mr. 

 Hadwen, our associate member, reports the following : — 



Apples. — Summer: Red Astrachan, Williams, Duchess of Oldenburg, 

 and Sweet Bough. Autumn: The Gravensteiu, Porter, Twenty-Ounce, 

 Hubbardston Nonesuch, Cogswell, Maiden's Blush, Pumpkin Sweet, 

 Leland Spice. Winter: Baldwin, Rhode-Island Greening, Yellow Bell- 

 flower (on warm, rich soil), Ladies' Sweet, Leicester Sweet, Roxbury 

 Russet. He also regards with favor the Sutton Beauty, Worcester Spy, 

 Foundling, Washington Strawberry, Mother Apple, Holden Pippin, 

 McLellan, Tetofsky, Sterling, Washington Royal or Palmer Greening, 

 (" having as many desirable qualities as any apple " ), nearly all of which 

 originated in Worcester County, and are of excellent quality, yielding 

 abundant crops. The soil and climate of Worcester County are especially 

 adapted to fruit-culture, and has long been celebrated for the apples it has 

 produced from seed, such as the Hubbardston Nonesuch, Holden Pippin 

 or Fall Orange of Downing, Mother, Washington Royal or Palmer 

 Greening, Sutton Beauty, Foundling, Worcester Spy, Leicester Sweet, 

 and probably the Twenty-Ounce or Cayuga Red Streak. Mr. Hadwen, in 

 his excellent essay on the apple, states that the cultivation of the apple 

 has long been an important interest in Worcester County ; the money- 

 value received in 1876 for apples exported probably exceeding the value 

 of any other product. 



Pears. — Nearly all the sorts named in the list of approved kinds for 

 Boston and the Eastern Division are alike adapted to the central section 

 of the State. Reference, therefore, may be had to the list already given. 

 Mr. James Draper, an intelligent nurseryman of Worcester, in his essay 



