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very fine specimen in John Bell's collection of Delphinium Beauty of Cha- 

 ronne, a hardy herbaceous plant recommended as a very desirable bloomer 

 of great duration. 



By the Committee on Fruits. For the best Black Hamburg and White 

 Muscat of Alexandria Grapes, to Thos. Meelian, gardener to C. Cope ; for 

 the best Cherries, Barr's Seedlings and for the second best Belle magnifique, 

 to Francis Guoin, gardener to Mrs. J. B. Smith. The attention of the 

 Committee was especially attracted by a small quantity of the fine Straw- 

 berry, the Moyamensing seedling, by J. M. Tage; nor can they omit to 

 notice the superior collection of Peaches, Apricots and Nectarines, for which 

 they award a special premium of three dollars to Thos. Meehan ; and fine 

 varieties of Currants, for which they award a premium of two dollars to J. 

 F. Knorr. They also notice choice varieties of Seedling Raspberries, from 

 the gardens of Dr. Brinckle and Dr. Mitchell. 



By the Committee on Vegetables. For the best display of Vegetables 

 by an amateur gardener, to Thos. Meehan, gardener to C. Cope ; for the 

 second best, to Thos. Meghran, gardener to R. Cornelius. 



Ad Interim Re pout. 



The Fruit Committee, in presenting their usual ad interim Report, would 

 remind the Society that, at the stated meeting of last month, specimens of 

 two new Grapes (one a seedling of the Black Hamburg, the other the Musque 

 Verdel,) were exhibited by the originator, Mr. J. Fisk Allen, of Salem, Mass. 

 Wishing to have an opportunity of carefully examining these two varieties, 

 the committee only noticed them cursorily in their regular report for that 

 evening, with a promise of submitting a more detailed pomological descrip- 

 tion of them in their June ad interim report. The specimens having been 

 winter forced, and being ripe in March, were kept too long after their ma- 

 turity to be in their greatest perfection. 



Allen s Seedling Black Hamburg. — The bunch exhibited was not very 

 large, though it is probable there will be an improvement in this respect. — 

 Berry large, black, oval ; seed grey ; flesh solid, and possessing much of the 

 character of the Black Hamburg; quality "very good." 



Musqut Verdel. — This is a natural cross between the Grizzly Frontignan 

 and the Verdelho, the Wine Grape of Madeira. Bunch large shouldered, 

 loose ; berry rather small, about half an inch in diameter, round, pale red ; 

 seed light cinnamon color; flavor rich, saccharine, highly perfumed ; quality 

 " best;" said to be as early as the Black July, and the Pitmaston. 



Mr. Allen deserves the thanks of pomologists for having originated two 

 varieties of Grapes of such excellence ; and being of native origin, they may 

 prove, for out-door culture, better suited to the requirements of our climate 

 than their transatlantic parents. 

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