284 
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
lished in the Athens papers and in the Agricultural jour- 
nals of the State. 
The Society then, on motion, adjourned, 
Mark A. Cooper, President. 
W-M. N. White, Secretary. 
Notwithstanding the severe drouth, the exhibition of 
Fruit was unexpectedly large, and during the evening 
the room was thronged with interested spectators. The 
list of contributors and contributions was as follows : 
Peters, Harden' & Co , Atlanta, exhibited : Pears — 
Van Mons Leon le Clerc, Vicar of Winhfield, Flemish 
Beauty, Brown Beurre, Bartlett, Steven’s Genesee, Louise 
Bonne de Jersey, Duchesse d’ Angouleme, Beurre d’ 
Aremberg, Doyenne d’ Ete, a seedling, and 10 unnamed 
varieties of which the labels had been lost — all fine — total, 
•21 varieties. Grapes — Devereaux, White Sweetwater, 
Warren, Saluda,. Isabella, Lenoir, Catawba, Thurmond, 
Black Hamburg, and two promising looking natives not 
yet ripe — 12 varieties. Plums — Long Scarlet, Jefferson, 
Coe’s Golden Drop (extra fine), Imperial Gage, Green 
Gage, Bi ngham, Columbia, Washington, Leroy’s Mogul j 
(a seedling), and twounknown — 12 varieties. Peaches — { 
Early Tillotson, Early York (seriate). Gross Mignonne, i 
Eliza Schmitz, Prin.^e’s Paragon, Bergen Yellow, Hative j 
•des Ferrers, Crawford’s Early, Chinese Cling, Burgess’ | 
Beauty, Poole's Melocoton, Early White English, Moore's j 
June, Walter’s Early, Yellow Rareripe, Hoffman’s Favor- I 
ate, Bellegarde, Incomparable Admirable and Brown’s] 
Free — 21 varieties. Nerlarives — Early Newington, Early ; 
Scarlet, Belgone, Temple, Red Roman, Elruge — G varie- | 
ties. Apples — Oconee Gr<-ening, Shockley, Siberian Crab, ; 
and 12 unnamed va.ieties — t^tal 15. In all 87 varieties; 
of fruit from this Nursery, making a very attractive show 
of itself. 
Y. L G Harris, of Athens, exhibited : Nerktrhies — 
New White, and Boston both very large and fine. Plums 
— Jefferson and Bingham, extra fine, (the latter 5^ inches 
inches in circumferenc), also 2 seedlings worthy of further 
trial. Pea ches — Adinirable, Yellow Alberge and | 
one unnamed yellow peach from Delaware. Pears — A' 
seedling and one unkliown variety — total, 11 varieties. 
D. Redmond, of Augusta, exhibited : Neefariues — Bos- ; 
ton, Hardwick (fine). Golden, Elruge, E.trly Violet, and 5 j 
nameless — 10 varieties. Peaches — \0 subvarieties of the! 
Pace or Columbia, &c. Pears — Bartlett, Duchesse Angou- I 
feme, comptede Lamy and Steven’s Genesee — I varieties | 
Apples — Fail Pippin and two otlier varieties nameless 1 
Plums— '3' varieties for names. Grapes — Isabella and 
Scuppernon.g Also the Pomegranate, Orange Quince, &c., 
— in all, 39 varieties of fruits. 
J. Va.v Boren, of Ciarkesville. exhibited : Apples — 
.Julien, Haber.sJiam, R. I. Greening, Toccoa, Jlefiance and 
Nantehalee — G varieties. Pears . — Napoleon and I name- 
less — in aU 8 varieties. Mr. Van Bcren’s section of the 
State suffered from a very late frost. 
Col. A. G. Summer, of Pomaria, S. C., exhibited : 
Peojs — Forelie, Passe Colmar, Lewis, Eyewood, Croft 
Castle, BulTam (small), Beurre Die), Andrews, Winter 
Nelis, Moecos, B Gris de Hiver, Calhoun, Colman d’ 
Aremberg, Bezi de La Motte, (extra fine) Seokel (of 
enormous size). White Doyenne, Moore (an extra fine 
new Pear), Harvard, Glout Morceau, Beurre Cupiauraont, 
Duchesse de Augoutenae, Golden Beuire de Bilboa (extra 
fine), Flemish Beauty (very fineb Rousseiet de iMeester, ; 
Kenrick, Julien and Fulton — 27 varieties. Peaches— \ 
Bordeaux and Chinese Cling, botli very fine clings j 
Apples — Aromatic, Ferdinand, Male Carle, Bla^k (ofi 
Cox) Late Strawberry', Hubbardston’s Nonsuch, Vv’ood’s 
tCree-Ritag. Carolina Greening, R. I. Greening, Ylenegare ! 
(a monster apple 18 inches in circumference and weigh- 
ing 261 ounces). Golden Ball, American Summer Pear- 
main, Cole’s Scarlet Perfume, Jersey Sweet, Hoover and 
Summer’s No. 1 and 2 — 19 varieties. Plums — An extra 
fine blue plum, a seedling of the Green Gage. Ahtwnd — 
Hardshell — total, 50 varieties. 
Wm. N. White, of Athens, exhibited : Pears — Doy- 
enne Goubalt, St. Ghislain, Bartlett, White Doyenne, Van 
Assene, Doyenne d’ Ete, Rostiezer, Kirtland, Zepherin, 
Gregorie, Louise de Prusse, B. de Amalis, Souvenir de 
Printemp, Lodge and Belle Lucrative — 14 varieties. Plums 
— Washington, Reine Claude de Bavay, Blue Plum, 
Lombard, Imperial Gage, White Magnum Bonum, Coe’s 
Golden Drop, Green Gage, Bingham, Red Gage, Duane's 
Purple, Long Scarlet, and five nameless — 27 varieties. 
Peaches — Van Zandt’s Superb, Brevoort, Early Red Rare- 
ripe, Washington Cling, Old Mixon Cling, Noblesse, 
George IV, Morris Red Rareripe, Shanghai Cling, Cool- 
idge’s Favorite, Baltimore Belle, Columbus June, Rod- 
man’s Cling, Fay’’s Early Ann, Stump the World, Craw- 
ford’s Early, Ispahan, Pucelle de Malines, Early Red, 
Belle de Beaucaire, Reine des Verges, Early Chelmsford, 
and Precoce de Savoys, Pace, Incomparable Admirable, 
Blood Cling, Coleman’s Orange — 28 varieties. Grapes — 
Diana, Isabella, Chasselas de Fontainbleau, White Con- 
stantia, Lenoir and Warren — G varieties. Apples — Meig’s 
and Yellow Meadow — 2 varieties — total, G7 varieties. 
Col. J. M. Davison, of Green co , exhibited: Peaches 
— Crawford’s Early and Yellow Strawberry. Grapes 
(nameless) and an extra fine sample of Wine from Bland's 
Maderira, of the vintage of 1854. 
Robert Nei.son, of Macon, sent for exhibition 2 varie- 
ties, viz ; Peaches — Flewellen Cling, a superb early 
Southern peach, the best yet made known. Apples — a 
seedling of fitie appearance, for a name. 
Mrs. A. Hur.D, of Athens, exhibited : Imperial 
Gage (very fine), Washington. Grapes — Black Ham- 
burg and AVhite Muscat of Alexandria (superb). Pears 
— Beurre de Aremberg, Grey Doyenne and Louise Bonne 
de Jersey — total, 7 varieties. 
Mrs. Camak, of Athens, exhibited ; Pears — a fine clus- 
ter of 10 Belle Lucrative, Beurre Diel (fine), Josephine, 
Louise Bonne de Jersey, Bartlett, Browne Beurre, Gansel's 
Beritamot, White Doyenne, Luckey', Dunmore (fine), 
Beurre de Ranee, Belle Bonne, and a fine seedling, here- 
Kifore described as the Camak Pear — 13 varieties Plums 
— Elfrey, Reine Claude, Violet, Mecklin, Jefferson, Yellow 
Ylagnum Bonum, Duane’s Purple 2 unknown, and 1 
seedling fora name, also Imperial Gage, Green Gage, 
Italian Prune, German Prune and Bingham (fine) — 14 
varieties. Grapes — Warren, very fine. Peaches — Early 
Crawford and a beautiful seedling peach. Nectarines — 
Mdhaf'?) and Elruge — total, 32 varieties. 
Dr. M. A. Ward, of Athens, e.xbibited : G win- 
net Red (fine), Blue Gilliflower, Alaiden’s Blush, Swaar, 
Cole’s Black, Golden Russet, Neveifidl, Coi^ican, Gilli- 
land’s Sweet, Jonathan, Gravenstein, Ribstone Pippin, 
Kilhani Hill, Summer Pearmain, R. I. Greening, Macou 
Sweet, Porter, Pumpkin Sweet, Cullasaga, Newton Pippin, 
Haverhill, Carthouse, Murphy, Camak’s Seedling, Webb, 
Baldwin, Leatherwood, Limber Twig, Minister, and 
2 unnamed — 3l vaiieties. Pmr.s— Seckel, Alarie Louise, 
Vicar of Winkfield, Rouselet Stutgard, Cumberland, Wil- 
bur, Heathcot, Julienne, White Doyenne, Moore’s Pound, 
Wilkinson, Surpasse Marie Louise, Autumn Bon Chretien, 
Swan’s Egg Forelle, Orange Bergamot, Gros JNIarie and 
a fine seedling 18 varieties. Ncclannes — Boston. 
Plums — Jaffer-son (fine ),Breevoort’s Purple, Aliser, Duane s 
Purple (large and fine), Sharp's Emperor (a misnomer, but 
a large fine white plum). Smith’s Orleans and a seedlmg 
—7 varieties— total, 57 varieties. 
