HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION—1850. 3 
said by the gentlemen who exhibited specimens, to have been successful ; and 
it is greatly to be desired that further experiments should be tried by our agri- 
culturists, to test fully the advantage of its more general introduction. 
Nineteen towns of our county were represented by the contributions of one 
hundred and ninety-one individuals, viz: from Salem, one hundred and twen- 
ty-three; Danvers, sixteen; Lynn, eleven; Beverly and Topsfield, five each; 
Middleton and Methuen, four each; Marblehead, Andover, [lamilton, and Ips- 
wich, three each; Wenham. Lawrence, and Saugus, two each; Boxford, New- 
buryport, Newbury, Haverhill, and Glousester, one each. Also, two from 
South Reading, one from Lowell, and one from Kendall, Ulinois, which being 
without the limits of the county, were not in«!aded in the above estimate. 
A comparison 0: the present exhibition, with the first of the kind ever held 
in Salem, shows a very gratifying as well as rapid increase of interest in the 
cultivation of fruits and flowers. That exhibition was held on Tuesday and 
Wednesday, September 14th and 15th, 1841. The number of contributors 
was then seventy-six, —about three hundred plates of Fruit were piaced on the 
tables, comprising one hundred and fifty-three varieties, viz: ninety-four of 
Pears, twenty-five of Apples, ten of Peaches, eight of Plums, eight of Grapes, 
four of Melons, two of Quinces, one of Nectarines, and une of Filberts. 
May we not justly infer from the above comparison, that the labors of the 
Institute in maintaining their stated exhibitions have not been in vain; but 
have resulted in diffusing through the community a more general and extensive 
taste for horticultural pursuits, thus accomplishing the principal object of their 
establishment. 
At the suggestion of several members of the Institute, the committee submit 
a list of Pears and Apples which have proved to be of good quality, aad can 
be recommended for general cultivation in this county. It is not, however, to 
be expected that all fruits will flourish equally well in every situation. The 
productiveness, and the quality of the fruit will be materially affected by dif- 
ference of soil, aspect, and of culture, and also by favorable or unfavorable sea- 
sons: and it is only by judicious, seasonable, and constant attention, that the 
cultivator can expect to be repaid for his labor. 
The list submitted is arranged, as nearly as may be, in the order of the ma- 
turity of the fruit. 
° PEARS. 
Madeleine—not first rate, but the earliest pear worthy of cultivation. 
Bloodgood—requires a warm soil. 
Rostiezer. 
Dearborn’s Seedling—only suitable for the garden. 
