Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-04-19
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From the st. Anthony (,Iinn.,) News, March "a.

at the office of j. f. Bradley, Esq. The meet.
ing was fully attended, and considerable
number of gentlemen Joined the society. THE
preliminary business OF the meeting disposed
of, the subject of fruit culture was resumed.
PedrS-Wright read paper on varieties of
pears, plums, and grapes. Thirteen lists of
Iears were presented Recommended for hard
iness, and adapted to northern cultivation.
The kinds most nearly agreed upon were
Flemish Beauty, Buffum, Stevens, Genessee,
Oswego, 3uerre, Winter Nes, Onondaga,
and Virgalieu, in the order named Flemish
Beauty standing decidedly ahead of all others.
PIumS-Eleven lists were read. Smiths
Orleans stood first then Lombard and Impe-
rial Gage.
Grapes.--Nine lists of hardest grapes were
given. Citation stood on eight, Concord and
Hartford Prolific on five, and Delaware on
four-tbese being the most nearly agreed
upon.
Smith continued the subject of pears We
must not charge the failure of dwarf pears
here to Minnesota climate, The mass of ex-
perments fail east also. We must make care.
fu and Intelligent trials of varieties to deter
mine those best for orr soil and climate His
observation of varieties agrees well in results
with the lists read. AT Montreal and fifty
miles further north the Flemish Beauty Tone
OF the best OF pears) succeeds we'll The Buff
dv 10 nrasoS,nd ,','n!o Deen .oule very mar
esting in pear culture.
Wolsey-H0w about pear on thorn?
Gideon-Don't do well will sometimes
bear once, and then die.
Wolsey-I grated one last year it grew
well.
Smith-Thorn is generally not considered
good for either pear or apple.
wan. IS t, ~ NV OnNe, my grew iol
near TO roof above tHe %raft or,d ~ A. tn"s te
ed ones over Gra,v ht $50 ?nu a.e toP graf
stocL and ~ das,nn"S 81 81 JG'neu "gl " TIE
Gideon-"u H. 49, 90 oao ~ NV WINS
on ,hnrn ~ 80 80 e ' pear! root gtal'ed
where arof,ed rf hnv, .n.O" our lEo's ABOVE
TOMB go ~, o,,,In seen az AaAe n1nne'
;Ol, III o "pp,e' rio" seven years o'u' oo'
n;9 s ro. "te -FOUR ihcneS IN diameter
,he oo,; m,1e ,set n's', anu win proDapIy bear
civ nv a,niet ; 1" my are DrahG a Out
60 !iOlee iioii' tle eIouhu (oehslble
veow allow DV srh 20 ooH piacN loa!l, WIN Soit
=; Icy ouo' sui nave appiied morse ma
~ ping 70 sta.t trees early win pest
,,n,J ,i,nao,' louiIu .,iat trees "lllCl nave
5ost sTsodS t"' nave $1,000 winters
Isl leee nave uohe oeSe on northern eX-
trom of ,ba T Iai Exposed most 10 the winds
ON No. O'' .',e i"N1 ila'e never seen lear plight
49,. NI;I..onlS nave uone better than
% lpr1 ni."ne ,apple mas Sto0d WELL though
and Lardiu oH ~ 10 a, tennesSee apple,
In;roia II;. a' e at an horth OF central
~ ho,to, - ti1in ti.e S0uth' nave uoHe
81 -, "H" - ui'' WINE Soule apple
traas 49, - i D".l;",, We prouuced
aoo nv'o |a'In nave 80, ~9 HVeu' ok years
80 100 "P ,p1t ures hiileu uowh the stems
and orc fioa 800 up a'tet "a'us
from IIlinnis nIantaI "" 1eeui.nss ana gratis
Iived md Jona ,ra o mGi 'ietn siope' nave
Smith-Am nloaso1 viii ~. ''ra. Iii,
No Iaof hIiab, 20 's ~ peai oeeu'iiss'
w VII Va. s1 Tn ~ ooi'nion oh pears east
treos his winter pII h., 9"o" "aJuhu liy pear
while tha others bava Iivod ,i,,o s sa"' '' uieu'
Wb;tnav-Soutbarn nlarts o "a
been less hardy with mo tLan nnn,I'ars a",
Have saen a Ana ornbarJ IN Ri I1i =" o"eo'
tain in Canada fohnnt 10 doanan aoi1 mum
tnde -RenI How ,,otiooJ -. NV u, i"li
and soutbern sIonos at StiiI, 90 0' not 'lieIn
the north lived LII ,,,o lat a' nose Oh
Prof Stone PIamto5 10 oan'I.: "ieu'
one on the north side Of tIo hns apPie t[ees,
tvioa ne n,Ioh &c +I.S IL, VIZ va" II gre"
noars o ho in battan e 0.n9rG Iast season. APP
now Land stones to thn rnr,I .',a I sne o'lier
exnosad "'' III anu Peiiec'V
Further discussion nm t,oo. oo;,. 49,,
,osnros oIso ~, oS,I;r1at; so''' ""u CA
cited anthorities IN shn,x ,hot ,ha
of tho nearh bad hoo, NC. 'ne eui'i'a1io'l
n fnw vear's time n,oro t%a,, no' '"" a." III
nrocoss ;s stiII ,o;n,.a '"''" 'e"'' anu the
Tho FAT nf 500 ,n Wv" :...
,vatas ~, tnnoo "'uuo s"u ,lclNy or sait
loo oaIIa,I NO. 80. Nut! ou! fuus,
n,;t,or ord a,,ao,1>I; t'e ~ ,sae'iie coul
,noo,,,' - ~ III eS'aOiSiilng their III
sill ,. wy on"'
En- 80, sro" do ,ocust, mountain ASH,
~" ~, "e'e H., S'sm'y oEeIhauleu; After full
di sn,s t"G .Ieetng ADJOURNED one week to
,,is anu "u"p' confession OIL iaith con
W snInee. u'I ~ III Mlnheso'a' ana perhaps
W; 500 " .s' oi varieties TO recommend 10
''" =" &c p'"n'ers'
I'm FROM 'ne ST. Anthony News March 49,
t"e society Inet on tuesday evening, 10th
ms d. ~, '.'t oihce oi .. T. bradley Esq Ow-
Ins " 'ne n"u conuIlioh OF me streets 1t was
my 90 i'l - 40 P,e'ious meetings Inc dls
J''oJ ,%o Is ~pon ieSoi9.ioH u, inti o.
uuoeu a. '"c i"e' i,ee''he ny W. d. wright
e4p.es?lns iuii uonuIence III tne pracucaOi!lty
s ",'I pea'o anu ursins the i'l
p 20, ~ ptaH',ne "nu cuituie' ana
w Isl a 'io' ; u neee Io' MA
-, i.' - e".u !.'e iuea hau very gen
SI;. .Iet u!t eau hot pe raised IN
Sc a. No..ins o'"nus % iluch Ill me
wy vi NV piospeiny Vi MinIesOta as inns
sshelahy acceP'eu iuea u H. roma, near
eAunllneu, Que VI "hlcn had Deen IN bearing
seven 2garsi ~llhout having ialled single
year ne llau reiiaole Information oil other
cases oI successful experiments IN raising APP
P.ee. nese Eases silouiu oe received as en-
e' tliat can De raised here.
ne ne t1ous t, some statements emanating from
ale no' eu,';. society, winch should en-.