Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-02-19
CITY AND COUNTY.


eleven months since, it was thought that each
member would feel bound to contribute to-
wards the development of pomology, if not of
of Horticulture, by every means within his
power. And yet it has resulted that while
many contributors of fruits, (of apples and
pears especially and sometimes OF flowers,
have loaded our tables and furnished subjects
for our discussions, the number is not small
of those who, admirably qualified to supply
information, have either withheld that knowl-
edge which was the ripe sum of their personal
experience, owing to an unreasonable diff
dence or else have refrained altogether from
display of specimens such as would at once
challenge consideration for their crop and its
treatment. Now if one lot of fruit is not ex-
hbited because its owner may fancy that it
will prove inferior to some other, why then
there is an end to all friendly competition.
Or, if it is kept at home because there is GER
tain to be enough without it, it is obvious
enough that a general concurrence in this
view would prove fatal to any exhibition.
The only sure basis for the permanence and
development of these weekly exhibitions, for
they might possibly be simply kept alive
somehow anyhow is this That all who feel
an interest in them shall display their best
specimens, at the cost of some inconvenience.
That the famer who makes horticulture an
incident to his pursuit, shall not decline to
compete with the amateur owner Of town.
lot because he may apprehend an inferiority
which such competition would determine not
to exist. And finally that all should bear in
mind that the object of the society is to elicit
the personal experience of its Members. none
of whom should, therefore, by an ill-timed
difidence of their capacity to inform or in
struct, aid in embarrassing that pursuit of
knowledge which is always environed with
sufficient difficulties.
c. s. Stebbins; Approximation Spy.
T. Il. Norcross Shrewsbury Apples
Nameless, with an external resemblance to
the Hubbardston Nonsuch.
Dr. Geo. Chambers Apples - Northern
Spy, Esopus Spitzenbcrg.
Col. Iyers Phillips: Apples-Blue Pear
main, Nonsuch, Baldwin.
Samuel d. Torrey (Millbury): Apples
Northern Spy, Peck's Pleasant, Esopas Spitz-
enberg, and two bottles of cider.
j. NJ. Earle: Apples-Rhode Island Green
ing, Nonsuch.
Henry Phelps: Pears-Easter Buerre; no.
| BILE specimens.
iona. d. Wheeler (Grafton); Apples
Nameless.
AT four P. NJ, the president in the chair, DR..
| Workman moved that the Fameuse apple,
which was ''passed" at the last meeting, be
taken up for consideration, and it was carried.
A somewhat desultory conversation ensued,
chiefly maintained by the president, DIR.
| Workman, and J. NJ. Earle, in which the fe-
high ATTITUDES, was universally conceded, ana
its fine flavor as widely praised. The secre-
tary instanced the success of Judge Allen in
its growth. 1t was finally resolved to place it
upon the list of those which ''pronlise well, ;
leaving it for future observation to determine
whether that promise shall be redeemed in
} this vicinity.
Voted, to resume the consideration OF the
list OF "apples that promise we'll"
s. SterIlHg-O.- b. Hadwen: This apple is
grown considerable about Worcester. 1t is
a large, striped fruit, in appearance closely
resembling the Lyscom The treeiS very Wig
orous and large bearer, and is one which
deem well worthy of cultivation. James +.
| Allen: | have raised it, but esteem it of in
ferior quality. Replying to a question, Mr..
A. said that it was ripe in November. Col.
|. Phillips | have grown the Sterling. find
| it keeps well much better than l expected.
1t retains its flavor remarkably until the LIST of
February, to say the least When my trees
first fruited l thought it acas the Lyscom. j.
+. Allen: l consider it no better than the
| Twenty Ounce. j. NJ. Earle Some twenty
| years ago Mr.. Cotton and myself went out ts
West Boylston to look at the trees of a Mr..
-, who used to bring this apple into Wor-
cester and sell it for the Lyscom, although he
knew all the time that it was not. | thought
pretty favorably Of it then. 1t is a fall apple
which has been known in that region for fifty
years. | should think it valuable enough
now to be retained upon the list. Retained.
8. Jewstfs Redo. B. Hadwen; | consider
this one of the finest apples that | have. H.
h. Keith: DO you find it very difficult APP
pie to raise? o. b. IL Not at all, with good
cultivation. Its season commences by Dee
LIST, and it is not out of eating yet. 1t is the
best apple of its season. Its chief fault is
that of bearing too full. L. b. StebbinS:
have raised the variety now under COnsidera-
ton. About two-thrds of my crop were fair
and perfect specimens like it very much
j. NJ. Earle This seems to be one of those
apples, not so much adapted for general cul-
tlvation as for that of persons owning or
chards, who would desire to possess at least a
single tree. And on motion of Mr.. Earle, it
was voted that 1t be recommended as proms-
ing well for ''GBldtcV9' cuiticatioR."
20. Letdnd'S Spice-John NJ. Earle: The
original tree was one that deacon Leland of
| Slprburnp bOupht in Natipl r IInJmo,