Regarding the injury to our fruit trees and grape vines, we apprehend that it took place between the last of February and early in March. The ground was so open in that month that some strawberry beds were forked over and plants set. On Sunday morning, March 3d, the thermometer, in South Salem, went up to 75 in the shade and 85 in the sun. On the Thursday following, it was but 10 above nearly the whole day, and upon the 18th, it was only 4 above at sunrise. The Mill Pond was frozen over sufficient for skating. Such fluctuations of temperature, particularly thus late, would, we think, be more disastrous than if they had occurred in December or January. The sudden freezing and thawing of the sap vessels in winter, particularly in the grape vine, causes this trouble; and as the sap is always in motion, at all seasons and under all circumstances, except in the presence of intense cold, as said by that eminent physiologist, Dr. Lyndlay, can we wonder at these results? Biot, a French writer, says that there is a great deal of sap in the Spring, and much less at other seasons. He has also proved, by an ingenious apparatus, that the rate of motion of the sap may be measured at all seasons. In mild weather the sap was constantly rising, but when frost was experienced, it flowed back again. Among the Pear Trees which seemed to have suffered the most, were the Beurre Bosc and Bartlett. Of the former, whole trees were in some instances killed; grafts, which had borne for two years, were destroyed. With the Bartlett, the injury was in the destruction of the fruit spurs and buds. The Harvard, Winter Nelis and some others which flowered well in the Spring, set but little or no fruit; while the Belle Lucrative, Buffum, Paradise de Automne and Bezi de la Motte suffered but little. The Belle Lucratives were never finer; there were, in fact, larger specimens upon our tables than at any former exhibition. This variety seems to be growing larger from year to year. They have been, for two years past, at least one-third larger than they were twenty years since. Premiums-For 12 Specimens $1 each. Belle Lucrative, Thomas Day, Salem. Flemish Beauty, Jonas Harrington, Salem. 66 Black Pear of Worcester, W. D. Northend, Salem. Vicar of Winkfield, Benjamin Goodrich, South Danvers. Lawrence, W. D. Northend, Salem. Glout Morceau, J. A. Learoyd, Danvers. Lewis, C. F. Ives, Salem. Louise Bon d' Jersey, Hiram Plummer, South Danvers. Beurre Clairgeau, Stephen Blaney, Andrews, W. P. Clark, Gansells Bergamotte, John V. Stevens, Bezi de la Motte, G. L. Hodgkins, Salem. Beuure Dial, Hiram Plummer, South Danvers. Chelmsford, B. F. Kent. 66 Beurre D' Anjou, Sumner Southwick, South Danvers. Tongres, J. V. Stevens, Marie Louise, Stephen Thayer, Salem. 66 Paradise of Autumn, J. A. Goldthwait, Salem. For the largest and best specimens of the above varieties, "Harris' Illustrated Insects," to J. V. Stevens, So. Danvers. For the 2d do., to Ephraim Emerton, Salem, For the 3d do., to Stephen Blaney, South Danvers, Gratuities. William Maloon of Salem, for a collection, $2 $1 $1 Isaac Hardy of South Danvers, for a collection, $1 $1 For a single dish of the Beurre Clairgo, to Sumner Southwick; for Belle Lucrative, to the same; Winter Nelis, to William Cheever of Danvers; Vicar of Winkfield, to Hiram Plummer of South Danvers; Passe Colmar to Francis Baker, Long Green of Coxe to Mrs. Lydia Potter, Easter Beurre to A. A. Abbott, Noveau Poiteau to J. V. Stevens, Maria Louise to Benj. Goodrich, Beurre d' Anjou to D. Peirce, all of South Danvers, 50 cents each. Duchesse d' Angouleme to Jonas Harrington, Salem; Marie Louise to Mrs. Henry Archer, Salem; Belle Lucrative to F. Osborne, Buffum to D. F. Fichols, Flemish Beauty to Mrs. A. W. Smith, Belle Lucrative to A. Osborne, South Danvers; Flemish Beauty to R. A. Merriam, Topsfield; Marie Louise to M. Plummer, Henry IV. to Samuel Newman, South Danvers; Bartlett to Silas Winchester of South Danvers, 50 cents each. NATIVE WINES. To H. A. Butters & Co., Haverhill, for Grape and Currant D. C. Bachelder, Newburyport, Elderberry Wine, For the Committee, $2 $1 $1 JOHN M. IVES. APPLES. For the following varieties, your Committee award the premium of one dollar each : Porter, Arthur M. Green, North Andover. Ribston Pippen, G. L. Hodgkins, South Danvers. Baldwin, D. A. Pettengill, Topsfield. Danvers Winter Sweet, Silas Winchester, South Danvers. Seaver Sweet, B. P. Ware, Marblehead. Minister, George Thurlow, West Newbury. Roxbury Russet, Frederick Bray, Ipswich. 66 Fall Harvey, William Tarbox, North Salem. Green Sweet, Aaron Lowe, Essex. Moody, George Thurlow, West Newbury. Ben Apple, B. P. Ware, Marblehead. Swaar, Kendall Carter, Danvers. Aunt Hannah, E. Lake, Topsfield. Yellow Bellflower, " 66 For the largest number and best of the above varieties: 1st to B. P. Ware of Marblehead, Illustrated copy of Harris' "Insects Injurious to Vegetation." E. Lake, Topsfield, 2d largest, George Thurlow, West Newbury, 3d largest, $2 $1 GRAPES AND ASSORTED FRUIT. The Committee on Assorted Fruits, Grapes and Peaches, report that of Assorted Fruits there was but one basket entered, but that was of such decided merit, both in the quality and variety of the specimens, that the Committee award for it the highest premium : To Sumner Southwick of South Danvers, an Illustrated copy of Harris' Insects. Of Grapes, forty-six specimens were exhibited, and, considering the general unfruitfulness of the year, this fruit was found to be unexpectedly excellent. The Committee award To William P. Martin of Salem, for the best ripened Isabella Grapes, $2 To Hiram Plummer of South Danvers, for the best Diana, $2 To William Wilson of Salem, for the best Hartford Prolific, $2 To Geo. W. Gage of Methuen, for the best Concord, Joseph Poor of South Danvers, for Concord Grapes, $2 $2 50 cts. 50 cts. 50 cts. |