Hartford County Hortiocltural Society

The following are the officers for the ensuing year: President - William W. Turner. Vice-Presidents - Dr. G. W. Russell, Dr. J. S. Butler, H. W. Terry, Hartford; Henry Mygatt, Farmington; Chas. L. Porter, East Hartford; N. W. Stanley, New Britain; Norman Porter, Berlin; Salmon Lyman, Manchester; E. A. Holcomb, Granby; Dr. H. A. Grant, Enfield; S. D. Case, Canton; Sheldon Moore, Kensington; T. C. Austin, Suffield. Recording Secretary - D. S. Drwey. Corresponding Secretary - T. R. Dutton. Treasurer - P. D. Stillman. Auditor - H. L. Bidwill. Standing Committee - Wm. F. Tuttle, Seth H. Clark, Gro. Brinley. Committee on Fruits - W. F. Tuttle, M. C. Weld, Geo. Brinley. Committee on Flowers - D. S. Dewey, E. Goodridgr, Jas. Stebins. Committee on Vegetables - C. T. Werster, N. Hollister, J. H. Goodwen.

Hartford Prolific

At the meeting of the Pomological Society held at Rochester in 1856, I spoke somewhat in praise of this grape, as it appeared to be underrated by many of the members who compared it with Charter Oak, etc. I consider it valuable, chiefly for its hardiness, abundant bearing and eurliness, as it ripened this season earlier than any other variety in my collection. In quality it does not equal Isabella, but is desirable to come in for early marketing- in small quantities and especially for the north. There is, however an objection to it: as soon as fully ripe it drops from the bunch.

Hartford Prolific #1

Earlier than Isabella, but hardly as good.

Haslam's Auricles

We have just received one of these helps to the deaf, and shall give it a speedy trial. .

Hathaway Excelsior Tomato

We believe this originated in America, but know not its precise source. Nevertheless it has found its way to England, and a gardener writes to the Gardener's Chronicle, that "it is the most acceptable Love apple in cultivation; it is of moderate growth, flowers early, and'extremely handsome, probably the handsomest of all the tomatoes, being plump and quite round, devoid of all sutures."

Have Ferns Sexes?

Why not? It is pretty much a settled principle that all vegetables have sexes. If so, ferns must. I fancy it to be the organic law with vegetables, as with animals, that sexes are indispensable to the renewal of their species, although the continuation of life may be prolonged indefinitely in the one by layering, cuttings, and ingrafting, while the other has its individual vitality bounded by the inexorable laws of its creation.

Haven County Agricultural Society

President, B H. Andrews. Vict-Presidents, N. A. Bacon, S. P. Spencer. Corresponding Secretary, Washington Webb. Recording Secretary, Wm. B. Johnson. Treasurer, C. B. Whittlesey.

Hawthorns For Ornament

The Rural New Yorker advises the more general culture of the Hawthorns as among the most elegant of the ornamental class of trees.

"They are in full bloom during the last half of the month of May, and with their pink, white and purple flowers, make a splendid show. The single flowering sorts are very handsome, but last for but a few days, while the double flowers remain for two or three weeks.

" Few trees of so hardy a character as the Hawthorn make so brilliant a display when in bloom, as the single varieties do when loaded with fruit in the autumn. The flowers of the double' sorts resemble small roses crowded into dense clusters, two or three inches in diameter".