Excerpt from Transactions of the Worcester County Horticultural Society, for the Year 1878: Comprising Essays: Upon the Apple, by O. B. Hadwen; The Pear, by James Draper; The Strawberry, by Wm. H. Earle; Vegetables, by Sylvanus Sears If briefly considering the Apple in a, few of its phases, will thereby afford material for discussion, tending to create an interest and forward the purposes for which these meetings are called, we most cheerfully comply with the Wishes of the Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.