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Your Committee find some interesting varieties in these collections, which we desire 

 to bring before your notice. 



The Stark — Long known in Ohio, where there are trees fitly years old. This variety 

 bears abundantly on alternate years, producing fair fruit of good size, and very good 

 for market. 



In Mr. Crain's collection we find his new fruits, the Sparks, Terall's and Baccolinus, 

 also the Dauage, all of which are promising as southern accessions to our lists ol varie- 

 ties that are worthy of our attention. Also the Turner's Green — Medium size, dull 

 green, very tender flesh, finegrained and good but not showy, new. 



By Byron McKiustry, Kankakee Co. — Seven varieties apples for name; not iden- 

 tified. 



The collection from Mr. Lawver, produced in Missouri, and Wyandotte Co. Kansas, 

 in an old indian orchard, is worthy of attention, although some of the fruits presented 

 are so like the Large Striped Pear main as to raise the query as to their being different, 

 These are the "Missouri Superior,' 1 '' the Missouri Superior, {Glass)," 1 and the "Parke's 

 Keeper." We learn from Mr. Lawver, that the latter variety has a different appear- 

 ance in the tree, and is distinct from the Large Striped Pearmain of Kentucky, which 

 is grown in Ohio, which also appears to be cultivated in Southern Illinois, and in Mis- 

 souri. We find on cutting the Parke's Keeper, that while it resembles the Large 

 Striped, in external character, the flesh appears firmer and promises to keep longer — 

 the flavor also seems to be more aromatic. 



The Lawver is a product of Mr. Gray's old Indian orchard, supposed to be a seedling 

 and a new variety, and named in compliment to our worthy fellow citizen, for his 

 devotion to Pomology and the introduction of new fruits. 



The Lawver is large, very handsome, a good keeper, " March to July," bright, dark 

 red, showy ; flesh crisp, juicy, sprightly, very good, has been called ''the Baldwin of 

 the West." 



Among the fruits from the Ohio Society, the large greenish yellow apple named 

 Sigler's Pound is believed to be worthy of the attention of those who arc seeking a 

 large fruit of saleable qualities. 



London Pippin, supposed to be a Virginia variety, very handsome, but its behavior 

 is not sufficiently well known to enable us to recommend it. 



Baltimore, formerly known in prairie collections, as the "Flushing Spitzenburg," a 

 productive market apple. 



Winter Sweet Paradise, a favorite Pennsylvania variety. 



Pittsburgh Pippin, goo A. — "Sweet Pippin," thought to be the same as Sweet Rhode 

 Island Greening at former meetings, very delicate and tender fleshed. 



Peck's Pleasant. This very agreeable fruit should be better known. 



Grime's Golden, from Iowa, shows the superiority of this choice variety as a table 

 fruit. 



PEARS. 



By — G. Drew, Bunkerhill. No. 1, yellowish, thought to be Josephine de malincs. 

 No. 2, Rupet, not examined because it disappeared before the committee would 

 examine it. 



By G. Wilgers, Richview, Pound Pear, large and good to sell. 



JOHN A. WARDER, Chairman. 

 S. G. MINKLER, Sec. 



