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In addition to these, President Barry informs us that he received, Novem- 

 ber 30, a splendid seedling apple from L. J. Pish of Martinez, Cal.; a seedling 

 of Yellow Bellfiower, large, golden yellow, firm, jnicy, and rich, said to keep 

 as well as the Newtown Pippin. 



The chairman of your committee received from Charles Arnold of Paris, . 

 Ontario, specimens of four new varieties of the apple, obtained by crossing 

 the Northern Spy, "VVagener, and Spitzenburgh ; one of which was a large and 

 beautiful fruit, three inches high and nearly four inches in diameter, oblate, 

 obtusely ribbed, deeply shaded and striped dark red on yellow ground, with a 

 smooth, polished skin, a white flesh, tender, rather acid, and an agreeable and 

 pleasant flavor, presenting the characteristics of both Wagener and Northern 

 Spy, and if the fruit should always prove fair, and the tree a good grower and 

 bearer in other localities, it would doubtless prove valuable as a market sort. 

 This is mentioned as an encouraging result of crossing. The other sorts were 

 less striking. 



Pears. — From a few notes kindly furnished by our President, P. Barry, the 

 following are selected : 



A seedling of Flemish Beauty, from A. Foote, of Williamstown, Mass., is of 

 full medium size, very handsome, half melting, and sweet. Foote's Seedling 

 Seckel is large and fair, and fully equal to that sort in flavor. From the same 

 source, a seedling pear named Hoosic, is large, resembling BeurreDiel, melting 

 and of first quality. These were received October 5. About three weeks 

 later, Foote's White Seckel was ripe, a very handsome, medium-sized fruit, 

 with skin of a pale waxy white or straw color, not quite melting, but refresh- 

 ing and very good, A week later, or at the end of October, a seedling Vir- 

 galieu, of large size, and very good, was received from the same source. 



In addition to the above, a seedling pear received from Dr. S. L. Chase of 

 Lockport is worthy of further attention. Had we seen it earlier in the seasoo 

 we should have pronounced it a large specimen of Doyenne Bonssock, but this 

 was ripe about the middle of October, and had some marks unlike those of 

 the Boussock. Its large size, fine appearance, and good quality entitle it to 

 further notice. 



Peaches. — A great improvement has been made within a few years in the 

 acquisition of several varieties much earlier than any good sorts previously 

 known. The earliest which we have yet met with is Amsden's June, of which 

 specimens were received from J. C. Teas of Carthage, Mo., on the 15th of 

 July, which ripened on the 8th of July, and came in good condition. We 

 were informed that they were some of the later specimens on the tree, and 

 that in a previous year they had ripened on the last day of June. Allowing 

 three weeks' difference between Western New York and Southwestern Mis- 

 souri, it would bring the ripening of this peach at Eochester about the last of 

 July or the first of August, or two or three weeks earlier than Hale's Early, 

 and more than a week earlier than Early Beatrice^ — a small, beautiful, and ex- 

 cellent foreign peach. Early Alexander may possibly be as Early as Amsden, 

 but we cannot give distinct information on this point, not having met with it. 

 The specimens of the Amsden which we received were about an inch and 

 three-fourths in diameter. We were informed that some had measured two 

 inches and a quarter, but they would not be so large grown farther north. A 

 seedling peach of large size, fine form, and excellence of quality was exhibited 

 at the late State Fair in Rochester by N. B. Hyatt of Pnlteney, Steuben 

 county, New York, which originated on the farm of CI, P. Hayden of that 



