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Mr. Show of that place, Mr. John Smolk states that he raised this tree from 

 pits of premium peaches procured at a fair in western New York, — he having 

 originally owned the Snow place and planted the tree there. 



The President of the Society, to whom the committee are indebted for the 

 preceding facts, farther states that he procured trees from western New York 

 as Early Barnard, which prove identical with the foregoing, both in tree and 

 fruit, except that the fruit is smaller in size, and ripens somewhat later. 



THE nO]S"EST JOHN". 



Honest John, of lake shore growers, is believed to be identical with the 

 yellow peach grown under that name in western New York. 



It is a fact, well known to pomologists, that there are several varieties of 

 peaches which, from some exceptional cause, retain, as do most fruits in their 

 wild or natural state, the capability of transmitting their peculiarities to their 

 offspring, through their seed, with a greater or less degree of certainty. 

 Among these the old Alberge, and also the Red Cheek Malocoton are noted 

 cases. The Barnard, and also the Yellow Honest John, are thought to be 

 seedlings of Alberge, and if such, they seem to have inherited a degree of this 

 same power, and we are the more inclined to accept this assumption for the 

 reason that there seems to be no more probable way of accounting for the 

 apparent identity of fruit, which, like some of those noticed in this report, 

 seem unquestionably to have had a distinct origin. 



Your committee would further remark that their work, so far as the above 

 varieties are concerned, can hardly be considered complete till they shall have 

 been able to make examinations and comparisons of foliage and fruit during 

 the seasons of growth, and to prepare descriptions of each, in definite pomo- 

 logical terms, such as shall suffice for the determination of the question of 

 their identity with varieties grown and described abroad under the same or 

 similar names. 



THE KEYPOET "U'HITE. 



Keyport "White, which appears in the list of peaches recommended by the 

 Society, is stated by Mr. Charles Dovrning, in a recent letter received from 

 him, to ripen about the same time as La Grange, and not, in his estimation, to 

 be any improvement upou that variety. 



Wheeler's Early Peach is not described or noticed in any of our standard 

 pomological works. 



THE FOSTER PEACH. 



Foster Peach will be found described in the Journal of Horticulture, and 

 also by Downing in an appendix to his latest revised work on fruits, recently 

 issued in pamphlet form, as follows: 



Originated with J. T. Foster, Medford, Mass. Tree said to be hardy, vigor- 

 ous and productive ; a good market variety. 



Fruit large, slightly flattened, with a slight suture, stem moderately 

 ^lepressed; flesh yellow, very rich and juicy, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor; 

 free, stone of medium size ; color a deep orange red, becoming very dark red 

 on the exposed side. Eipe from the middle to the last of September. 



THE PAW PAW APPLE. 



The Paw Paw apple originated at Paw Paw, Mich., from seed sown by Mrs. 

 Ball of that place. It was exhibited as a seedling at the second meeting of 

 the Michigan State Horticultural Society held at Kalamazoo, on Thursday, 



