to the physical adaptation of the soil in one instance, and its want of adaptation 

 in the other, to the growth of the quince stock ; while the drift of the argument 

 was intended to caution the inexperienced against the indiscriminate engrafting 

 of all the varieties of pear upon the quince, as well as the transfer of even the 

 approved varieties from the garden to the orchard, unless there was transferred 

 with them the high culture of the garden. 



Will not my recorded testimony of the excellency of the quince stock for cer- 

 tain varieties of pear — my denial of the use of the native quince stock — of the 

 exposure of the quince stock above the surface of the ground — my denial of ever 

 having suffered loss from the blowing down of my trees — of the conversation 

 touching the "exceptions" — ray denial of any wholesale denunciation of the 

 quince stock — make it clear to the reader that Mr. F. was fighting "a man of 

 straw," instead of contributing his mite toward the settlement of a controverted 

 question ? 



Kind readers, with a solitary apology for Mr. F., we will dismiss the subject. 

 He is still in the first years of horticultural experience. The golden harvests 

 that glitter in the distance, seemingly near enough to heivilder, are yet to be 

 realized. The buoyancy of hope that trees yet under four years of age has in- 

 spired, rests upon promises that may never be redeemed. Those promises that 

 now appear to him as " necessitous of success" when airy castle building has 

 given place to stern reality, may be written promises unredeemed. When a few 

 more years of observation shall have given age to his experience, may we not 

 hope that, as an honest inquirer, he will enlighten ns with the facts — the result of 

 his observations in the orchard — instead of giving us theories ? When such 

 record is truthfully and faithfully made, it may not be unlike that which is begin- 

 ning to be made by other cultivators — as unlike the anticipated results as is the 

 present condition of the celebrated orchard of Mr. Rivers, to what we had reason 

 to expect it to be from the glowing description given of it when visited by the 

 lamented Downing. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE AD INTERIM OF THE 

 POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GEORGIA. 



YoTJR Committee would respectfully report that quite a large number of fruits 

 have been submitted to them for examination, the past season, of which several 

 seem worthy of general cultivation. Among these are — 



1st. Princess Paragon Peach ; ripe specimens were received from Peters, Har- 

 den & Co., Atlanta, Ga. ; ripe August 19. Fruit, large, oval — one side larger 

 than the other. Shi^i, downy, yellowish-white, dotted with red, and, in the sun, 

 nearly overspread with dull red. Flesh, white, melting and juicy. Quality, best. 

 Fi'eestone. 



2c?. Baltimore Rove (?) Peach (from the same parties). Fruit, large, roundish, 

 tapering a little to the swollen point, suture extending more than half around. 

 SJdn, creamy white, with red dots, and a fine red cheek. Flesh, greenish-white, 

 red at the stone, to which it adheres, juicy, melting, sweet, and excellent — quite 

 equal to the Old Mixon Cling, with which it ripens, August 24. 



3t?. Snoiv Cling (also from Peters, Harden & Co.), is a very sweet and juicy 

 Peach, of entirely too small size to merit further propagation ; ripe August 20. 



ith. Large White Cling, from Peters, Harden & Co., bought by them as Stew- 

 art's Late, is another Peach of the highest character, ripening about the 20th of 

 AuQ-ust. 



