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before you, one, very weak from ovei'-watering and deficient drainage, is a pistillate ; another, a 

 weak plant, and forced rapidly, laas the anthers very nearly abortive ; while the other plants, 

 which have been in the forcing house since the middle of Januaiy, and in every way favorable to 

 their healthy development, are as perfect as possible. 



"Last season a number of plants started in a temperature or 65", and ripened in one of 75° to 

 80°, produced all pistillates; twelve runners from these plants were selected, potted in small 

 pots, and ultimately treated as other plants for forcing ; seven of the strongest of these produced 

 staminate flowers, and the other five, pistillates, like their parent plants. Another set, of one 

 hundred pots, last season forced very rapidly, produced plants all pistillates ; a similar set, forced 

 early this season, produced all but the weakest plants perfect. 



" It has been doubted whether the Alice Maud, in many collections, is correctly so ; and it has 

 been suggested that the growers should observe whether their plants are pistillates or staminates 

 in order to decide. 



"I have submitted the above observations to you hoping they may have a practical bearing on 

 that question, by showing the distinction between pistillates and staminates to be worthless — 

 cultivation producing either one or the other. Thomas Meeuan." 



Ad Interim Report, April 19. — The Fruit Committee respectfully present the following ad 

 interim Report : Since the Stated Meeting of the Society in March, the following Fruits haye 

 been submitted to the examination of the Committee : 



From Dr. J. Marshall Paul, of Belvidere, N. J. — ^Specimens of six varieties of Apples: 



1. Name not known — Large; roundish oblate ; red in stripes ; of "good" quality. 



2. Of medium size ; roundish, inclining to conical ; red in stripes on a yellow ground ; flavor 

 not particularly fine. 



3. A New Jersey Seedling — Small ; oblong, angular ; red in stripes on a yellow ground ; 

 pleasant flavor; "good" quality. 



4. Of medium size; roundish oblong; mottled and striped with red on a greenish yellow 

 ground; has some resemblance to Herefordshire Fearmain, though inferior to it in flavor. 



5. Priestli/ — Of fine size, but partially decayed. 



6. Beautiful specimens of the Monmouth Pippin — A native of Monmouth county, New Jersey. 

 Although one of our best winter apples, it is not described in Downing's Fruit and Fruit Trees of 

 America, nor in Thomas' Fruit Culturist A concise commendatory notice of it, however, is con- 

 tained in Kenrick's New American Orchardist, and in Barry's Fruit Garden. As it does not 

 appear to be extensively cultivated or generally known, although its productiveness, size, and 

 quality, render it worthy of a place in every collection, we give the following description : Size 

 rather large ; roundisli, inclining to conical ; greenish yellow, with numerous russet dots, some- 

 times a few crimson spots, and uniformly a red cheek; stem of medium length, rather slender; 

 cavity deep, open, slightly russeted; calyx large; basin deep, sometimes plaited; seed light grayish 

 brown, rather large; flesh yellowish white, fine texture; flavor very pleasant; quality "\q.tj 

 good," if not "best." 



From n. R. Noll, of Lewisburg, Union county. Pa. — Specimens of two varieties of apples : 

 1. The Adams, a Pennsylvania Seedling which originated with James Adams, of White Deer 

 township, Union county, and noticed under the name of Noll's No. 1, in the ad interim Report 

 for November last. Large; roundish oblate; faintly mottled and striped with red on a greenish- 

 yellow ground; stem half an inch long and one-ninth to one-sixth of an inch thick; cavity broad, 

 acute; calyx rather large, segments closed; basin wide, moderately deep, plaited; flesh greenish- 

 white, of fine texture, rather juicy; flavor pleasant, quality "very good." The specimens exam- 

 ined on the eleventh of November were only regarded as "good," beinx somewhat dry and mealy. 

 The Major, a native of Pennsylvania. Tliis apple originated with Major Samvel McMaoax, 

 Chillisquage, Northumberland county. Size large; roundish; red, sometimes blended with 



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