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Sicl'cl and Bartlett^ and would add the Virgalieu^ (or Doyenne^ i)rovided it should sti'il 

 contliiue to do as well as in years past. It thus appears, tliat of the seven votes given, six 

 were for the Seclvl, six for the Virgalieu^ five for the Bartlctt^ two for the Flemish Ikaxity^ 

 and one for the WinVfield. 



The sniallness of size having been stated as an olijection to the Sccl-cl^ one gentleman 

 remarked that a tree on his grounds, wliich had been uncultivated, had borne such small 

 fruit as is usually seen ; the present year it had been well tilled, (without much manure,) 

 with an increase in the size of the crop, and a three-fold increase in the size of the fruit — 

 many of the specimens being quite as large as an ordinary Virgalieu. The opinion was 

 given by several that the Sccl-cl had not been allowed a fair chance in ordinary manage- 

 ment, and that with higli culture its fruit would be much heavier and finer. 



Fire Blight. — E. W. Leavenworth had found the fast growing sorts of the pear, and 

 those stimulated with high manuring, much more liable to blight than those with short, 

 compact wood ; and that the disaster usually occurred during the i)revalence of the hottest 

 weather ; which Avas in accordance with the observations of several others. 



Second Evening. — CracVing of the Pear. — Some additional remarks were made on this 

 subject by Dr. Waed, of New Jersey, adverse to the opinion that the cracking was caused 

 by the removal of leaves by leaf-blight. On his grounds the Van Mons Leon le Clerc tree 

 grew with great vigor, but the fruit cracked badly — the present season the cracks were 

 nearly large enough to place one's finger within them, yet up to the present time the tree 

 retains its foliage. His Virgalieu trees worked on quince, which last year had given 

 promise of doing well, had cracked badly the present season — the soil in which they grow 

 is regarded as one of the best for the pear, and these trees grow vigorously. T. C. Max- 

 well, of Geneva, had pears of the Virgalieu grown on quince considerably affected, while 

 those growing on pear stocks were entirely free. 



Profits of Fruii Culture. — This subject being introduced, some statements were made 

 of the large profits derived from the culture of the Lady A2yple. W. H. Denning, of 

 Dutchess county, had annually sold forty dollars worth of fruit from a single tree, the price 

 varying from eight to twelve dollars per busliel. The soil was gravelly. On soils of a 

 different character the crop had been quite unsuccessful. One gentleman had picked ten 

 barrels from his trees, and found only two barrels fair, the least blemish entirely spoiling 

 the sale of a fancy fruit. Another gentleman stated that from an orchard in Orange county, 

 out of five barrels he had not obtained a single hatful of good specimens. Dr. Wakd said 

 that in New Jersey it succeeded well on gravelly loam, which was generally admitted to 

 be its best soil. Information was given of the large })rofits of an orchard at Darley, near 

 Philadelphia, containing 200 trees, and occupying four acres of land. The average annual 

 nett profit was $800, or $200 per acre. The soil of the orchard is constantly cultivated in 

 crops, with the application of bone dust, and it is regarded as one of the neatest and best 

 specimens of orchard culture in the State. 



The high price of this apple depends entirely on the demand for it in cities for fashionable 

 evening parties, which is far greater than the supply. American grown Lady Apples also 

 command a very high price for the same object in London. The opinion was however 

 expressed, that as it is not a fruit of the highest character and value, and the fashion may 

 not always continue in its favor, it would be unsafe to plant it largely, or exclusively for 

 market. 



Profits of Pear Culture. — It was stated by a gentleman present that Maktin Smith, of 

 Tarrytown, had sold $G00 worth of Virgalieu pears (at $1- per bushel,) from less than an 



