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tually this evil, where the convention may consist 

 of more than ten or twelve persons, although an 

 energetic chairman, by constant effort, may do 

 much to lessen it. This is to devote one room to 

 the exhibition of the fruits, and another to the use 

 of the delegates. The fruit room, during the 

 hours of session, only to be entered by a commit- 

 tee of selection, who are to be well acquainted 

 with what is on hand, and single varieties, select- 

 ed from all the diflTerent collections when they are 

 to be found, presented at a time to the convention. 

 The specimens, if practicable, should be sufficient- 

 ly numerous to enable each member to taste, and 

 should be placed on accessible tables for this pur- 

 pose. No provision of this kind was made at 

 Butfalo, and the consequence was, that those who 

 bad loud and clear voices usually made themselves 

 heard by the reporter, even at those more noisy 

 periods when a dozen were engaged in examina- 

 tions and private conversation at once. The dis- 

 cussions, and statements of facts, were, to fruii 

 cultivators, in the highest degree interesting. 

 Some of the conclusions reached we give below: — 



Peaches. — Early Barnard. — A good, very har- 

 dy, and productive peach, known in many parts of 

 Western New- York, under the name of Yellow 

 Alberge, and in some instances as Yellow Rareripe, 

 but quite distinct from either, and much superior 

 to the European Alberge. 



Cooledge's Favorite. Late specimens were 

 presented, and it was decided by all who are ac- 

 quainted with it, to be first rate in quality. 



Jaques' Rareripe, (one of the largest yellow 

 peaches known.) was unanimously recommended 

 as " a fine, large Early peach, but not of the high- 

 est quality in flavor." Nearly the same verdict 

 was given in relation to 



Crawford's Early, a remarkably showy variety, 

 specimens of which were presented, measuring 

 nine and a-half inches in circumference, with a 

 statement by F. R. Elliott, of Cleveland, that he 

 had measured some the present season eleven inch- 

 es in circumference. 



Haines' Early Red, from different sources, was 

 considered by a part of the delegates, as identical 

 with the Honest John, or Large Early York of 

 New Jersey, while others regarded it as distinct; 

 but all voted it a first rate variety. 



The Early Maiden peach, a new seedling, was 

 presented by James Dougall, of Amherstburgh, 

 C. W., having been kept two weeks in ice. It 

 promises to bo an acquisition of the highest value. 

 It is of good size, red, very free from the stone, of 

 excellent flavor, the leaves glandular, and it ripens 

 about the time of the serrated Early York and 

 Early Tillotson. It has borne three years. 



The Snow peach was decided to be a first rate 

 variety for preserving, but the convention was di- 

 vided as to its other merits, some regarding it as 

 first rate, and others as only second rate, for the 

 table. 



The White Imperial, received a unanimous vote, 

 as the Oldmixon Free, and the Large Early York, 

 of N. Jersey, as fruits of the first quality. 



The Royal George Peach was decided to be un- 

 worthy of general cultivation, on account chiefly 

 of the mildew of its leaves and branches. 



Nectarines. — James Dougall, of C. W., pre- 

 sented specimens of the Large Early Violet necta- 

 rine, a rare variety, distinguished by its superior 

 size from the common Early Violet, and of fine 

 quality. 



The Downton nectarine, from A. J. Downing, 

 which has so high a reputation lor excellence, 

 proved to be of tiie very highest character. 



Pears. — The following eight varieties received 

 the unanimous vote of the convention as pears of 

 the first quality, and worthy of general cultiva- 

 tion: 



Dearborn's Seedling, Bartlett, 



Tyson, Louise Bonne of Jersey, 



Rostiezer, Beurre d'Aremberg, 



Golden Bilboa, Glout Morceau. 



Dearborn's Seedling was commended, not only 

 on account of its high flavor, but for its uniform 

 excellence in all places and under all circumstan- 

 ces, although its quality is diminished when it 

 overbears, to which it is liable. 



The Tyson, fine specimens of which were sent 

 to the convention by W. R. Smith, of Macedon, 

 N. Y., was placed among the best summer pears. 

 It was decided by the Philadelphia Horticultural 

 Society, to be superior to Dearborn's Seedling. 



Stevens' Genesee, was pronounced, nearly una- 

 nimously, to be among first rate pears; 



Beurre d'Aumalis, as second rate in flavor, hut 

 worthy of cultivation in large collections on ac- 

 count of its size, fairness, productiveness, and free 

 growth ; 



The Andrews, as nearly first rate; 



The Marie Louise, for general cultivation, but 

 not unanimously; 



The Gushing, as second rate; 



The Bezi de la Motte, and Julienne, as unwor- 

 thy of general cultivation. 



Tlie Washington, although according to the 

 statement of Thomas Hancock, decided at Phila- 

 delphia to be superior to Dearborn's Seedling, was 

 pronounced by the convention to be not fully first 

 rate. 



The Bloodgood was voted to be one of the best 

 summer pears. On light soils it was found to be 

 invariably fine, but several statements were made 

 to the convention where its flavor had proved infe- 

 rior on heavy soils, while others were given, where 

 on such soils it had been excellent. 



The Brown Beurre and Orange Bergamot were 

 pronounced unworthy of cultivation. 



A specimen was presented by Dr. H. Wendell, 

 of Albany, which excited great interest, and 

 which was believed to be the genuine Beurre 

 Spence. The tree had been received as such, four 



