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Mr. Fuller suggested that persons exhibiting fruits or flowers, 

 and especially if for identification, should bring a piece of the 

 stem and a leaf. For instance, the leaf of the Concord grape is 

 so distinct from that of the Hartford Prolific that it may be dis- 

 tinguished in the dark, while the fruit is not always so distinct. 

 Mr. Carpenter proceeded to exhibit his closing specimens of 

 apples and pears, including the late fall and the winter varieties. 

 Among the pears -were the Vicar of Wakefield, very large and 

 nearly equal to the Bartlett when properly ripened, but unreliable, 

 and therefore not adapted to general culture; Langley's Beurre 

 abetter winter pear. Paradise of the Autumn; the Sheldon, a 

 fine native pear ; the Fulton, which is in November what the 

 Seckel is in September ; the Beurre d'Anjou, a first rate 

 fruit ; the Henkel ; the White Doyenne, Vergalieu, Louise 

 Bonne de Jersey ; and the Van Mons Leon le Clerc, which 

 he would caution every one against buying; for although 

 a more delicious pear does not grow, and it is large and showy, 

 the tree is imperfect, and a fair specimen cannot be obtained one 

 year in ten. From the appearance and flavor of the fruit, any 

 one would be tempted to try it. He would rather encourage the 

 culture of standard trees. Although perfect pears may be sooner 

 grown upon the quince stock, yet they may be grown to equal 

 perfection upon the pear stock wdien it has reached a proper 

 degree of matuiity. Of apples he exhibited, among other varie- 

 ties, the Dutch Mignon ; the Harrison Sweet ; the Manomet. 



Mr. Carpenter proceeded to exhibit the Schwarr, a choice apple 

 for winter; the Baldwin; the Dominie, a good apple for the mar- 

 ket; the Roxbury Russet ; the Northern Spy, long coming into 

 bearing, this being the first specimen upon trees grafted seven 

 years ago and large enough to bear two or three bushels 

 a piece ; the Golding, an excellent apple for table or cooking ; 

 the York Baldwin, more valuable than the Boston Baldwin ; the 

 Wine apple ; the Holland Pippin, unworthy of cultivation. 



Prof. Mapes considered the Holland Pippin a fine apple. 



Mr. Robinson. — Will you name ten varieties wdiich you would 

 recommend to be grown in Westchester county for the market? 



Mr. Carpenter. — The Rhode Island Greening ; the Gravenstein ; 

 the Hubbardston Nonsuch; the Porter; the Fall Pippin; the 

 Drap d'Or; the Sweet Bough ; the Baldwin ; the Dominie; and 

 the English Russet. I have omitted the Hawdey; "that must be 

 put in somewhere. 



