The Pomological Convention, at Buffalo. 541 



American Summer Pearmain. — Unanimously passed as first-rate in all 

 respects. 



Hagloe. — Considered a first-rate apple. Coxe erroneously called it the 

 Hagloe Crab, a well-known cider apple in England. 



Jersey Sweet. — Unanimously passed as a first-rate fruit, and worthy of 

 general cultivation. 



Baldwin — Considered first-rate in New York and New England, but does 

 not succeed well in Ohio. 



These were all Jirst-raie apples. 



Tart Bough. — Considered only second-rate in value from its lateness. 

 This has been called a synonyme of the Early Harvest by some authors, 

 but it is a distinct fruit, three weeks later than the Harvest. 



Indian Rareripe. — First-rate for cooking, and second-rate for the table. 



Minister. — Second-rate. 



Summer Queen. — First-rate for cooking, and second-rate for the 

 table. 



Duchess of Oldenburgh. — Considered second-rate for the table, and first- 

 rate for cooking. 



Red Astrachan. — No decision upon its merits. It was stated that it 

 would sell better in the market than any other apple of its season. Pur- 

 chasers are generally very good judges of what they want. Williams's 

 Bon Chretien, or Bartlett pear, is not a first-rate fruit, yet to throw it aside 

 on this account, when it brings the high price of 50 cents to ^2 per dozen, 

 would be considered most unwise. The Red Astrachan, on account of its 

 beauty, earliness, and abundant product, the fine form of the tree, and its 

 attractiveness when loaded with apples, as well as its excellence as a kitchen 

 fruit, merits a place in the most select collections. It is such decisions as 

 this which destroy all confidence in the doings of a convention. 



Yellow Neiolown Pippin. — No decision upon its merits. 



English Russet (of Downing.) — A first-rate keeper, but second-rate for 

 the table. The name is doubtful. It is known, in western New York, as 

 the Poughkeepsie Russet, a name which the convention adopted. The spec- 

 imens presented were of the growth of 1847, and were " quite fresh, sound, 

 and agreeable." 



Ribstone Pippin. — Considered third-rate in New York, and second-rate 

 farther north. Gentlemen from Canada stated that it was as good there 

 as it was in England. 



Twenty Ounce. — Considered first-rate in size, beauty, and productive- 

 ness, and second-rate in quality. 



Beauty of the West. — Third-rate. 



Hawthornden. — Unworthy of cultivation. 



Red and Green Sweeting. — Considered third-rate, but not unanimously. 



Gloria Mundi. — Unworthy of cultivation. 



Cornish Gilliflower. — Unworthy of cultivation. 



King of the Pippins. — Considered second-rate. 

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