446 Pomological Gossip. 



The first meeting, on Tuesday evening, was held at Baggs' 

 Hotel, Prof. Copp6ck in the chaii; and Dr. Warder secretary. 



The chairman called for the opinion of gentlemen respect- 

 ing the best winter pear, and what they would consider the 

 finesf and most desirable ones, so far as fully proved. Some 

 discusion took place between Messrs. Barry and C. M. Hovey, 

 relative to the merits of the Winter Nelis, which" Mr. Barry 

 did not rank near so high as several others. The majority of 

 those present, however, agreed that it was a most valuable 

 variety. After hearing the opinions of the meeting, it was 

 voted that the Glout Morceau, Lawrence, Le Cure, Winter 

 Nelis and d'Aremberg, were the five best sorts for general 

 cultivation. 



The best early pear was decided to be the true Doyenne 

 d'Ete ; not the Julienne or Summer Doyenne, as some call it, 

 but the Doyenne d'Ete, of Nantes, as figured in our Fruits 

 of America: the second best was the Madeleine. 



Various other fruits were discussed, but no decision taken 

 respecting them. 



Wednesday Evening. — By the polite invitation of Wm. 

 Tracy, Esq., — who has a beautiful garden filled with fine 

 fruit, to the culture of which he is greatly devoted, — the 

 meeting assembled at his mansion, on Genesee Street. 



Mr. J. J. Thomas proposed the subject of the peach culture, 

 viz., the hardiness of seedlings raised direct from the kernel 

 as compared with budded trees. It has been contended by 

 some western and southern writers on the cultivation of the 

 peach, that the only mode to grow this fruit successfully was 

 to raise the trees direct from the kernel, without the aid of 

 budding. Oil this opinion Mr. Thomas wished to know the 

 sense of the meeting. The subject was well discussed by 

 Messrs. Tracy, Thomas, Barry, Hovey, Elliott, and others, 

 and the result was that the meeting disagreed with the views 

 of those who had advanced such an opinion respecting the 

 culture of the peach. It appeared from the experience of 

 several of the speakers, that budded trees are just as hardy 

 as seedling trees, and in some cases hardier. 



The next subject was the culture of the pear on the quince 



