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one side, and contracted near the stem. Flesh, buttery, melt- 

 ing and juicy, with the rich subacid of the Brown Beurre, 

 but higher flavored. October. 



Grand Soliel, (Esperin.) — Of good size, round, with a pale 

 russety skin. Flesh, melting, very juicy, sugary, and de- 

 licious. A most abundant bearer. November. 



Bergamot Leschle. — Size, medium, roundish, somewhat 

 flattened : Skin, yellow, tinged with red. Flesh, very melt- 

 ing, juicy, sugary, perfumed and excellent; somewhat resem- 

 bling a Doyenne. September. 



Bonne des Zees has proved one of the finest of our Sep- 

 tember pears. In size nearly as large as the Bartlett, and 

 somewhat resembling it, though not swollen so much at the 

 crown. Flesh, buttery, melting, juicy, perfumed and deli- 

 cious. An abundant bearer. 



Kingsessiiig. — A fine native pear, of large size, in gen- 

 eral appearance resembling the Stevens' Genesee, and some- 

 what approaching it in quality, but superior to that fine pear. 

 Flesh, buttery, juicy, high flavored and delicious. Sep- 

 tember. 



Tea. — Another native fruit, from New Haven, of medium 

 size, obovate, little like a White Doyenne. Flesh, melting, 

 juicy, sprightly, vinous, rich and excellent. September. 



Ohio State Pomological Society. — This society assem- 

 bled at Columbus, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, at the rooms of the 

 Columbus Horticultural Society. 



A. H. Ernst, of Cincinnati, was chosen President, and Dr. 

 J. A. Warder, Secretary. 



About forty members were in attendance from ten diflfer- 

 ent counties of the State. 



After the preliminary business of the society, the discus- 

 sion of tbe various fruits was taken up, commencing with the 

 apples. Q,uite a number of kinds were examined, and many 

 of them familiar sorts. We shall only notice such as appear 

 to be new and worthy of trial by our Eastern cultivators. 



APPLES. 



Bohannon. — Specimens from Kentucky. Believed to have 

 been originally from Virginia. Too ripe for a trial. Mr. 



