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grape, and is utterly unfit for cultivation. The quality of the fruit seems 

 to be wholly irreconcilable with the description of the introducer. 



Your Committee deem the case a marked illustration of the value of 

 Horticultural Societies. The public should understand that a new fruit 

 which shrinks from an exhibition, and has no certificate of character, 

 should be received with caution. It should be a rule among nurserymen, 

 that no fruit shall be received into the trade, and disseminated, until it has 

 been exhibited before some responsible Society, or indorsed by responsible 

 horticulturists. 



C. M. HOVET, 



W. C. Strong, 

 Wm. R. Austin, 

 James F. C. Htde, 

 E. Augustus Story. 



