Progress of Hortkulture for 1848. 5 



have copied some excellent advice in the last volume (p. 244.) 

 We have already in bearing some six or eight of the most 

 valuable varieties, and shall endeavor to give a full account 

 of those which prove the most abundant bearers, together 

 with our success in the treatment of the plants. So delicious 

 a fruit should be cultivated by every one who can find room 

 for a few trees. 



The strawberry question has ceased to attract much atten- 

 tion from the fact that the conclusions which have been ar- 

 rived at are deemed entirely satisfactory. Some new varie- 

 ties have been introduced to notice the past year, the most 

 prominent of which are Burr's New Pine, Prince's Profuse 

 Scarlet, and Richardson's Late, Further trial is requisite to 

 show whether these sorts are any improvement upon our well 

 established kinds. 



As a new feature in the onward progress of pomological 

 science, the past year may be noted for its pomological con- 

 ventions, two of which have been held; one at Buffalo, and 

 the other at New York. We have no doubt but that beneficial 

 results will flow from these annual gatherings of cultivators 

 from all parts of the Union ; and that the interchange of opin- 

 ions, the information to be obtained in regard to particular 

 localities or latitudes, and the peculiarities of soil and situa- 

 tion, will establish some data by which new varieties may be 

 introduced into various sections of the country with a much 

 greater certainty of success. In this way, we look for an 

 accumulation of facts which cannot fail to be of the greatest 

 value. The attempt to settle names, reduce the number of 

 varieties in cultivation, and make a list of rejected fruits, we 

 believe, will not be attended with the good effects which some 

 cultivators imagine. We wish them, however, every suc- 

 cess. We have given a full account of the doings of the con- 

 vention at Buff'alo ; and, as soon as the report of the New 

 York Convention comes to hand, we shall make an abstract 

 of it in the same manner. 



Several new varieties of pears, of high reputation, have 

 fruited this year, for the first time. Among those which 

 promise well, are the following : — Triumph de Jodoigne, a 

 very large December pear; Beurre Benoits, or Auguste Be- 

 noits, a September pear, excellent ; Jersey Gratioli, October, 



