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Fall Butter ; this pear I think highly worthy of propagation, so far as I 

 am capable of judging, in the absence of some new and esteemed sorts 

 ripening at the same time which have not yet fruited with us. You will 

 oblige me if you will see that Capt. Levitt, Mr. Breck, and Mr. Hovey get 

 a few of each of the above scions. This pear, with its origin, history, and 

 description, with an engraving, I have published in the November No. of 

 the Farmer and Gardener, printed in this city, a copy of which I had the 

 pleasure of sending you some time since. 



Yours with much respect, 



A. H. ERNST." 

 Spring Garden, Cincinnati, Jan. 27, 1844. 



Meeting of the Society, June 1, 1844. 



Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., sent handsome specimens 

 of a new apple, called the Northern Spy, accompanying which was the 

 following letter to the President of the Society : — 



Sir, — We send, accompanying this, a few of the Northern Spy apple, to 

 your address. It is considered a native fruit of western New York, the 

 original tree having produced numbers of suckers, that are now bearing 

 the identical fruit. It is esteemed here, one of our best fruits of this sea- 

 son, and it commands almost any price in our market. They are sold at 

 two to three cents each, now in the streets and at the fruit shops. The tree 

 is one of the most vigorous and handsome growing, and bears abundantly. 

 You will please present these specimens to the Society in our name. There 

 are several quite superior fruits, considered natives of our region, that we 

 will forward in season for inspection of your Society. AVe have now 

 growing, over three thousand young trees of the Spy, that will be two 

 years old next fall. 



Respectfully, 



ELLWANGER & BARRY. 



Mount Hope Botanic Garden and Nursery, 

 Rochester, N. Y., May 23, 1844. 



The Northern Spy appears to be a very superior fruit ; size, large ; 

 bright shining red, flesh yellowish- white ; juicy, with a rich aromatic fla- 

 vor; keeps till June. 



