MARCH. 13 I 



Grimes's Golden Pippin. — Presented at the Ohio State 

 Fair as a seedling, and considered promising. Described as of 

 medium size, oblong, flattened ; color handsome pale yellow ; 

 flesh yellowish white, mild subacid flavor, good, though not 

 quite first rate, less sprightly than the Newtown pippin. Not so 

 good a keeper as the latter fruit, but a better growing tree, 

 with medium sized foliage. 



Sweet Vandevere. — Grown in Belmont county, on almost 

 all kinds of soil. A good bearer, but a poor grower ; crooked ; 

 round leaf; of medium size, slightly flattened; yellowish 

 color, overspread with dull red, bronze russet around the 

 stem; calyx open; flesh yellowish or yellowish white; a 

 little dry ; sweet ; core medium size ; seeds large. 



Other new kinds were brought forward, but no decision was 

 made respecting the merits of some, and others were pro- 

 nouliced unworthy of cultivation. 



The Canadian Chief Grape. — This is the name of a 

 new grape introduced to notice last year, in Canada, and 

 said to possess all the good qualities of a popular variety. 

 A letter to us from a cultivator who has raised it, thus de- 

 scribes this variety : — " The vines passed through last winter 

 (1854 and ^55) without any covering, grown from cuttings 

 carelessly stuck in the ground along a rail fence. It grows 

 freely in the open air and ripens in the latter part of August ; 

 one of the very earliest as you will find, and, as far as size of 

 bunch and berry, ranks with the largest, and of the most 

 exquisite flavor; a most superb table grape. Its origin is 

 unknown, but I will give you all particulars respecting it by 

 the time you may fruit and test the variety." We hope it 

 will prove all that our correspondent predicts. 



Fruit Growers' Society of Western New York. — The 

 annual meeting of this association was held in Rochester on 

 the 8th and 9th of January, and notwithstanding the severe 

 cold weather of that M^eek was well attended, and unusually 

 successful. Very good collections of fruit were presented 

 from upwards of twenty-five nurserymen and cultivators, and 

 among them some fine specimens. Mr. A. Pinney, of Clark- 

 son, exhibited Catawba grapes in a state of perfect preserva- 



