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were brought forward for examination. On this account very 

 little was done towards establishing the character of new va- 

 rieties, or correcting the nomenclature of the older sorts, so 

 long desired, and the pear was again the principal fruit which 

 occupied the time of the meeting. With this, some progress was 

 made, though not to the extent we had anticipated. The 

 Western cultivators have had so much to contend against, 

 that they were unprepared to add anything of importance to 

 their experience of the two years previous. The cold made 

 sad havoc with the trees and crops, as well as with the apple, 

 and in addition to this the blight has severely injured many 

 plantations of this fine fruit. On the whole, we may congrat- 

 ulate the members upon what has been done, and look for- 

 ward to more important results at the next meeting. 



The meeting was opened by the customary address from 

 the President, in which he recapitulated the progress of Po- 

 mological science, and offered many valuable suggestions in 

 regard to the objects for which the Society was instituted. 

 When our space will allow we hope to find a place for some 

 extracts from Mr. Wilder 's address. 



Officers were then chosen for the ensuing year, and the 

 meeting proceeded to business at once, beginning with a re- 

 vision of the list of pears heretofore adopted for general culti- 

 vation. 



PEARS. 



Ananas d'Ete. — Mr. C. Downing stated it had proved vari- 

 able, and he wished it struck from the list ; but Mr. Saul and 

 Mr. Buist both praised it highly, and it was passed over. 



Andrews, Lawrence, Belle Lucrative, and Beurre' 

 d'Anjou, were each highly spoken of. 



Beurre' d'Aremberg. — Mr. Ernst and Mr. Townsend, of 

 New York, had never ripened a specimen worth eating, and 

 Mr. Barry thought it was not in its proper place on the list for 

 general cultivation. Messrs. Walker, Reed, Berckmans, Prince, 

 Hodge and the President spoke well of it, and it was allowed 

 to remain with the addition of " high cultivation " attached 

 to it on the list. 



BuFFUM and Dearborn's Seedling were pronounced good. 



