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He has^seen no blight or black spots on trees of this variety, nor 

 had he lost any of them, while he had lost St. Germain, Chaumontel 

 and other sorts. Those who liked a sweet pear would choose this, 

 and those who preferred a more sprightly, the Beurre d'Aremberg. 



He knew but one drawback to this variety, and that is, the tender- 

 ness of the young fruit, which are frequently killed by slight frosts. 

 On the quince, it rarely bears before the fifth, sixth or seventh year, 

 on account of its vigorous growth. 



The President said, it was remarkably well adapted to the quince 

 stock. He has a tree fifteen years old, that bears a barrel of fruit. 

 On the pear stock it does not bear so well with him. 



J. W. Hayes, of New Jersey, and J. W. P. Allen, of Oswego, con- 

 curred in what had been said relative to this pear. The President 

 said that it had not done so well at Beverly ; as with him the fruit 

 frequently fell when about as large as an ounce ball. .1. M. Earle 

 remarked that every blossom set its fruit, but afterward dropped ma- 

 ny ; but still the crop was large enough. A. Saul said it was more 

 subject to blightUhan any other. P. Barry replied, that after much 

 observation on the attacks of blight, he had come to the conclusion 

 that no one variety was more liable to it than another. That cases 

 frequently occur, calculated to induce such a belief, but it was falla- 

 cious ; he had seen trees, said by some to be proof against the blight, 

 cut down by it, while others, said to be quite susceptible to it, esca- 

 ped, growing side by side. 



The convention then adjourned till 4 o'clock in the afternoon. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The convention assembled at 4 o'clock, pursuant to adjournment. 



A. J. Downing, from the Special Fruit Committee, reported as 

 follows : 



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