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H. H. Crapo moved that the Standing Fruit Committee be request- 

 ed to report to the Convention to be held on the first Tuesday in Oc- 

 tober next, lists of the different varieties of fruits which they may 

 consider as decidedly unworthy of cultivation. 



S. Walker objected to the resolution as being premature, as such a 

 list could only be safely given after long experience. The first con- 

 clusions were frequently erroneous. He said the Vicar of Winkjieldj 

 when it first bore at Boston, was poor and apparently worthless, and 

 now they sold at^$].50 for a box of a dozen, and the purchaser gen- 

 erally considers he has the best of the bargain. He said if he had 

 extensive grounds he would plant it out for ornament; that it would 

 produce more pears in the same number of years, and on the same 

 number of trees, than any other sort. The Bloodgood, too, he pro- 

 nounced, at first unworthy of cultivation; now he calls it one of the 

 best. He therefore thought it was unsafe to instruct the Committee 

 to make out a list of worthless sorts. 



H. H. Crapo and W. R. Prince urged the adoption of the resolu- 

 tion. J. W. Hayes remarked that it would be difl[icult for the Com- 

 mittee to make out such a list unless for particular localities, and 

 moved to amend the resolution to that effect. Hon. Jas, Arnold and 

 A. Foote opposed the amendment. The former thought the whole 

 matter might be left with the Committee. J. W. Hayes then with- 

 drew his amendment. 



S. B. Parsons thought there were certain varieties of long standing, 

 which every one, in every locality, would pronounce worthless. 

 Such could be safely placed upon a list of rejected fruits. When a 

 single dissenting voice was heard respecting the wonhlessncss of any 

 variety, it would not be placed upon that list. 



The question upon the original resolution was then taken and car- 

 ried, and the Committee were instructed to bring in another year, a 

 list of worthless varieties. 



The Fruit Committee reported that more time was necessary to ar- 

 rive at the facts regarding the origin of the pear known as Swan's 

 Orange, or Onondaga, and they therefore advise that it be referred ta 

 the Standing Fruit Committee to be reported on at the next session. 



