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fruit. Pears without name from Capt. Levitt. Lewis pears from E. 

 Marsh, Quincy. 



Dec. 2. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



A letter was read from J. A. Bolles, Esq., Secretary of the Common- 

 wealth, transmitting a copy of Hitchcock's Geology. 



A Finance Committee, with the Treasurer, were voted a committee to 

 examine the books and accounts of the Mount Auburn Association, and 

 receive the amount due the Society. 



H )n. S. Fairbanks was elected a member of the Society. 



Adjourned one fortnight to December 16th. 



Dec. 2. — Exhibited. Fruits: From S. Jj. Goodale, of Saco, Me., Mac 

 Laughlin pears, a native variety, first noticed in our Magazine (Vol. viii., 

 p. 62). by Mr. Manning. We had not the opportunity of tasting the vari- 

 ety, but the committee consider it, with Mr. Manning, an excellent fruit. 

 From S. Pond, Beurre Diel, Dix, Duchesse d'Angouleme, and Napoleon 

 pears ; the Beurre Dieis were from a young tree and remarkably large and 

 handsome. From H. Vandine, Delices d' Hardenpont (?) Marie Louise 

 and New Long Rosewater (Prince's catalogue) pears. From George 

 Rowland, New Bedford, very large and beautiful apples, called the 20 oz. 

 apple, grown on his farm in Cayuga Co., N. Y. The variety, whatever 

 its true name may be, is remarkably fine, handsome and good, — the color, 

 green, nearly covered and striped with light red. Golden Ball apples, 

 from S. W. Cole. Fine specimens of Lewis pears, from E. Marsh, 

 Quincy. Wells's pippin apples, a very good fruit, from B. V. French. 

 Handsome specimens of the Minister apple, one of the very best kinds, 

 and Winter Nelis pears, from E. M. Richards. 



Dec. I6th — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. No quorum being present it was adjourned one 

 week to December 23. 



Dec. 23(1. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



Mr. C. M. Hovey, from the committee appointed in relation to the 

 Amendment of the Constitution, made a report which was laid on the 

 table for future action. 



W. A. Parker, and John Cummings, Jr., of Boston, and Seth E. 

 Hardy, of Cambridgeport, were elected members of the Society, (reorge 

 W. Gordon, consul to Rio Janeiro, was elected a Corresponding member 

 of the Society. Meeting dissolved. 



Exhibited. — Fruits : From the President of the Society, a variety of 

 winter pears, as follows: — Beurre d'Aremberg, Glout Morceau, Passe 

 Colmar, Vicar of Winkfield. The Beurre d'Aremberg were of good size, 

 and of the most superior quality. They were grown on an old tree grafted 

 five or six years ago ; this variety keeps well, does not shrivel in ripening, 

 and is fully equal to the reputation it has acquired, of being the " king of 

 pears." It grows and bears well, as a standard, and either on the quince 

 or pear stock. From Capt. Lovitt, Glout Morceau and Easter Beurr6 

 pears. From Dr. E. W. Bull, presented by Hovey & Co., Peck's Plea- 

 sant, Jabez Sweet, Hartford Sweet, and Seedling apples. The latter 

 variety was considered an exceedingly tender and juicy fruit, and only 

 lacked flavor to give an equal rank with the best apples. From Joseph 

 Blallister, Fameuse, or Pomme de Neige apples, beautiful and good. 



