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6. Doyenni Defais. Size, medinm; form, roundish; skin, yellow; flesh, 

 fine, buttery, melting, juicy, sprightly and fine. November. 



7. Poire d'Albret. Size, medium ; form, pyramidal, contracted on one 

 side ; skin, dark cinnamon russet ; flesh, melting, juicy, with the rich sub- 

 acid of the Brown Buerre. October. 



8. Moore's Pound. Size, large ; form, obovate ; skin, deep yellow, tinged 

 with red ; flesh, melting, buttery, juicy, rich and delicious. October. 



9. Calebasse d'Ete. Size, large ; form, pyramidal ; skin, greenish yel- 

 low ; flesh, fine, buttery, melting, juicy, rich, high flavored and fine. Sep- 

 tember. 



10. Sheldon. Size, large; form, roundish obovate; skin, green, tinged 

 with red ; flesh, buttery, melting, sugary, finely aromatized and delicious. 

 October. 



11. Canandaigua. Size, medium; form, pyramidal; skin, deep yellow ; 

 flesh, buttery, melting, juicy and excellent. September. 



12. Zepherine Gregoire. Size, medium ; form, roundish obovate ; skin, 

 green ; flesh, fine, buttery, melting, juicv, exquisitely flavored. December. 



13. Beurre Merod. Size, medium ; form, oblong obovate ; skin, yellow ; 

 flesh, melting, juicy, high flavored and excellent. October. 



14. Poire des Chasseurs. Size, medium ; form, pyramidal ; skin, green ; 

 flesh, melting, juicy and good. November. 



Other new ones are Calebasse d'Hiver, Marshall de la Cccur, Suzette de 

 Bavay, Retour Van Mens, Inominee Patrie, &c., &,c. 



This list may well be called a valuable addition to our Catalogue, and 

 evinces the untiring zeal of the gentlemen in their avocation. It is to be 

 regretted that other exhibitors of fruits of recent introduction have not 

 complied with the regulations of the Committee, by sending in also a 

 description. 



Mr. D. T. Curtis exhibited at the Annual Exhibition a new pear, on 

 which scarcely too high an encomium can be passed, if it proves stable in 

 its character. It is called Beurr6 Clairgleau. Two specimens of this pear 

 were also sent by Mr. Jonathan Fowler, of Salisbury, with the following 

 notice : " I send two pears which grew on a small tree two years from the 

 bud, a new variety, called Beurre Clairgleau, described in the French Cata- 

 logues thus : Vigorous tree, very productive, fruit very large, buttery, melt- 

 ing and juicy, ripens in October and November, yellow brownish skin, first 

 rate." 



The exhibitions of Strawberries and Raspberries were much inferior to 

 the contributions of former years, in part or entirely owing to the season. 



Few or no new apples worthy of particular mention have been exhibited. 

 The contributions of apples have been somewhat in excess of former years, 

 though the beauty of the specimens have not equalled former contributions, 

 which may be attributed, in most instances, to an excess in bearing. 



The Committee would here acknowledge their obligations to the Adrian, 

 Michigan, Horticultural Society, for a fine collection of apples ; several 

 varieties were of superior quality, and entirely new to your Committee. 



A^NUAL Exhibition of the SociETy for 1852, which, by tlie kind 



