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After the usual preliminary business and the appointment 

 of a commitee to report a Constitution and By-laws for the 

 government of the Congress, the meeting proceeded to the 

 discussion of the merits of fruits : — 



Pears. 



Dearborn's Seedling. Mr. Walker, of Roxbury, moved 

 the propriety of " cancelling from the list," already recom- 

 mended, the Dearborn Seedling pear. He did not think it 

 valuable, being small, and not fitted for the market ; upon its 

 merits a long discussion ensued. S. B. Parsons, of Flushing, 

 T. Hancock, of Burlington, Mr. Hayes, of New Jersey, Mr. 

 Eshleman, of Pennsylvania, Mr. Barry, of Rochester, and 

 C. M. Hovey, of Boston, each spoke well of it, and esteemed 

 it quite too good a pear to be struck out. It was consequent- 

 ly retained in the list by nearly a unanimous vote. 



Duchess of Orleans. Moved by C. M. Hovey to be 

 added to the list for general cultivation. Messrs. Saul, Walk- 

 er, M. P. Wilder, Barrj'-, and others, spoke highly of it, but 

 as it was scarcely known out of the Boston collections, it was 

 voted to let it remain on the list of sorts which promise well. 



Brandywine and Chancellor. These were unanimously 

 placed on the list of pears which promise well. 



Doyenne' d'Ete. C. M. Hovey moved that it be placed 

 on the list for general cultivation. Messrs. A. H. Ernst, 

 S. B. Parsons, Saul, Barry, and Nourse, thought it the best 

 early pear. Mr. Walker stated that it did not do well on the 

 quince, and the President and C. M. Hovey corroborated his 

 remark. Its excellence being admitted, it was placed upon 

 the list of kinds for general cultivation. 



Beurre' d'Anjou. The President thought this a variety 

 every way worthy of general cultivation. Messrs. Hovey, 

 Hancock, Walker, French, and Dr. Jones, of Ohio, fully con- 

 firmed this estimate of the pear, and it was unanimously 

 agreed that it should be added to the list of kinds for general 

 cultivation. 



Manning's Elizabeth. It was moved that it be recom- 

 mended for general cultivation ; but, as it was scarcely known, 



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