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proved of will be found in the list which appears in an- 

 other page. We adopt the same course with the cherries. 



Apples. 



Smokehouse. Dr. Eshleman proposed to add it to the list 

 which promise well. It originated in Pennsylvania, and will 

 keep till April. In its native locality it is highly prized, and 

 it was placed on the above list. 



Melon. Messrs. Ernst, Barry, Saul and Thomas, spoke 

 highly of this fruit, and it was placed on the list for trial. 



Hawley. Proposed by Mr. Watts to be added to the list 

 of sorts which promise well. Messrs. Barry, Hovey, Col. 

 Hodge, Hooker and Thomas, thought it one of the best, and 

 it was added to the list. 



Nonsuch (or Red Canada.) Moved by Mr. Watts for gen- 

 eral cultivation. All spoke highly of this very old and ex- 

 cellent fruit, except Mr. Goodale, of Maine, who said it would 

 be the last to grow in his section. Adopted, that it be added 

 to the -list for general cultivation, -'in certain localities." 



Northern Spy. ]VIr. Saul suggested this as worthy of be- 

 ing added to the list for trial ; it was so little known out of its 

 native locality, that no reliable information was elicited. It was 

 recommended for general cultivation " in certain localities." 



Autumn Bough. Placed on the list for trial. 



The Committee on Native Fruits then made the report 

 which we have already given, (Vol. XVIII, p. 491.) 



Mr. Cabot, in behalf of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, invited the Convention to meet in Boston, in 1854, 

 and the invitation was accepted. 



The Constitution and By-laws reported by the Committee 

 were adopted, and the name changed to the " American Po- 

 mological Society." 



On motion of Mr. Buel, a committee was appointed, with 

 power to add to their number, to procure subscriptions of one 

 dollar and upwards, in order that a suitable memorial should 

 be presented to the widow of the late Mr. Downing. 



The Report of the Committee for selecting the chairman of 

 the Fruit Committees of each State and Territory was then 

 read and accepted. They Avill be found in another page. 



