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as to occupy a great portion of his time ; and the only alter- 

 native was that he must either give it up, or lose his place as 

 agent of one of the extensive factories at Lowell. He conse- 

 quently relinquished his farm, and had no further opportunity 

 to carry out his experiments. 



Some further discussion took place relative to the use of 

 wool waste and manures generally, the substance of which 

 was, that the quicker all ordinary manures were ploughed or 

 dug into the ground the better. The longer they were ex- 

 posed to the weather the less value they possessed. 



The meetings were then adjourned for the season. 



Art. IV. Pomological Gossip. 



New Varieties of Apples. In our last Number we gave 

 an account of a large number of native apples which had been 

 exhibited before the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and 

 briefly described in the reports of the Fruit Committee. Since 

 the last report in March, several other varieties have been pre- 

 sented to the Committee, and the following descriptions of 

 them are from the report of the chairman, Dr. Brinckle ; 

 some of them appear to be deserving the attention of all cul- 

 tivators : — 



The Adams. — A Pennsylvania seedling, which originated 

 with James Adams, of White Deer Township, Union County, 

 and noticed under the name of Noll's No. 1, in the ad interim 

 report for November last. Large ; roundish oblate ; faintly 

 mottled and striped with red on a greenish yellow ground ; 

 stem half an inch long, and one-ninth to one-sixth of an inch 

 thick ; cavity broad, acute ; calyx rather large, segments 

 closed ; basin wide, moderately deep, plaited ; flesh greenish 

 white, of fine texture, rather juicy ; flavor pleasant ; quality 

 '^ very good." The specimens examined on the eleventh of 

 November, were only regarded as good, being somewhat dry 

 and mealy. 



The Major. — A native of Pennsylvania. This apple orig- 



