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1. The Jlloyamensing. — The fruit of this variety remains only a short time 

 in perfection ; but this defect is compensated by its ripening in succession, 

 for a considerable period. When eaten at the exact moment of its maturity, 

 the flavor is delicious, and the quality " best." 



2. Poire (VAhondance. — This little pear is always beautiful, and a most 

 abundant bearer; quality sometimes ^^ good," occasionally '''■ venj good" very 

 often indifferent. In the " Fruit and Fruit Trees of America," D'Abon- 

 dance, D' Amour, and Ah Mon Dieu, are considered one and the same pear. 

 In appropriating these names to a single variety, Mr. Downing followed, and 

 was misled, by the Catalogue of the London Horticultural Society. But so 

 far from being identical, Poire d'Amour and Poire d'Abondance are two en- 

 tirely distinct varieties, differing essentially in size, form, color, and period 

 of maturity. The fruit of the former is very large, while that of the latter 

 is small. The error of considering them identical, probably arose altogether 

 from the fact that the name. Ah Mon Dieu, was an acknowledged synonym 

 of both. It is stated, however, on the authority of a distinguished French 

 Pomologist, that this appellation was given to each for a very different rea- 

 son — to one, in consequence of its beauty and productiveness — to the other, 

 on account of its enormous size. 



From W. Canby, Wilmington, Del., a Seedling Grape. Bunch four and 

 a half inches long, by two and three-quarters broad, so compact as fre- 

 quently to destroy the rotundity of the berry. Berry from seven-sixteenths 

 to nine-sixteenths of an inch in diameter ; roundish, inclining to oval; skin 

 of a violet color, thickly covered with bloom, and semi-diaphanous ; seed 

 small, dark cinnamon ; flesh tender, very juicy, not pulpy ; flavor sweet and 

 pleasant ; quality " hest " for a grape that will grow in open culture ; leaf 

 trilobed, but not deeply, interruptedly serrulate, auriculate. 



Ad Interim Fruit Report for October. — The Fruit Committee respectfully 

 report, that since the September meeting of the Society, the following fruits 

 have been submitted to their examination : — 



From A. Parker, of Moyamensing, a Seedling Peach, nearly three inches 

 in diameter ; roundish ; dull yellow, with a reddish cheek, and so dark 

 about the base as to appear almost black ; flesh yellow, very juicy ; flavor 

 delicious ; quality " verij good." 



From A. M. Eastwick, the Petre Pear, from the original tree — specimens 

 very fine, two and three-quarters inches long, by two and one-half broad ; 

 stem variable, in one specimen five-eighths of an inch, by one sixth ; in an 

 another one and one-quarter, by one-eightli ; flavor luscious ; quality " best." 



From I. B. Baxter, the Jane Peach, (Baxter's Seedling No. 1); large, ten 

 and one-half inches in circumference ; roundish oblate ; greenish yellowish 

 ■white, with a red cheek; free; flavor delicious; quality "ven/ good" to 

 " best." 



From Mr. Ladd, 242 Filbert st., the Larissa, a Seedling pear, of small 

 size ; obovate pyriform ; greenish yellow, a good deal russeted, witli a mot- 

 tled red cheek ; flesh rather dry ; flavor saccharine and pleasant ; quality 

 scarcely "good." 



