Pomological Gossip. 35 



At Syracuse, Mr. Denniston, the great plum raiser of Alba- 

 ny, presented a great variety of plums, among which were a 

 large number of seedlings ; none of which however appear- 

 ed very remarkable, unless we except one, which he has 

 called the Madison. Its greatest merit is its lateness, from 

 the first to the middle of October. It is a roundish oval 

 fruit, with an orange-yellow skin, dotted with deep crimson 

 on the sunny side ; flesh, yellow, rich, saccharine and excel- 

 lent. The variety is a great bearer, and will undoubtedly 

 prove a fine late fruit. 



In our notice of the meeting of the Pomological Congress, 

 we had only space to give the List of Fruits adopted for gen- 

 eral cultivation ; intending to notice the best of those which 

 " give promise of being worthy to be added to the list," and 

 also the names of those which were rejected when the re- 

 port was received. We therefore now add the names of 

 the fruits which were reported by the General Fruit Com- 

 mittee as promising well. 



PEARS. 



Ananas d'Ete, Jealousie de Fontenay Vendee, 



Beurre d'Anjou, Elizabeth (Van Mons), 



Brandywine, Pratt, 



Chancellor, Striped Madeleine, 



Doyenne d'Et6, Ott, 



Duchesse of Orleans, Paradise of Automme, 



Doyenne Boussock, Van Assene. 



PLUMS. 



Rivers's Favorite, St. Martin's Quetsche. 



McLaughlin, 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Burr's New Pine, Jenney's Seedling. 



RASPBERRY. 



Knevet's Giant. 



GRAPE. 



Diana, (native). 



A very interesting discussion took place upon the motion 

 to add the Black Prince Strawberry and some other kinds, to 

 the list of kinds for general cultivation ; and as the remarks 



