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that all the small specimens should be picked, when half 

 grown ; those remainining would then be good. 



Fulton. — First rate, by two of the committee, second 

 rate, by one. Messrs. Barry and Hovey considered it a fine 

 pear. 



Passe Colmar. — Second rate, Mr. C. M. Hovey was sur- 

 prised at the report of the committee. He thought, if there 

 was any pear entitled to be considered as first rate, it Avas the 

 Passe Colmar. The prejudice against it was on account of 

 its not being well grown and properly ripened. Mr. Saul 

 classed it among the variable kinds, 



Beurre' Diel. — Nearly always first rate. Grows well on 

 the quince. Mr. J. W. P. Allen, considered it second rate 

 on young trees, and first rate on old ones, 



Beurre' D'Amanlis. — Second rate. Messrs, Barry and 

 Hovey thought it often first rate, but not always so ; its pro- 

 ductiveness, however, made it a valuable pear for general 

 cultivation, 



Dix. — First rate, Messrs. Coppock, Hodge and others, 

 knew but little about it, as it had not fruited much in 

 Western New York. A specimen prematurely ripened, from 

 Mr, F, R, Elliott, of Cleaveland, Ohio, was tasted, which 

 was excellent. 



Easter Beurre', — Second rate. The president remarked, 

 that it bore well at the west, and the fruit very fine. Mr, 

 C, M. Hovey could not allow the opinion of the committee 

 to pass, without having his own recorded — that it was not a 

 second, but a first rate pear, and not only first rate, but the 

 best winter pear we had yet known. He had no doubt, but 

 when cultivators knew how to ripen the fruit, it would be 

 justly estimated as one of the finest late winter kinds in cul- 

 tivation. Mr. Hodge had not succeeded in ripening the fruit, 

 it was frequently gritty. 



Bleeker's Meadow. — Second rate. Mr. J. J. Thomas, 

 thought it only ffth rate. Very productive, but considered 

 by Messrs. Barry, Hovey, Allen and others, as hardly second 

 rate. 



