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um : Form, roundish conical : color, yellow, partly russetted. 

 A pleasant, rather sweet, and of a moderately rich, spicy fla- 

 vor ; worthy the attention of Pomologists. 



PLUMS. 



Dorr's Seedling. — From Albany. A very productive 

 new sort ; the specimens very imperfect, but the committee 

 were favorably impressed with its value. 



Col. Young's Seedling Egg. — An improvement in flavor 

 on the White Magnum Bonum ; smaller in size. The com- 

 mittee could only commend it for further examination. 



Madison. — Size, rather below medium : yellowish green : 

 broadly blotched with reddish brown ; rich, sweet, and excel- 

 lent. Well worthy of public notice. 



PEARS. 



Hegerman. — From Flushing, L. I. Closely resembling 

 the Buffiim in appearance, and flavor, if not identical. 



Mr. Elliott, the Secretary, closes this part of the proceed- 

 ings with a description of a new seedling pear, forwarded by 

 Prof. J. P. Kirtland, of Cleaveland, Ohio. It was accompa- 

 nied with a painting of the fruit, a copy of which, neatly 

 lithographed and colored, accompanies the Tratisactions, and 

 adds much to its value and appearance. We copy the de- 

 scription : — 



" Kirtland. Synonymes : Seedling Seckel, Kirtland's 

 Seedling. — Size, medium : the circumference, six and a half 

 inches : length, including stem, two and a half : form, globu- 

 lar ovate : exterior color, rich crimson russet, varying to a 

 dull green : texture fine, melting, juicy and rich : color of 

 flesh, white : flavor, aromatic, sweet, and in the highest de- 

 gree delicious : seeds, usually full, short and blackish : 

 stem, six-eighths of an inch in length, thick, and somewhat 

 curved : eye, small, moderately deep, with the segments of 

 the calyx short, reflexed and persistent : season, September : 

 color of wood and growth : the wood is of the same color 

 as the fruit, and the general habit of the tree resembles a 

 thrifty, White Doyenne. 



