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We have already given some account of the domgs of the 

 Congress, (Vol. XV, p. 513,) and reported the names of the 

 fruits which were adopted for general cultivation. We have 

 also, in our present volume, in our " Pomological Gossip,'' 

 given some account of the discussion which took place res- 

 pecting the strawberry and other fruits ; and now, with the 

 complete Proceedings of the Congress before us, we shall 

 endeavor to present an abstract of all the information which 

 may be valuable to the fruit cultivator. 



At the first session of the Congress of Fruit Growers, in 

 1848, it was voted that the general committee should make 

 out a list of REJECTED ffuits to be presented for the appro- 

 val of the delegates ; consequently, after the organization of 

 the meeting, this was the first business which came up. The 

 chairman, Mr. A. J. Downing, read the report and the names 

 of the fruits proposed for rejection. After considerable dis- 

 cussion, on motion of Mr. C. M. Hovey, it was voted that the 

 entire list, excepting such as any member might object to, 

 should be adopted by the Congress. The following is the 

 list as finally passed : — 



REJECTED FRUITS. 

 PEARS. 



Croft Castle, Bezi Vaet, 



Alexander of Russia, Bruno de Bosco, 



Amiral, Blanquet a longue queue, 



Aston Town, Burgomaster, 



Autumn Bergamot, Cuvelier, 



D'Amour, Chat Grille, 



Angers, Chair a Dame, 



Beurre d'Angleterre, Charles Van Mons, 



Beurre Seutin, Cassolette, 



Beurre of Bolwiller, Compte de Fresnel, 



Bon Chretien d'Esperen, Copea, 



Bon Chretien of Brussels, Caillat Rosat, 



Bergamotte Sylvange, Clara, 



Bergamotte Fortunee, Clapp, 



Beauty of Winter, Citron de Sirentz, 



Belmont, Dearborn of Van Mons, 



