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numbers of \vorlhlcss pears and apples, which ought to be ruled out 

 of good compr.ny. 



Mr. HovEY, of Massachusetts, said he was not present when the 

 vote referred to was taken, last year,, and did not now know whether 

 he should have opposed it or not. But he agreed with Mr. French, 

 that we ought to act very cautiously indeed, and he should prefer that 

 the Congress restrict itself to recommending such fruits as were really 

 worthy of it, and leaving the public to take its own course. Mr. 

 Walker had said that the London Society had rejected many pears. 

 He was aware of it, and that the Ambrosia was one of them. Yet 

 the Ambrosia wns by many considered first-rale. lie should not deny 

 that there were many in the catalogue utlevly worthless for cultiva- 

 tion ; neither could it be denied Ihut in the country there was a vast 

 number of seedling pears coming up every <lay, and it might be that 

 in time we should have an American list, so good that all others 

 would be rejected. But cultivators wiio wished a large number of 

 varieties, would not do so. People dilTercd as to fruits, according to 

 the different objects for which tliey wanted them. He might instance, 

 as to this, the Old Bell pear, which amateurs might wish to liave re- 

 jected, but which cultivators would not give up on account of its 

 superior productiveness, and great profitableness as a market pear. 

 He had never fruite'd the Ambrosia, but he trusted that no fruit would 

 be rejected on hearsay. Again, some on the proposed rejected list 

 might be synom>yns, and not the true variety. Though in favor of 

 reducing the list, he hoped we should- not go too fast, nor reject any 

 except those we knew to be worthless. 



Mr. Hayes, of New-Jersey, said that although the convention last 

 year did pass the vote spoken of by Mr. Wai.keu, yet it appeared 

 to many members that it would be much better to select, and make 

 out a list of best fruits in the first place. Massachusetts had sent in 

 this list as being vporthless with her ; but in other parts of the country 

 many of these same fruits might prove of excellent quality. A dis- 

 tance of only half a mile m location, sometimes made great differ- 

 ence in quality. Tlie St. Michael pear, for instance, was worthless 

 at Boston, but in western New- York it was one of the best, and it 

 would rule in the market, even though ruled out of it by us. 



The Chair observed, that from an experience of fifteen years there 

 vcould be no doubt that some \?ir\c\\c^^i:i comparison witJi,GtherfruitSy 



