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different isoils.; but if it should be found that any one variety was bad 

 at Boston, and also at Syracuse, he would have nothing to do with it. 



The question being on Mr. Hancdck's motion, that the proposed 

 list be considered as only applicable lo rejected varieties, for Massa- 

 chusetts, 



Mr. Walker objected to that motion, as out of order. The report 

 was not a report from the Massachusetts Horticultural Sociefy, nor from 

 the Massachusetts portion of the general fruit committee of this Con- 

 gress. It was the report of the whole of that committee, under the or- 

 ders of the convention of last year. And some gentlemen had been 

 entirely mistaken in the grounds which they assumed in opposition to 

 its adoption. It did not propose to exclude from general cultivation all 

 such fruits as were found not to ans^rver in Massachusetts. The con- 

 trary was the fact ; for while the St. Michael's pear, known to be 

 excellent in New- York asthe Virgalicu,,and in Philadelphia as the But- 

 ter pear, was utterly worthless in Boston, the committee had not even 

 proposed to exclude it. But when, from our own experience and the 

 testimony of others, a variety was good for nothing at Boston, equally 

 bad here, worse perhaps in Philadelphia, and totally unworthy of cul- 

 tivation at Cincinnati, then, on this united testimony of its worthless- 

 ness everywhere, the committee had decided to recommend its rejection. 



Mr. Hancock expressed himself satisfied. He had got the explana- 

 tion that he desired, and was perfectly willing to withdraw his motion. 



The quesilon then recuired on Mr. Hovey's motion, which was 

 adopted, with an amendment providing that the names of the object- 

 ors to the rejection of any particular variety of fruit, should be 

 entered on the records. 



So it was decided that the fruits contained on the rejected Hst, 

 should be taken up senaiim : those varieties to which no objection 

 was made, should be rejected without debate ; those to whose 

 rejection any gentleman did object, should be stricken from the list. 

 The names of objectors to be recorded in each instance. 



The matter thus being settled, Mr. Downing again commenced the 

 reading of the list of rejected fruits. 



[The rejected fruits on which no discussion took place, will be 

 found in the fruit list towards the end of this report. The debates 

 that occurred on fruits proposed for rejection, but retained, ami on 

 others proposed for general cultivation, will be found in the following 

 pageSj in the order tf their occurrence.] 



