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lion of last year had rccommcmlcd a consulcrablc number of varieties, 

 and it was now proposed to add a few others. And first, the 



Rosiiezer Pear. — The President remarked that in the vicinity of 

 Boston, this pear ranked almost as high as the Scckel. 



Dr. Wendell stated that it bore the same character at Albany. 

 He had fruited it, and found it one of the very best of pears. 



Mr. Walker thought that the Rosllczer was imported by the Pre- 

 sident some ten years ago, for the late Mr. Manning, of Salem, Mass. 

 If he recollected aright, that gentleman was looking, at the time, fox 

 second-rate European pears — having found that many varieties which 

 were classed as first-rate abroad did not meet the expectations of 

 fruit growers here, whilst others which were there placed only in the 

 secondary class — ^^in our climate, under our warm skies and beneath 

 our bright suns — deservedly ranked among the first. The Rostiezer 

 was one of these. And from the first time he (Mr. W.) had tasted 

 it until the last, he had had but one impression in regard to it — that 

 (he pear was among the very first-rate, comparing favorably with.lhe 

 Seckel, as one of the sweetest and best pears. He knew that was 

 saying a great deal, but he thought the future would bear out the 

 assertion. 



The Rosiiezer Pear was, without further remark, unanimously 

 adopted, as being worthy of general cultivation. 



Andrews Pear. — Col. Hodge, of Buffalo, N, Y., had uniformly 

 found this a first-rate pear. 



Mr. White, of Athens, Georgia, had fruited it, and always found 

 it fine. 



Mr. CoLTON, of Worcester, Mass., said it was not always fine at 

 W^orcesler, being apt to crack and be knurly. 



Mr. HovEY had never known it to crack, but it was knurly some 

 times. He had always found it one of the best of pears — the very 

 best American variety we had. It was a very full bearer, so much 

 so, indeed, that it was difficult to get the wood to grow to vigorous 

 strength. He knew one tree that had been grafted for sixty years, 

 and had always borne abundantly for forty. It was one of the best 

 of pears. 



Mr. S. B. Parsons, of Long Island, said it was a good bearer, but 

 the fruit decayed at the core. 



Mr. Elliott, of Cleveland, Ohio, found the same fault with it. 



