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Dr. McNSOJS', of Ncw-Havcn, Conn., had fruUcil it two years, and 

 fountl it !i gooil bearer. He never knew it to decay at the core. 



The President said that according to his experience it never 

 cracked. Mr. Colton's case he thought must be a singular one. 



Mr. Barry, of llochester, N. Y., was of opinion that the cracking 

 might be owing to a rot at the core. It had been found to be insipid 

 and poor from that cause. 



Mr. Hayes, of New-JerscV) considered the Andrews a very fine 

 pear, and did not think it cracked more than any other variety. 



Mr. Manning, of Salem, Mass., had grown it for ten years at 

 least, and was very sure he never saw it cracked or blighted, while 

 on the other hand it was a good fiuit and a great bearer. 



Mr. French said that Mr. Manning's soil was about as poor as 

 any fruit growers', and this pear flourished excellently with him, as 

 gentlemen had just heard. In his (Mr. F.'s) opinion, it was a fruit 

 that no pomologist should suffer himself to be without. 



The Andrews Pear was then adopted. 



Fulion Pear.— Mr. Barry consiilcred this one of the best of pears, 

 about equal to the White or Grey DoyennS. He could recommend it 

 with all his heart. 



Mr. HovEY likewise thought it one of the best. It had the excel- 

 lent properly of ripening gradually. His attention was called to it 

 about nine years ago, by the late Mr. Manning, who also regarded 

 it as a very fine pear. It sold well in the market. 



Mr. Little, of Bangor, Me., said it had another good quality— 

 that of being extremely hardy. This might be supposed, since it 

 originated and flourished well in Maine. 



Col. Hodge, of Buffalo, said with him it was one of the best pears. 



The Fulton Pear was adopted. 



[At this stage, Hon. M. P. Wilder, the President, was constrained 

 to leave by other public duties, and placed Samuel Walker, Esq.} 

 in the chair, who presided during the remaining sessions.] 



Fondante d' Automne Pear. — Dr. Brinckle, of Philadelphia, said 

 that this was one of the very best in quality. 



Mr. White, of Athens, said it held the same character in Georgia. 



Mr. Hovey did not doubt it. But it might be well to add that 

 the name Fondante d' Autcmne was a synonym, and that the variety 

 was introduced and first cultivated as the Belle Lucrative. It was so 



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