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of the tree, or \vlnt its appearance miglit be fo-; a pleasure ground ; 

 but if he had the finest lonkiiig tree in the world, if the fruitwas good 

 for nnlhino-, he would throw it umler his feet. lie would not be one 

 to advocate a fruit of inferior quality, under the excuse that he had 

 some trees to sell. lie wr.s a fruit raider, but lils fiicnds should 

 never rise up against Lim, charging him with having imposed on their 

 ignorance. 



Mr. Downing wished to correct the impression which the gentle- 

 man appeared to entertain. If any fruit was not worthy to be borne 

 on the list, the coramiltee had no wish to press its being put there. 



Mr. Barry said that there were several things which entered into 

 the consldeiation of quality. Flavor was one, and a very important 

 one, but there were others also. And he considered it hardly proper 

 to insinuate any thing unworthy or knavish against gentlemen who 

 spoke of fruits, and their qualities as " market fruits." Fruits were 

 raised for the market especially, and they must be. And every body 

 knew that it was not always true, that a variety which stood highest 

 'in point of flavor, bore the same rank on the market list. Take the 

 Rhode Island Greening apple, for example, that fruit was not of first- 

 rate flavor, but it was so productive, so hardy, and so sure a crop, 

 that we could not do without it. Just so with many other fruits. 

 Flavor was the first quality to be looked at, if gentlemen chose, but 

 there were many others besides. 



Mr. Hancock did not dififer from the gentleman last up. Let each 

 variety of fruit stand or fall on its merits. He acknowledged good 

 bearing to be a part of the merits, but he would not make that 

 quality a pretext for selling, to the simple, a fruit as being better than 

 it really was. 



Mr. HovEY could not sit silent after hearing the remarks of the 

 gentleman from New-Jersey, though his friend from Rochester had 

 put the matter right before the Congress. But if all were to be ac- 

 cused who raised fruit for sale in the market, and consulted, conse- 

 quently, the value for market of different varieties, he knew of very 

 few who would not come under the gentleman's lash. In general, 

 persons who cultivated fruit trees did it for what ? Orchardists who 

 raised fruits, did it for what ? Why, to sell in the market. Some 

 very respectable and respected persons in the gentleman's own neigh- 

 borhood could tell Lim that, if he were ignorant of it himself. But 



