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from that variety in being of less size; not so well flavored, but 

 more hardy. 



The true Jintwerps cannot be relied on for a crop, here, without 

 protection. The same remark applies, though perhaps with less 

 force, to the Fastol(f and Giant. 



The Col. Wilder and Orange have not yet been subjected to open 

 culture. They have stood well, however, in a small yard in Phila- 

 delphia, while the FasloUF and Antwerpsat their side were cut down 

 by the winter. 



Several new raspberries of fine size and flavor have been raised by 

 a well-known Philadelphia nurseryman, and were exhibited before the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society during the past summer. Should 

 they prove, as they probably will, more hardy than the foreign kinds, 

 they will become a valuable acquisition to our collection. 



Melons. — A very large citron melon of great excellence has recent- 

 ly appeared in the market of Philadelphia. It is grown by Mr. J. 

 E. Scott, near Burlington, New Jersey, is nearly twice as large as 

 the ordinary citron melon, and superior to it in quality. The com- 

 ipittee consider it a new and distinct variety; and in their esti- 

 mation the best melon of this region. 



Wafer Melons. — The finest water melon in this section of country 

 is the Mountain Sweet. It is of large size, oblong in form, the exterior of 

 a uniform green color — of a lighter hue than the Spanish, thin rind, flesh 

 scarlet to the centre, which is solid, brown seed, delicious flavor. The 

 Mountain Sprout differs from the preceding in being striped, quite as 

 large, of a similar form, rind somewhat thicker, flesh not so com- 

 pact, seed of a pale red, flavor inferior to the preceding. The 

 Spanish variety is also of large size, and good ; not equal, however, 

 in quality to the Mountain Sweet, and has a much thicker rind. 



The present season having been so exceedingly adverse to pomo- 

 logical investigation, your committee have judged it expedient to 

 withhold the remarks they designed making (and, indeed, which 

 they had prepared,) on the remaining varieties of fruit, for another, 

 and, they trust, a more propitious year. They are unwilling to con- 

 clude, however, without indulging the hope that the several State 

 committees will embody in their next report a brief notice of all the 

 good native fruits of their section of country. A mass of the most 

 valuable and important information, in relation to the merits of these 



