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The President, M. P. Wilder, of Boston : I had fruit sent to me twice 

 last year from the original vines, and I was surjjrised at its beauty. You 

 may recollect that in my address I alluded to it in connection with the 

 wonderful effect of hybridization, whether. by the hand of man, by insects, 

 or by the air. I say that the Pocklington may bs the beginning of a race 

 of grapes equal in beauty and perhaps in excellence to the Cannon Hall 

 Muscat. I think it is a most promising variety, and although I would 

 like to ameliorate the flavor of the Pocklington a little, still it is a wonder 

 in its way. 



EEPORT ON TEUITS. 



Henry Paffard, Esq., Niagara, writes : " I have not fruited the Burnet 

 Grape yet, but expect to do so next season. V ntil last year I did not find 

 it a free grower, when it made rapid progi'ess. It is too soon to say 

 anything about the Diadem Raspberry, sent out last year. That welcome 

 visitor, the Horticulturist, is received regularly, and will assist in 

 keeping alive an interest in horticultural mattei-s, a work that your valuable 

 Association is doing so much to promote." 



THE GREENFIELD PLUM. 



The following aescription of this plum is from Mr. A, Gilchrist, 

 Guelph : 



" The plum came to hand in good order, and was much larger than I 

 expected, quite the size of a well-grown Lombard, as far as I could judge. 

 Fruit medium ; color yellow, nearly covered with light crimson ; suture 

 shallow, roundish oval ; stalk about one inch long, slender, in a narrow 

 cavity; flesh yellow, coarse grained, juicy, being more acid under the skin. 

 Cannot judge of the quality, as it was not in condition ; parts freely from 

 the stone. I have no doubt it will prove valuable in the North-west." 



This plum, it is claimed originated with Mr. Greenfield, of Ottawa, 

 Ont. The tree has the style of growth and foliage of the Chickasaw 

 plum. Your Editor has never seen the fruit. Mr. P. E. Bucke says 

 that the tree is perfectly hardy at Ottawa. 



REPORT ON PLANTS RECEIVED. 



William Gray, Woodstock, Ont., writes : The Downing Gooseberry i& 

 a great success, free from mildew. The raspberry and strawberry plants 

 received two years ago were a failure. My Flemish Beauty Pear is fine ; 

 the tree fruited last year, doing well ; also the Clapp's Favorite Pear, 

 which has fruited the last two years. The first year I allowed the fruit to 

 ripen on the tree, which proved to be almost useless — rotted at the core, 

 taste insipid. This season I picked the fruit as soon as it parted freely 

 from the branch, and kept it for about one week in the house. A better 



