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referred to the committee to examine the seedling fruit offered for competi- 

 tion for the premiums. It was so referred. 



On motion it was resolved that a committee be appointed to examine 

 seedling fruit. 



Mr. Weaver, Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Fuller were appointed said com- 

 mittee. 



Mr. John G. Bergen. — Forty years ago the Virgalieu pear flourished on 

 Long Island; now it is nearly worthless. Many varieties of cherries that 

 once grew finely there, are now all gone, and the same may be said of 

 plums and several varieties of apples. The Newtown Pippin, which origi- 

 nated at Newtown, L. I., used to produce a good crop both in Kings and 

 Queens county, but of late years the crops have failed; the Strawberry 

 apple likewise, although I understand trees of both kinds produce fine fruit 

 in Westchester county. I have just returned from Boston, where I went 

 as a delegate of the Institute to the United States Pomological Society. 

 The list of fruits approved by the Society are very much improved by add- 

 ing the locations in which the various kinds flourish. The report, when 

 published, will be very valuable to all fruit growers. 



"Fruits ill Season" will be the subject for discussion at the next 

 meeting. 



Adjourned. JOHN W. CHAMBERS, Secretary. 



October 28, 1862. 

 Rev. Joshua Weaver, of Fordham, N. Y., in the chair. 



A New Grape. 



Mr. Francis B. Fanchar, Lansingburgh, N. Y., sends specimens of a new 

 seedling grape, which he contends has more good points than any other 

 native grape yet known, viz.: 



1st. The vine has borne fruit about sixteen years, is a very strong, healthy 

 grower; foliage large and abundant, and the leaves do not shed till late in 

 the season; it is as hardy as the Concord, and has stood several years 

 without protection and has never failed to produce a good crop. 



2d. No vestige of rot or mildew has ever appeared, although other 

 grapes in its vicinity have mildewed badly. 



3d. The average time of ripening the fruit is ten days before the Isabella. 

 The bunches will average in size the Catawba, most of the bunches having 

 a shoulder. 



4th. The fruit bears the frost well; no ordinary freeze will injure the 

 fruit. The bunches sent were taken from the vines to-day. 



It was referred to the committee on seedling fruit. 



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The following extracts from the Journal de la Socidte Imperiale et Cen- 

 trale d'Horticulture, were read: 



