376 THE FLORIST AND 



AD INTERIM FRUIT REPORT, FOR NOVEMBER. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 14, 1853. 

 To the President Penna. Hort. Society: — 



Since the October meeting of the .Society, the following fruits have been 

 forwarded to the Fruit Committee fur examination : 



From P. H. Cassady, 20 Logan Square, through Robert Kilvington, two 

 varieties of Grapes. 



1. The Cassady — An accidental seedling white Grape, with native leaf, 

 and dark purplish wood, that sprung up in Mr. Cassady's yard in 1847, and 

 fruited in 1852 for the first time. Bunch, of medium size, tolerably com- 

 pact, and sometimes shouldered. Berry, beloW medium, five-eighths of an 

 inch in diameter ; form round ; color, greenish white with occasionally a 

 faint salmon tint, and thickly covered with white bloom; flesh, juicy with 

 but little pulp ; flavor, pleasant ; quality "very good." 



2. The Kilvington. — This may prove a known native variety. It was 

 purchased by Mr. Cassady, 7 years ago, before it had fruited, for the Isa- 

 bella, and removed from Schuylkill Fourth and Chestnut Streets, to its 

 present locality in Logan Square. Bunch, medium, compact. Berry, be- 

 low medium, five-eighths of an inch in diameter ;. form, round ; color, red, a 

 shade deeper than the Catawba, with much bloom ; seed, unusually large ; 

 flesh, contains some pulp, which is not tough, but half tender, and melting ; 

 flavor, vinous and saccharine without any Catawba aroma; quality "best." 



From Robert Iredell, Norristown, through Mr. Jones. — A specimen of 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme of enormous size, nearly five inches long by four and 

 a quarter broad, and weighing twenty-five and a quarter ounces — exceeding 

 in size any pear we have ever seen grown in this country. Notwithstanding 

 its magnitude, we have never eaten a better flavored Duchesse — a variety by 

 the way, which, when fully ripened, we regard in quality at least "very 

 good." 



From Mr. FcJcert, Reading — Additional specimens of the pear mentioned 

 in the last "Ad Interim Report" as being probably the Beurre Diet These 

 were even larger than those previously received, and possessed a still more 

 brilliant cheek, and equally fine flavor. 



From St. Louis County, Missouri, through J. T. Thomas, Esq. — Two 

 Apples for their names. One we recognised as the Vandiver ; the other 

 is probably an apple of Western origin, with which we are unacquainted. 



From Thomas TUornily, Fallston, Beaver county, Pennsylvania — A large 

 collection of Apples, exhibited at the State Fair at Pittsburgh, and sent to 

 us by Mr. Thornily, at the request of some of our friends who saw them on 

 that occasion. But before they came into our possession, which was not 

 until the 14th of October, they had been exhibited at the Burlington Coun- 

 ty Agricultural Fair at Mount Holly, and at the Fair of the Philadelphia 

 Society for promoting Agriculture. Some of us noticed them at both of 

 these Exhibitions, and were not a little surprised at the size and beauty of the 

 specimens, and the great number of varieties embraced in the collection. Un- 

 fortunately when we received them, the handsomest specimens had all disap- 

 peared; and the extensive collection had dwindled down to fourteen sound 

 apples, and nine in a state of decay. We were therefore much disappointed 

 in being prevented from giving to so choice a collection the minute examina- 



