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upon to give an opinion for or against it. The members had not cultivated 

 it, and they knew but little about it. It remained for the Society to adopt 

 the report of the committee on native fruits. 



Mr. Bull did not offer his opinion as to the merits of the Concord grape ; 

 neither did he desire an expression of opinion of the Society. 



Mr. Breck thought it proper that the Concord grape should be permitted 

 to remain where it now stands. It should not be endorsed by the Society 

 until it has been more fully tested. 



On motion of Mr. Cabot, the report of the committee on native fruit was 

 unanimously adopted. 



On motion of the Secretary of the Society, it was voted " That the lists 

 of all the fruits now on exhibition at the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety's tables, contributed by members of the American Pomological Society, 

 be entered- on the record of the proceedings of the Convention. 



The President submitted the report of a committee appointed at the ses- 

 sion of 1852, to consider the subject of erecting a suitable monument to 

 the memory of the late A. J. Downing, from which it appeared that a fund 

 of $1,600 had been subscribed for that purpose, from gentlemen in Phila- 

 delphia, New York, Boston, Rochester, Newburg, Buffalo and other places. 

 It is designed to erect the monument in the public grounds at Washington, 

 which Mr. D. did so much to adorn. 



The consideration of the varieties of apples to^be recommended, was re- 

 sumed. 



Mr. Benson, of Maine, called the attention of the convention to the 

 " Winthrop Greening," known also as the " Lincoln Pippin." It is an Au- 

 tumn variety, ripening in the latter part of October ; is quite as large as 

 the Rhode Island Greening, and for flavor, beauty and the table, ranked 

 among the very best varieties. 



Mr. Goodale, of Maine, thought it was an' unrecognized English variety, 

 introduced by Mr. Vaughan. It was a superior variety. Placed on the 

 list for trial. 



Mr. Barry called attention to the Benoni apple, a New England variety. 

 It has been much cultivated, but there has not been much said about it. 



Mr. Walker's experience led him to be in favor of the Benoni. It origi- 

 nated some years ago in the neighborhood of Dedham. He should have 

 no hesitation in saying it was a very good variety. 



Mr. Prince received the Benoni from the late Mr. Manning, as the best 

 variety he had seen, and he (Prince) had found it so. He thinks it emi- 

 nently worthy of general cultivation. It was placed on the list which pro- 

 mise well. 



