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SALE OF STOCK AT THE NEW- YORK STATE FAIR. 
The committee did not deem it expedient further 
to extend, this year, the list of rejected fruits, and 
therefore presented none of the smaller kinds. 
The same committee also presented a list of fruits 
deemed worthy of general cultivation, which, after 
varied discussion, and the striking out of several 
varieties, was adopted as follows : — 
APPLES. 
For General Cultivation. -White Seek-no-further, 
Fameuse, Porter, Hubbardston Nonsuch, Winesap, 
Lady Apple, Danver's Winter Sweet, Wine Apple, 
Red Astrachan, Vandervere, Bullock's Pippin, 
Svvaar, Yellow Harvest,* Large Yellow Bough,* 
American Summer Pearmain,* Summer Rose,* 
Early Strawberry,* Gravenstein, Fall Pippin ,* 
Rhode-Island Greening * Baldwin,* Roxbury Rus- 
set.* 
For Particular Localities. — Yellow Bellefleur,* 
Esopus Spitzenburg,* Newtown Pippin.* 
PEARS. 
For General Cultivation. — Rostiezer, Fondante 
d'Automne, Fulton, Andrews, Buffum, Urbaniste, 
Vicar of Wakefield, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Uve- 
dale's St. Germain, Madeleine,* Dearborn's Seed- 
ling,* Bloodgood,* Tyson, Golden Beurre, of 
Bilboa,* Bartlett,* Williams's Bon Chretien, or 
Bartlett,* Seckel,* Flemish Beauty* Buerre Bosc,* 
Winter Nelis,* Buerre d'Aremburg * 
For Particular Localities. — White Doyenne,* 
Grey Doyenne** 
PEACHES. 
For General Cultivation. — Grosse Mignonne,* 
George IV.,* Early York, (serrated,)* Large Early 
York,* Morris White,* Oldmixon Freestone,* Cool- 
edge's Favorite,* Bergen's Yellow,* Crawford's 
Late.* 
For Particular Localities. — Heath Cling.* 
PLUMS. 
For General Cultivation. — Jefferson,* Green 
Ga°-e,* Washington,* Purple Favorite,* Bleecker's 
Ga?e,* Coe's Golden Drop,* Frost Gage * Purple 
Gage.* 
For Particular Localities. — Imperial Gage.* 
CHERRIES. 
Belle Magnifique, May Duke,* Black Tartarian,* 
Black Eagle * Bigareau,* Knight's Early Black,* 
Downer's Late,* Elton,* Downton.* 
GRAPES. 
Under Glass. — Black Hamburg, Black Prince, 
Black Frontignac, Grizzly Frontignac, White 
Frontignac, White Muscat, of Alexandria, Chasse- 
las de Fontainebleau. 
NATIVE GRAPES. 
Open Culture. — Isabella, Catawba, 
NECTARINES. 
Elruge, Early Violet, Downton. 
RASPBERRIES. 
R.ed Antwerp, Yellow Antwerp, Franconia, Fas- 
tolff. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
Large Early Scarlet, Hovey's Seedling, Boston 
Pine. 
APRICOTS. 
Large Early, Breda, Moorpark. 
CURRANTS. 
Red Dutch, White Dutch, White Grape, May's 
Victoria, Black Naples. 
GOOSEBERRIES. 
Houghton's Seedling, Woodward's Whitesmith, 
Crown Bob, Red Champagne, Early Sulphur, 
Laurel, Warrington, Green Gage, Green Walnut. 
The committee also presented the following list 
of new varieties, which give promise of being 
worthy to be added to the list for general culti- 
vation : — 
PEARS. 
Duchess of Orleans, Brandywine, Chancellor, 
Doyenne d'ete, Buerre d'Anjou, Manning's Eliza- 
beth, Brande's St. Germain, Pratt, Ott, Striped 
Madeleine, Ananas d'ete, Jalousie de Vendee, Van 
Assene, Doyenne Boussock. 
PLUMS. 
Rivers' Favorite, 
St. Martin's 
McLaughlin, 
Quetsche. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
Burr's New Pine, Jenney's Seedling. 
RASPBERRY. 
Knevett's Giant. 
GRAPE. 
Open Culture. — Diana. 
* Those names having this mark * after them, were adopted 
by the Convention of October, 1S48. 
SALE OF STOCK AT THE NEW-YORK STATE FAIR. 
We understand large purchases of almost every 
description of improved stock, were made at the 
late state show. We are glad to notice this fea- 
ture in the annual agricultural gatherings, and we 
anticipate a large benefit to our stock raisers, if the 
practice is followed up and augmented. Large 
numbers of choice animals are thus brought 
together, where their comparative, as well as 
absolute merits, are easily determined. The seller 
and buyer would probably have come even without 
this object in view ; and the animals, by a liberal 
provision of the railroads, are brought to and from 
the fair without charge for transportation, which is 
an essential advantage, mutually shared by both 
parties. We presume over $20,000 worth of stock 
was sold on the ground. 
But there is one feature in the sales, selling at 
auction on the show ground, to which we decidedly 
object, and against which we strenuously urge the 
action of the society. The effect of this is, to 
divide the attention of visitors from other objects, 
disappoint the persons offering, and generally dis- 
gust all parties. Let as many private sales be 
effected as maybe; but if people are bold enough, 
(fool hardy, we should rather say,) to offer either 
good or indifferent animals at auction, after all the 
experience hitherto had, at our annual shows, let 
them take other grounds than are occupied by the 
state society, and other time than that appropriated 
for its meeting. 
- Flavor of New-England Peaches. — The fla- 
vor of New-England peaches, this year, is decidedly 
superior to that of those grown further south. 
Why"? Will some member of the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society give us an opinion on this 
subject ? 
