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Calvin Cooper, Bird-in-Hand, Pa. Five plates of apples. 
Geo. E. Boggs, Livingston, N. C. Nine plates of apples. 
Silas Wilson, Atlantic, la. Plate of McPike grape. 
H. M. Engle & Son, Marietta, Pa. Display of apples, pears and chestnuts. 
H. W. Stout, Pine Grove, Pa. Eight plates of apples. 
Henry Wallis, Wellston, Mo. Hicks grape. 
Respectfully submitted, 
F. M. HEXAMER, Chairman. 
H. E. Van Deman, 
JOHN CRAIG, 
G. B. BRACKETT, 
A. G. GULLEY. 
As Chairman of the Committee on New Fruits of American Origin, Dr. 
Hexamer submitted the following report: 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NEW FRUITS OF AMERICAN ORIGIN. 
Among the most promising new fruits that have come under the obser- 
vation of your committee since the last session' of the American Pomological 
Society are: 
Apples— Cana joharie . — The original tree has been grown for fifty years 
or more on the farm of Mr. L. M. St. John in Montgomery county, N. Y. 
Its size is medium; form, roundish oblate; color, waxen yellow, splashed 
with carmine red; flesh, tender; flavor, mild; quality, good. As a dessert apple 
it Las much to recommend it, and it is especially valuable on account of its 
late keeping as it is at its best from January to May. The tree is a vigorous 
grower, of spreading habit with slender willowy branches. 
Pride of the Hudson— A handsome red winter apple of high quality, 
which although known in its original habitat for many years has not 
been brought to public notice before last year. It is above medium size, 
roundish conical, sometimes flattened, slightly ribbed. Its color is bright 
red, handsomely striped with darker red, and slightly dotted. The stalk is 
long and deeply set. The flesh is white, very fine grained, juicy, mild sub- 
acid and fine flavored. The fruit hangs firmly to the tree until late in the 
fall and after picking keeps in good condition until spring. The tree is of 
vigorous growth, somewhat spreading habit, very productive, and has clean 
healthy foliage. The early history of this variety is in obscurity. All that 
is known is that Mr. Jacob Barringer, Columbia county, N. Y., who was 
the first one to grow it outside of its original home, found five trees of this 
kind on the “Ludlow Farm” in the northern part of the town of Clermont 
in his county. He also states that these trees were grafted, which of course, 
leaves a doubt as to the origin of the grafts. These five trees were in their 
prime fifty years since. The last one survived until two years ago, at 
which time its trunk measured over three feet in diameter. 
Peaches — Worcester.— Large to very large, globular in shape, and display- 
ing a suture from stem to calyx end. The flesh is yellow, red at the 
stone, juicy, sweet, rich and generally of a quality superior to the aver- 
age. The fruit is a perfect freestone, ripens mediym to late and if the 
tree continues to bear as prolific crops as it has produced heretofore, this 
variety will no doubt become a valuable addition to our list of peaches. 
The parent tree was raised from the pit of a California peach, of unknown 
variety, by Dr. J. Warren Worcester, Middletown, N. Y. 
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