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Pennsylvania —Dr. W. D. Brinckle, E. W. Keyser, 
Thomas P. James, R. Buist. 
Maryland —S. Feast, Wm. Corse, L. N. Rogers. 
Dist. Columbia —Joshua Pierce, J. F. Callan, W. 
Breckenridge. 
Ohio —A. McIntosh, A. H. Ernst, Dr. S. P. Hil¬ 
dreth, F. J. Scott, T. S. Humrickhouse. 
Indiana — J. D. S. Nelson, D. Ivinhart, -— Scott. 
Illinois —Dr. J. H. Kennicott, Jno. Wright, J. Y. 
Scammon, •—— Arnold, Prof. J. W. Turner. 
Kentucky— L. Young, Ward Brown, H. Duncan, J. 
Allen, G. W. Weissenger. 
Missouri —Thomas Allen, L. Russell, Jas. Sigerson, 
Nicholas Reiki, E. Mallenchrodt. 
Canada— Dr. C. Beadle, Jas. Dougall. 
Bornological Convention at Buffalo. 
Continued. 
The following decisions were made relative to 
APPLES: 
The Yellow Harvest.— this name being adopted in 
preference to Early Harvest, as being more descriptive, 
—worthy of general cultivation. 
The Tart Bough— three weeks later than Yellow 
Harvest, which it resembles,—and second rate in value 
from its lateness. 
St. Lawrence —-regarded by most as first rate,—by 
others as not fully so, but to be admired for its size, 
beauty and vigorous growth. 
Dyer , or Pomme Roi/al, known also in some parts of 
Western New-York by the name of Hollow Crown , first 
rate. 
Early Joe —regarded by all as of the highest quality 
when fresh from the tree. But it was stated by sever¬ 
al that it would lose much of its flavor in a day or two, 
and is therefore unfitted for a distant market. 
Marly Strawberry —first rate for its season. 
Sweet Bough —a first rate sweet summer apple. 
Sine Qua Mon- —first rate. 
Toole's Indian Rareripe —first rate for cooking, se¬ 
cond rate for the table. 
Minister —large and handsome, second rate. 
Summer Rose- —first rate. 
Summer Queen —first rate for cooking, second for the 
table. A sweet apple, ripening the same time, and 
known as the Augustine , is sometimes erroneously call¬ 
ed Summer Queen. The latter was decided to be third 
rate. 
Duchess of Oldenburgh —first rat© for cooking, se¬ 
cond for table. 
Fameuse or Pomme de Neige —voted, but not unani¬ 
mously, to be first rate, in northern regions especially. 
Rhode Island Greening—& first rate standard fruit, 
both for table and cooking. 
Red Astrakhan —passed by. It should have been 
stated to the convention that this variety, although not 
a good table fruit, possesses great excellence as a very 
early cooking apple, being far superior in this respect 
to the Yellow Harvest. 
Newtown Pippin. —Much discussion took place rela¬ 
tive to this celebrated variety. Several delegates re¬ 
garded it unworthy of cultivation in western New-York, 
on account of its defective fruit. Others regarded it of 
the highest value; and facts were stated showing that 
in instances where it had been invariably poor, its qua¬ 
lity had been greatly improved by rich cultivation, and 
particularly by the application of ashes. 
The Yellow Newtown Pippin was considered inferior 
in quality. 
A half bushel of the English Russet of Downing, 
was presented to the convention—they were of last 
year’s growth, and were quite fresh, sound and agreea¬ 
ble, Am the name English Russett was not considered 
sufficiently distinctive, it was concluded to call this va¬ 
riety the Poughkeepsie Russett, by which it is also 
known. It was decided to be first rate as a long keep¬ 
er, and second rate in quality for the table. 
Lowell Apple— known also as Orange, Oswego 
Orange, Tallow Apple, or Tallow Pippin t and at Cleve¬ 
land as Queen Anne, and remarkable for its cily surface 
a few days after it is gathered. Though not fully first 
rate in quality, it was decided to be worthy of culti¬ 
vation on account of its large size, fair and handsome 
appearance, and great productiveness. 
Westfield Seek-no-further —first rate. 
Vandevere —first rate. 
Ribston Pippin— third rate, except in northern re¬ 
gions, where it proves fine. 
The Northern Spy created much discussion. It was 
admitted to require good cultivation, and careful pru¬ 
ning, to develope its fine Equality—that the Rhode 
Island Greening, and Roxbury Russett would flourish 
where the Spy would be nearly worthless—but that, 
with proper treatment, the latter was a fruit of high 
excellence. 
Twenty Ounce —first rate in size and beauty, second 
in quality. 
Gravenstein —first rate. 
Esopus Spitzenburgh —first rate. 
Beauty of the West —third rate. 
Fall Pippin —first rate in every respect. 
Late Strawberry —first rate. 
Swaar —first rate in all respects. 
Bellmont, Waxen, or Gate —first rate. 
Hawthorndean —unworthy of cultivation. 
Mother Apple* —first rate. 
Baldwin —first rate in Massachusetts and New York, 
unsuccessful in Ohio. 
Jonathan —first rate, taking all its qualities into con¬ 
sideration. 
Porter —first rate in all localities. 
Rambo —first rate, and succeeding equally well in 
the Eastern and throughout the Western states. 
Hubbardston Nonsuch —first rate—only equalled in 
richness by Swaar, Esopus Spitzenburgh, &c. 
Pomme Grise— first rate in the North and in Canada. 
Gloria Mundi , or Monstrous Pippin —unworthy of 
cultivation. 
Bullock's Pippin, or American Golden Russet of 
Downing, the former name recommended by the con¬ 
vention—worthy of general cultivation. 
Jersey Sweet —first rate for its season. 
Cornish Gillyflower —unworthy of cultivation. 
American Summer Pearmain- —first rate. 
King of the Pippins —second rate. 
Summer Hagloe —distinct from the Hagloe crab- 
first rate, but not unanimously. 
Office of Leaves—Singular Occurrence. 
The past season has been unusually favorable to the 
occurrence of leaf-blight in plums and pears, in many 
parts of the country. Not only have seedlings been 
seriously affected, so as to lose nearly all their foliage 
in midsummer, but large and bearing trees have often 
become more or less stripped, and, as a well known 
cansequence, the quality of the fruit has greatly suf¬ 
fered. 
A singular occurrence, showing that the flavor in 
maturing, depends wholly on the office of the leaves, 
was the following:—The crop of a Yellow Gage Plum 
tree, by means of daily attacks on the curculios, was 
saved from their punctures, and promised a fine supply. 
But when the fruit was two-thirds grown, and of course 
wholly destitute of any good flavor, the leaves all drop- 
* Printed erroneously “ Northern," in the proceedings of the 
convention. 
