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372 THE CULTIVATOR. 
The Ad Interim Reports of the Pennsylvania Hor¬ 
ticultural Society for the present year, contain a great 
deal of valuable information, from which we glean 
and arrange the following:— 
Summer Pears. —The best summer pear exhibited, 
was decided to be the Olt , and the second best, the 
Tyson. In another place the committee remark of the 
Ott, that this is the fifth consecutive year they have 
had an opportunity of testing this fine Pennsylvania 
variety, and that they regard it as “ the most delicious 
of all summer pears.” 
The committee classed the flavors of several pears 
in the following degrees:—Tyson, “best”; Dearborn’s 
Seedling, “good”; Bloodgood, “very good”; Man¬ 
ning’s Elizabeth, “very good ” ; Rostiezer, “best”; 
English Jargonelle, “ good.” 
Autumn Pears. —The following classifications of 
flavors were made : St. Ghislain, “ very good”; Cumber¬ 
land, scarcely “good,” [we have always considered it 
as worthless]—Muscadine, “good”; Beui-re Goubalt, 
“good” ; Washington, “very good” ; Golden Bilboa, 
“very good”; Urbaniste, “best”; Heathcot, “very 
good”; Onondaga, “ good ” ; Beurre d’ Anjou, “ best” ; 
Adele de St. Denis, “good”; Fondanto d’Automne, 
“best”; Fulton, “ good ” ; Doyenne Robine, “very 
good.” 
Specimens of the Kingscssing , double-worked on 
quince, measuring three inches by three and one- 
eighth, and weighing eight ounces, were pronounced 
“best”—the fruit on quince being broader, larger, and 
more fair than on pear stock. 
The Moyamensihg remains only a short time in per¬ 
fection, but the fruit ripens in succession for a conside¬ 
rable period. When eaten at the exact moment of ma¬ 
turity, the flavor is delicious, and the quality “best.” 
An enormous Bartlott, weighed 12 ounces, and mea¬ 
sured 3f inches long by 3f broad. 
Cherries.— The Napoleon Bigarreau and the Graf- 
fion (or Yellow Spanish) afforded very fine specimens. 
Some of the former weighed 84 grains, Troy, and of 
the latter 92 grains. A branch of the Napoleon four¬ 
teen inches long, contained 70 cherries, and weighed 
eleven ounces, of which the wood and foliage consti¬ 
tuted two ounces. A branch of the Grafiion seven 
inches long, containing 44 cherries, weighed seven 
ounces, of which the wood and leaves were one ounce. 
Qualities of Cherries. —English Morello, “best” 
for culinary purposes; Buttner’s Yellow, Late Bigar¬ 
reau (of Kirtiand), Napoleon Bigarreau, and Grafiion, 
“ very good.” The Conestoga , a new variety from 
Lancaster county, of very large size, with a dark pur¬ 
ple color, an obtuse heart-shaped form with indented 
apex, long slender stom, and a purplish, firm flesh, with 
a sugary and pleasant flavor, was pronounced “best.” 
Peaches. —The Jane peach (Baxter’s) very largo, 
and delicious flavor, quality “very good.” We had an 
opportunity of examining this fine late peach, well ri¬ 
pened, from tlje original tree, a year or two since, and 
considered it fully equal to Oldmixon freestone, which 
it somewhat resembles. In another place we learn that 
specimens of this sort, 10£ inches in circumference, 
were exhibited—form roundish oblate, greenish yel¬ 
lowish white, with a red cheek, flavor delicious, quali¬ 
ty “very good” to “best.” The Susquehannah peach 
is described as “ of the largest size, abounding in juice 
of a most delicious flavor; quality, ‘best.’” From 
specimens we have seen at Philadelphia, we should 
think this variety somewhat allied to Crawford’s late, 
and ripening nearly at the same time. One specimen, 
if we recollect aright, was four inches in diameter,— 
the largest of any peach, we ever had the pleasure of 
seeing. 
Nuts. —Specimens- of a seedling English Walnut 
were presented by Peter Williamson ; they measured 
two inches and a sixteenth long, one and five-eighths 
broad, and one and a half thick ; the shell remarkable 
for its thinness ; kernel delicious and of the highest 
quality. The tree sprung from an imported nut planted 
in 1846, and is now fifteen inches in circumference at 
the surface of the earth. It bore last year for the first 
time. “ The attention of nurserymen,” remark the 
committee, “ is directed to this variety, which could 
probably be dwarfed and # brought into speedy bearing 
by being worked on the Juglans preeparturiens.” It 
must be, certainly, an extraordinary acquisition, and 
the question may arise whethor it would mature fully 
as far north as New-York and New-England. 
A large variety of the Shell-bark , was presented by 
Abraham Wisner, near Norristewn. The nuts measure 
an inch and three-quarters long, one and five-eighths 
■wide, and one thick, with the hull off. Tho form is 
reversed oblong-cordate—tho shell thin, and the ker¬ 
nel of the best quality. 
Grapes. —Several new hardy varieties are men¬ 
tioned and described, but although highly spoken of, 
we are unable to judge of their value for general culti¬ 
vation, from the Report. One from W. Canby of Wil¬ 
mington, Delaware, and named tho Delaware Bur¬ 
gundy, —a rather small purple grape, growing in dense 
clusters,—is highly commended, and believed to be “ a 
decided acquisition.” 
Curculio. —The Society offer a premium of one 
hundred dollars for an effectual and economical remedy 
for this insect, which shall prove satisfactory to tho 
Society. 
American Grapes, 
The Diaria. —This has fruited with us the present 
season, and ripened perfectly at least two weeks earlier 
than the Isabella. It has so far proved the best Ameri¬ 
can grape for a latitude of 42° er 43°. A drawback 
is its moderate growth and slow propagation. 
The York Madeira. —Downing confounded this 
with the Alexander, to which it has no resemblance 
whatever, and many cultivators, by a sort of general 
consent, have adopted tho error. The York Madeira 
most nearly resembles the Isabella, but ripens earlier, 
