The Fruit Committee respectfully report that they have received, green Notches; greenish-yellow about the crown and on the unexposed portion. Stem - half an Inch long and one-twelfth thick, inserted into a rather narrow, deep, acuminate cavity. Calyx - medium, dosed, set in a moderately wide, plaited, sometimes shallow, occesionally deep, basin. Seed - medium, brown, ovate. Flesh - greenish-white, fine textare, remarkably tender, Juicy. Flavor - sprightly, with an agreeable aroma. Quality - "very good".

From Persifor P. Frazer, of Philadelphia, through J. J. Vanderkemp - seed of the Salmon Berry, from Bodega, California; and dried Raspberries, from Sitka, in Russian America, near the flfty-seventh degree of north latitude. - More than a year ago we learned, from a reliable quarter, that a Raspberry of very large size and fine flavor had been found growing in California. Repeated attempts were made by us to obtain the variety, without, however, succeeding in accomplishlug our object We were, therefore, highly gratified at the unexpected receipt, through Mr. VanderKEMP, not only of the seed of the California Raspberry, but also the dried berries of a variety from the Island of Sitka, high up on the Pacific coast, and upward of nine hundred miles northwest of the mouth of the Columbia river. In an interesting letter to one of the committee, Mr. FrazEr gives us the following Information in regard to them: - "The dried Raspberries in the package marked ' Sitka,' were brought from the Russian colony of that name, on the northwest coast of America, by my friend James C. Ward, of San Francisco. He procured them while on a visit there, this last summer, and sent them to me with the hope that the plants might possibly be raised from them.

I know nothing of them except that they are the Raspberry of the place. The seeds In the other package are those of a large, buff-colored Raspberry, known in the country as the Salmon Berry. I found It growing, spparently wild, among nettles, at Bodega, a small seaport about fifty miles northwest of San Francisco. Bodega is the port of a tract of country which was (for a length of time previous to the taking possession of the country by the United States) in the occupation of the Russians, who leased it for the purpose of supplying their colonies with grain. The Raspberries were found on the shore of the harbor, under the projection of high cliffs, which sheltered them from the northwest winds. As they were In the Immediate vicinity of the company's warehouses, it is very possible that they had been planted there by the Russians, though I could not perceive any traces of cultivation. They grow, if I recollect aright, on the talus of the cliffs, and so completely mixed in with high nettles that I found it very difficult to procure them.

The plants were from five to six feet in height, and the berries of at least twice the volume of the Antwerp, and between a buff and a salmon color, with a very delicate flavor, which reminded me of that of our Carnation Cherries. An attempt was mode by Gen. PersrFOR F. Smith to send the cuttings home, but they died on the passage across the isthmus of Panama. On speaking on the subject to Mrs. Dr. Rhea Barton, she gave me directions for having the seed prepared. These directions were forwarded to my friend Mr. Ward, and a few days since I received the packages which Mr. Vanderkemp placed in your hands." The berries from Sitka, though thoroughly dried, were quite large; we counted the seeds in two of them, and found sixty-eight in one and seventy-two in the other.

A circular, addressed to the Society by a Committee of the Allegheny County Agricultural Society, was read, desiring the cooperat'on of the Society in procuring the passage of an act by the Legislature declaring the Healing of growing fruit, vegetables, grain, Ac, larceny.

On motion, the subject was referred to a select committee of three, with power to act.

The President announced that he had received from Commodore Perry, of the Japan Expedition, a small package of seeds, and a letter, which was read, purporting that the seeds were a present to the Society, and requesting that a portion of the products of each kind might be preserved, and if new and interesting, the credit be given to the Expedition.

On motion, ordered that the thanks of the Society be tendered to Commodore Ferry for the gift, and the seeds be referred to the Committee for the Distribution of Seeds, Ac.

Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, January 17, 1854, and the following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year:

GEN. ROBERT PATTERSON, President. J amEs DuNdas, W. D. BrinoklE, M. D., Richard Prick, Rob'T Cornelius, Vice Presidents. Jonn Thomas. Treasurer. Thomas C. Percival, Corresponding Sec'y. Thos. P. James, Recording Sec'y. Sam'l S. Haldeman, A. M., Professor of Entomology. Wm Darlington M. D., Prqfessor of Botany. Rob'T HaRE, M. D., Professor of Horticultural Chemistry.