The sixth biennial meeting of the American Pomological Society was held in Rochester, September 24-26. Nearly all portions of our extended country, from Maine to California, were represented (there being delegates from nineteen Statu), and we heard it repeatedly remarked, that a more respectable and intellectual body of men had never met in Rochester.

The Genesee Valley Horticultural Society held their annual exhibition in connection with the American Pomological Society and the Western New York Fruit Growers' Association, and the show of fruits and flowers excelled anything we have ever before witnessed. Had it not been for the partial failure of the apple crop in the West, the display would have been truly gorgeous; but what was lacking in apples and peaches was made up in pears. The extent to which pear culture is attracting the attention of fruit growers in all parts of the Union, was fairly indicated by the large number and excellence of the varieties shown. The veteran pomologist, and President of the Society, Marshall P. Wilder, who has, in his grounds at Dorchester, Massachusetts, over one thousand different varieties of pears, exhibited one hundred of his best new sorts; and that the Messrs. Hovey & Co., of Boston, exhibited 250 varieties. From this city, the show of pears was very large, and, in size, color, and smoothness of skin, unsurpassed. Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, Hooker & Co., Frost & Co., and other leading nurserymen of Rochester, exhibited largely, as did also one or two amateurs.

John Hampton, gardener to Selah Matthews, Esq., Showed thirteen varieties of pears - among them a well-shaped Bartlett, weighing twelve ounces - and a fine collection of greenhouse plants, roses, verbenas, grapes, £9. J. Salter, gardener to J. F. Bush, Esq., exhibited eight varieties of exotic grapes. Mr. Messer, of Geneva, N. Y., also showed several varieties of splendid exotic grapes - among them some enormous bunches of Muscat of Alexandria. A dish of pears, of the Louise Bonne de Jersey and Duohesse d'Angouieme varieties, sent by President Pierce, from the "People's Garden" at Washington, D. C, showed the difference of the season here and at the South. They were fully ripe, while specimens of the same varieties grown here were quite green and hard. Dr. Grant, of Newburgh, N. Y., had a fine collection of native grapes, among them the Delaware - perhaps the earliest and best flavored native variety in cultivation, but laoking size - and a new seedling white grape, called Rebecca, which promises to be an acquisition.

There were two fine collections of apples from Iowa, and one from North Carolina, containing many varieties of Southern apples but little known at the North.

The American Pomological Convention was welcomed to the city by the Mayor of Rochester, and, after some preliminary business, the President of the Society, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, delivered a most eloquent and interesting address (which will be found on another page. - Ed).

After the conclusion of the address, the convention proceeded to business. The Nominating Committee reported the following list of officers, which were unanimously elected: -

President - Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, of Boston.

Vice-Presidents,

S. L. Goodale, Maine, H. J, French, New Hampshire, Fred. Holbvook, Vermont, Samuel Walker, Massachusetts, Stephen H. Smith, R. I., A, S. Monson, Connecticut, Charles Downing, New York, William Reid, New Jersey,,

Hartman Kuhn, Jr., Penna., William C. Wilson, Maryland, E. Tatnall, Jr., Delaware, Yardley Taylor, Virginia, Joshua Iindley,N. Carolina, A. G. Summer, S. Carolina, Richard Peters, Georgia, C, A. Peebody, Alabama,

Thomas Affleck, Mississippi, D. W. Yandell, Tennessee, Lawrence Young, .Kentucky, A. H. Ernst, Ohio, H. L. Ellsworth, Indiana, C. R. Overman, Illinois, Thomas Allen, Mississippi, Rev. C. H. Byington, Ark.,

B. F. Nourse, Florida, Robert Avery, Iowa, J. G. Brayton, Wisconsin, Simpson Thompson, California,

Joshua Pierce, D. C, Edward Hunter, Utah, Hugh Allen, Canada Bast, James Dougal, Canada West,

Amasa Stewart, Minnesota, C. B. lines, Kansas, Henderson Lewellyn, Oregon.

Secretary - P. Barry, of New York. Treasurer - T. P. James, of Pennsylvania,

The President, on thanking the Society for the honor conferred upon him, stated that he had fully determined not to accept the office, but could not find ft in his heart to decline the trust imposed upon him by the unanimous voice of his friends. .

After the reports from the State Fruit Committee, and from the Committee on the Downing Monument, the Society proceeded to revise the catalogue of fruits.

Of the list of pears for general cultivation, the following varieties were proposed for rejection, but retained after discussion: Ananas d'Ete, Andrews, Beurre d'Aremberg (decided that it should have "high cultivation" attached to it on the list), arid Fulton. The list previously recommended for trial as promising well, was then taken up, and the following varieties were transferred to the list for general' cultivation Doyenne Boussoch, Beurre St. Nicholas, Howell, and Sheldon. Duchess de Berry, at the suggestion of Mr. Walker, had "d'Ete" added to its name, to denote its early ripening.

The following varieties were recommended as "promising well:" Vicar of Winkfield, Hosenschenk, Philadelphia, Fondante Cornice, Niles, Emile de Heyst, Beurre Kermes, Con-seillenr de la Cour, Comptesse del Aost, Beurre de Langelier, Doyenne d'Aleneon, Beurre d'Albret, Deliois de Hardenpont de Belgraque, Deliois de Hardenpont d'Angers, Fondante de Charneuse, Osband's Summer; Beurre Nantais, Dix. The Bellisime d'Ete was decided to be unworthy of cultivation. Bleekers's Meadow and Passans du Portugal were removed from the "rejected list."

The Convention then proceeded to revise the list of pears recommended for culture on the quince stock. It was proposed to reject Belle Lucrative and Long Green of Cox. but, after discussion, it was decided to let them remain on the list. Beurre d'Aremberg and Triomphe de Jodoigne were stricken from the list.