IV. - The best 12 winter, to embrace 2 for stock, 2 for baking, 2 for cooking, and 6 for the table.

Mr. Ellwanger thought the Fameuse the best early winter apple for the table. Mr. Hooker recommended for baking the Tolman Sweet and Ladies' Sweet - a very valuable fall sweet apple.

Mr. Barry said, for market, he was prepared to recommend the Rhode Island Greening and Baldwin.

Mr. Fish recommended, for late keepers, the Roxbury Russet and Golden Russet. Mr. Beadle recommended the Pomme Grise as a fine late keeper, to June, and asked information respecting the Pomme d'Or, a good apple, somewhat resembling the Pomme Grise. Mr. Fish said the Pomme d'Or is a small excellent russet apple. It sold last year at $10 per barrel in Canada.

H. N. Lanoworthy said he first saw this apple on the ridge-road, near this city, in the orchard of Mr. Sherman. Its fine flavor and aroma is delightful. It is the prince of russets. It is mure oblong than the Pomme Grise - sometimes quite oblong. The tree is upright in its growth, and a good bearer. For a long time could not ascertain its name, but by searching the French pomological works became satisfied that it was the Pomme d'Or of the French, and it has been called by that name.

Mr. Beadle said Norton's Melon is exceedingly valuable in Canada.

Mr. Smith called attention to Peck's Pleasant, as it had not been mentioned. It is a very valuable early winter apple, and a pretty good bearer. Had none this winter. All the winter apples they have in Syracuse this season are the Golden Russet and Northern Spy. These two are the hardiest trees we have.

Mr. Barry said the Golden Russet, as understood here, is the one with small specks on the bark. The American Golden Russet, so much grown in New Jersey and southward, will not do here. Our Golden Russet is not described in the books.

Mr. Smith spoke of the Wegener as an early winter apple, of which the tree bears very young; is a good bearer, healthy, and most desirable. Mr. Wright inquired of the value of Cooper's Market.

Mr. Hooker said it is grown by some of his neighbors, and is a good bearer and keeps until April. It is a showy fruit, but not of first quality. The Yellow Bellflower is good, but sometimes specked.

Mr. Sharp, of Lockport, inquired why some one did not speak of the Swaar. Mr. Beadle found it tender in Canada. It winter-kills badly. Mr. Smith said it has the same defect as the Fall Pippin - never bears a crop. Mr. Lay said the Swaar had borne well with him.

Mr. Sylvester recommended Newtown Pippin, wherever it can be grown without specks. Mr. Ellwanger said the Jonathan is an excellent dessert apple, and high colored. The Can-ada. Reinette is also good.

Mr. Covey considered the Bailey Sweet equal to any sweet apple we have, through January and February.

Mr. Hoag said the Bailey Sweet is a good apple, but it will not keep.

The President said the Bailey Sweet, on the warm, sandy land about Moscow, is a late fall apple, but on heavy land, and in colder situations, it is a winter fruit.

Mr. Beadle noticed the Yellow Bellflower was recommended by some one. With him it is a shy bearer, and has a very large core. He thought little of the variety.

W. P. Townsend, of Lockport, said the Yellow Bellflower needs severe pruning, and if the tree is in good condition, the fruit is good.

Several gentlemen stated that the Bellflower is tender about handling.

Mr. Moody thought this a little too far north for the Yellow Bellflower, but with a little care it will succeed well. For early winter the Wegener is one of the best. He thought well of Peck's Pleasant.

Mr. Barry said the Yellow Bellflower was really a Southern apple. In the North it is doubtless degenerating, though it had never done well here, except in favored localities, but in the South it is as fine as ever.

Mr. Glen recommended the Belment as an early winter apple, both for the table and cooking.

Mr. Barry believed it to be a seedling of the Yellow Bellflower, and a good apple, very popular in Northern Ohio.

Mr. Cummings recommended the Northern Spy as a late winter apple, exceedingly valuable for a Northern climate. Bears well when it commences, but is not an early bearer.

Mr. Hooker inquired about the Spitzenburg - an old favorite.

Mr. Moody said it is good in Niagara county.

Mr. Barry said it is one of the most popular apples in our State, but requires high culture, so that the trees may be kept growing vigorously. It is useless to try to grow it in grass.

Mr. Townsend said that is the reason the Spitzenburg is losing its popularity. Most of the bearing trees are old and have been neglected.

Dr. Sylvester could recollect when the Spitzenburg was the most popular apple grown. Most people like its high, spicy flavor, and it is not excelled for cooking. But the trees must be fed to get good fruit. Did not call it a first-rate bearer, but when trees are well cultivated it will give a fair crop.

Mr. Moody said the Spitzenburg needs a deep, dry soil. Cyrus Beach, of the town of Cambria, in Niagara county, had grown very large crops - sometimes twenty barrels from a tree.

Mr. Smith said it does poorly at Syracuse. They think it has had its day and must be abandoned.

L. B. Langworthy remarked that the Red Canada is one of the best apples in the world.

Third Session

Ex-President Moody, of Lockport, exhibited a number of very fine pear stocks of his own Sowing, which attracted much attention on account of their fine growth, and at the request of Mr. Barry, Mr. M. made some remarks on his mode of culture. He had grown 400,000 the past season as fine as the specimens exhibited, one half being of extra size, and the others might well be called first-class. Gave a large quantity of ashes, about 150 bushels to the acre, applied at three times during the season.