A committee was recently appointed by the American Institute to prepare a list of fruit adapted to the vicinity of New York. They first decided to adopt only a limited number of each kind; next, to pass by any kind to which any member of the committee objected. Thus, when the Newton Pippin was proposed, three members objected to it, and no more was said about it. The objection was not to the quality; for the committee were probably all agreed that it 'is the best of all apples in this respect; but, that it did not " do well" with them, and, consequently, was not profitable to grow for market, this being the purpose for which the committee were preparing the list. The adoption of this rule will account for the omission of some fine fruits. Others, equally as good as those adopted, would have found a place in the list if it had been larger. The committee, however, seem to have been* satisfied in making out a list of the limited number, embracing reliable varieties for the purpose in view. The report here follows:

"The committee appointed to make a selection of fruits from the catalogues of the nurserymen, to recommend as the most suitable for cultivation in the vicinity of New York, make the following report:

"That in preparing the lists here presented, the committee adopted the rule of rejecting all kinds in regard to which their experience was not uniform, both as to quality and productiveness.

" The chief object in making this selection has been to guard the inexperienced cultivator against the errors so often made when the lists of the nurserymen are the only guide. Many young orchardists buy every thing recommended in the fruit books and catalogues, and find, after years of careful cultivation, that a large portion of their trees are worthless, and the fruit of the remainder of but little value. Some fruits of the first consideration in one locality are worthless in another, and some trees are productive in one soil and barren in another.

"This frequently involves the necessity of grafting, causing years of delay and labor without reward, until in many cases patience becomes exhausted. As an instance, the Doyenne pear, in "Western New York, and some of the western states, is probably without a superior, while here, and on the sea-coast generally, it is only an incumbrance to the ground. The same may be said of many other though less known varieties.

"In making this selection, we do not wish to be understood to discourage amateurs from planting any, or even all, the old varieties that the catalogues pronounce good, neither do we wish to discourage efforts to originate new kinds; but we do say from our own experience that, in this locality, we believe the list here recommended will prove satisfactory - that all these sorts, with proper cultivation, will be productive, and that none will require re-grafting.

" Many persons will probably think, on reading this report, that better sorts have been omitted, and some of the committee will concur in this opinion; but they beg leave to say that while they have left out such varieties of apples as the Northern Spy, the Swaar, Pennock's Red, Newtown Pippin, Vandevere,Pearmain, Smith's Beauty of Newark, Hubbardston's Nonsuch, Ac, etc, all could not be included without making too long a list, and that some of them are only superior in their native localities. Some have been proved inferior here, and others have not yet been proved at all. The same may be said also of the lists of pears, plums, and other fruits.

Summer Apples

Early Bough, Early Harvest, American Summer Pearmain, Summer Rose.

Autumn

Autumn Bough, Gravenstein, Hawley, Fall Pippin, Porter, Jersey Sweeting.

Winter

Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening, Jonathan, Monmouth Pippin, Spiteenberg, (Esopua,) Tallman's Sweeting, King of Tompkins County, Boston Russet.

Summer Pears

Doyenne" d'Ete Dearborn's Seedling, Beume Giffard, Rostiezer, Tyson.

Autumn

Bartlett, Seckel, Beurre d'Anjou, Beurre Superfin, Doyenne Boussock, Duchesse d'Angouleme, (on Quince,) Flemish Beauty, Fondante d'Automne, Sheldon, Urbaniste.

Winter

Beurre Gris d'Hiver Nouveau, Beurre Diel, Lawrence, Vicar of Winkfield.

Cherries

Belle de Choisy, Bigarreau, or Yellow Spanish, Black Eagle, Downer's Late Red, Early Purple Guigne, Elton, Black Tartarian, Governor Wood.

Plums

Green Gage, Coe's Golden Drop, Imperial Gage, Washington or Bolmar, Smith's Orleans, Jefferson.

Pleach

Crawford's Early, Crawford's Late, Early York, (Large,) Bergen's Yellow, George IV., Oldmixon Free, Morris White.

Clings

Heath, Large White, Oldmixon.

Nectarines

Downton, Stanwick, Early Newington.

Apricots

Dubois' Golden, (American variety,) Peach or Moorpark.

Grapes

Delaware, Diana, Concord, Union Village, Hartford Prolific.

Quinces

Orange, Rae's Seedling, Portugal.

Currants

Large Red Dutch, Versailles, Victoria, Large White Province, White Dutch, Black Naples.

Gooseberries

Downing's Seedling, Houghton's Seedling, (hardy American varieties, and free from mildew).

Raspberries

Hornet, Franconia, Orange, Belle de' Fontenay.

Strawberries

Triomphe de Gand, Bartlett, Wilson's Seedling, (acid,) Hooker's Seedling, (sweet,) Jenny Lind.

Blackberries

New Rochelle, (or Lawton,) Dorchester, Newman's Thornless".