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dollars of the funds of the society be appropriated in giving three 

 premiums to the most successful competitors reporting any such practice 

 and its detail to said committee ; said committee to report to the society 

 at its next annual meeting. 



Resolved, That a committee of be appointed by the Executive 



Committee, who shall report to the next annual meeting a list of not 

 exceeding thirty kinds of apples, which shall be in their opinion best 

 adapted to the economical demands of the people of this State, and to 

 be best suited to the different localities of the same, comprising their 

 most extensive use in all seasons, for home consumption, and for 

 exportation — the individual names of said fruits — a drawing of each 

 each separate kind, with a particular description thereof; and that in 

 this connection they also take into consideration the several classes of 



fine fruits as adapted to the above purposes, and dollars be 



appropriated as in the judgment of the Executive Committee shall be 

 necessary to accomplish this object. 



Wednesday Evening, Jan. 21. 



The society convened pursuant to adjournment at the Assembly 

 Chamber. 



Mr. Denniston from the committee to nominate officers, reported 

 the following list, which was unanimously adopted : 



J. M. SHERWOOD, Auburn, President. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



RoBT. H. Ludlow, New- York, 



Abram Bockee, Federal Store, 



Ezra P. Prentice, Albany, 



Thos. J. Marvin, Saratoga Springs, 



PoMEROY Jones, Lairdsville, 



J. R. Speed, Caroline, 



H. S. Randall, Cortland Village, 



Lewis F. Allen, Buffalo, 



Luther Tucker, Albany, Recording Secretary, 



Joel B. Nott, do. Corresponding do. 



J. M'D. M'Intyre, do. Treasurer. 



