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larger and has less acicHtv of flavor. The red one often often has a 

 tinge of red or pink in the ilcsh between the stem and core. The trees 

 are apparently identical. He knew nothing of the origin of this varia- 

 tion, for such it seemed to be, but thought the red sort to be a sub-variety 

 orisrinatinof from the seed of the other. Had never noticed the colorins: 

 in the flesh until this year. Saw the two varieties at Princeton and in 

 Felix, Grundy County. 



Mr. Bryant bought trees in St. Louis in 1S39 ^^ ^^^ Minister 

 apple; brought them to Princeton; grafted from them and sold the 

 young trees as Minister, but when the trees began to bear, found that 

 they produced a sub-variety of Snow apples. He has two sorts, alike 

 in tree, but dissimilar somewhat in fruit, as has been stated. 



Mr. McWhorter said that he knew there were two varieties prop- 

 agated and sold as Snow apples, as there were two of Carolina Junes, 

 yet he regarded them as distinct and originating from seed. 



Mr. Woodward had also found this difference, and stated that the 

 striped variety was a little earlier in ripening than the blush or red sort. 



Dr. Spalding said that a friend had called his attention to a very 

 common, yet a very sei-ious source of variation. He affirmed that all 

 sorts of grapes were sold by tree peddlers^ grown from Concord 

 ROOTS. These his friend had called " Tree Peddler's variations." 



Adjourned until to-morrow morning. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING. 



The Society was called to order by the President. Meeting opened 

 with prayer by Rev. W. Beecher. 



On motion of Dr. Hull, Air. J. E. Starr was requested by vote of the 

 Society to open a discussion upon the 



terminology of the grape vine. 



Dr. Hull had previously drawn upon the blackboard several illustra- 

 tions of all the portions of the vine, to be used as aids in this discussion. 



Mr. Starr proceeded to set forth in a clear, distinct manner the names 

 appropriate for the diflTerent parts of the vine. 



He said, that, having been appointed a committee by the Alton Hor- 

 ticultural Society to report on vineyards, he found that many of the 

 terms used by him, in his reports, were not understood. 



In endeavoring to remedy this, he had consulted various authors, and 

 found that even they did not employ the same terms in describing 

 various parts of the vine. He had therefore prepared and presented a 

 nomenclature of the vine which had been adopted by that Society and 

 which he would now briefly explain. We have 



1. The Root — that part growing under the ground. 



2. The Stem — that part between the root and the first departure. 



3. The Cane — wood of last season's growth — prepared for fruiting. 



