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[The Secretary would here say that a mistake was made Ly the reporters of 

 the daily press^ and followed by him, in reportin^jr J. J. Thomas as saying, in 

 the discussion following " Eeport on Native Fruits," that the Worden grape is 

 ^vorthy of the utmost attention. Mr. Thomas denies using the word utmost.^ 



Mr. Youuglove spoke of several varieties of grapes which promised well dur- 

 ing the past season, especially Rogers' Nos. 4 and 43, as black grapes, w'liicli 

 are very much alike. In red grapes, he spoke of the No. 15, and the Salem, 

 which, at a certain stage, were not distinguishable. He said that the last year, 

 however, the Salem cracked badly. 



Mr. Long of Buffalo said the Salem mildewed badly with them last season, 

 while twelve other varieties did well, and were fine. ■ They have fruited Salem 

 only one or two years, and know nothing of its profitableness. 



Mr. Younglove said that the fruit of the Crotou is the finest in quality of 

 any, but mildew destroys it. Vineyards five or six years old are not producing, 

 but going down hill. 



Mr. Crane said that he found the Croton the reverse of what Mr. Younglove 

 had found it. His vines are five or six years old. 



Mr. Younglove said the originator of the Croton had admitted that it was a 

 failure for vineyard purposes. 



Mr. Babcock spoke of the keeping qualities of the Eogers' Hybrid grapes, 

 'which he thought were worthy of consideration. 



Mr. Lay said the No. 15 kept even better than the Diana, and the flavor im- 

 proves. 



Mr. Quinby wanted something said about peaches. On his motion the 

 question of peach culture was taken uj). He said it was well known that a 

 large trade was being done, and that it was very profitable. He gave statistics 

 on this point, and the names of men who had succeeded well in peach-culture. 



Mr. Barry said that the peach crop was, as a general thing, an uncertain 

 crop. There were some spots, however, where they had succeeded. 



Mr. Younglove hadn't seen a failure in his valley in ten years. He said they 

 could make more with grapes than peaches, which did well enough as a " side 

 issue." He pronounced grapes far more profitable than peaches. 



Mr. Thomas spoke of the Early Beatrice peach as a very handsome fruit. 



Mr. Langworthy spoke of the Buchan peach, which he thought would be an 

 acquisition. 



Mr. Hooker questioned the correctness of the name of the Champion grape. 



Mr. Lay claimed that it was a Tallman seedling which was originated near 

 Syracuse. He said the Tallman seedling varied on different soils. 



Mr. Donnelly said a friend bought one of the first Tallmans brought into 

 this city, and had since bought of him a Champion, and they were very unlike. 



Mr. Barry considers it a promising grape. 



The question whether plum-culture was profitable or not was then taken up 

 at the request of a member. 



Mr. Thomas said he had seen considerable of plum cultivation, and thought it 

 was rather precarious. He said he had killed several trees by mistake in allow- 

 ing them to overbear. 



Mr. Barry said that plum-culture was being extended in the eastern part of 

 ■the State and in the Western States. 



Mr. Moody said plums succeeded well in Niagara county. 



Mr. Quinby spoke of French and German prunes as doing very well. 



Mr. Brooks ofiered the following resolution : 



