123 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



crown -grafting or budding with the most Yigorons stock, such as hard shell 

 almond for peaches and apricots, Buffam and Vicar pear for pears, and 

 Northern Spy apple for apples and crab. When well established, top-graft or 

 bud with the most perfect varieties of fruit, prune carefully, and thin judi- 

 ciously, and fertilize the blossoms from similarly perfected trees, covering all 

 known defects in the union ; this will improve and perfect our stock fruit and 

 seed. 



With gratitude to Russia for her beautiful red Astrachan apple, and just 

 praise to France for Van Mon's rich Beurre de Anjou pear, and good will to 

 England for Eiver's delicious peaches, giving God all thanksgiving for our 

 bountiful soil and delightful climate, we humbly ask for more Pomologists, 

 more capital, and more labor. 



