£62 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE 



The Virginia Nursery and Wine Company (Allan & John- 

 son, general agents) show eleven bottles of Virginia wines, 

 including samples each of Norfolk, Herremont, and Concord, 

 and one each of Clinton, Catawba, and To Kalon. 



J. W. Porter of Albemarle came in last evening with several 

 superior varieties of apples and grapes. Among the latter 

 were line specimens of the wild grape of the mountains. 



George W. Purvis of Nelson county contributes a small but 

 excellent assortment of apples, peaches, and grapes. The 

 latter are particularly good. 



Mr. J. G. Beattie of Henrico county displays the finest wine- 

 sap apples ou exhibition, and it is to be noted that they were 

 raised, as in the case of Mr. Call, noted above, by an amateur. 



F. W. Lemosey, one of the pioneer pomologists of Virginia, 

 sends several bottles of wine of his own manufacture. 



BrSINESS MEETING OF THE SOCIETY. 



The biennial session of the American Pomological Society 

 convened in the dining-room of the Exchange Hotel yesterday 

 morning at 9 o'clock. 



Mr. John M. Allan, President of the Virginia Horticultural 

 and Pomological Society, addressed the assembly, and said that 

 no more pleasant duty could have devolved upon him than 

 that of welcoming them to Kichmond. Two years ago the 

 Society of Virginia Pomologists had thanked the American 

 Society for the promise to come, and to-day he had to thank 

 them in behalf of his society for coming here. He was aware 

 of the pressing business which awaited the attention of the 

 national body thus convened, and it was not his desire further 

 to detain them than to extend a cordial welcome. He hoped 

 that their sessions would prove harmonious, prosperous, and 

 pleasant, and, again welcoming his friends from all parts of the 

 country, took his seat. 



Marshall P. Wilder, Esq., President of the American Pomo- 

 logical Society, replied, thanking Mr. Allan for his cordial 

 reception and welcome, and, on behalf of the Society, accepted 



