360 . STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



this classification to snccessful peach culture in the United States, I 

 wish to make the following recommendations : 



"1. That a committee of three be appointed to be known as a, 

 committee on co-operative work in testing the different races of 

 peaches. 



" 2. This committee shall consist of one horticulturist from one 

 I^'orthern station, one from one Southern station, and one from one 

 Central station. 



"3. The work of this committee shall be to find out, as far as pos- 

 sible, the isotherm in which each race is adapted. 



"4. The committee may recommend to as many stations as may 

 be thought necessary a list of varieties from the races, to test and 

 report upon. 



"5. The committee shall make out a suitable blank to be printed 

 by the United States Department of Agriculture, and also to be dis- 

 tributed by this department to the stations engaging in the work. 



" 6. Each station will be asked to pay for its own trees. 



" 7. The results of this work, together with the description of 

 the races will be written up by the committee, and will be published 

 by the United States Department of Agriculture. 



" After being read, the memorial was referred to a committee con- 

 sisting of ProCs. Goff, Mason and Munson. The recommendation of 

 the committee was that the following named gentlemen be made a per- 

 manent committee to carry on the co-operative work of testing the 

 several races of peaches in the various sections of the United States. 

 The permanent committe is as follows : Prof. E H. Price, Texas ; Prof. 

 B. J. Wicson, California; Prof. G. H. Powell, Deleware, and Prof. L. 

 R. Taft, Michigan." — American Gardening. 



PEACH GROWING. 



The cultivation of the peach is just no w^ attracting some attention 

 in New England, owing in a large measure to the success of Hon. J. 

 H. Hale, of Connecticut, and a few others, but much more might be 

 done in other sections where none are now grown. 



I remember that when I was a boy, almost every garden had a few 

 peach trees. At home the appetite of two vigorous growing boys could 

 not consume all that fell from the trees. If we called on any of our 

 school-mates, we sampled a few of their peaches, and then they came 

 over to see if ours were not better. If an unlucky or unthrifty neigh- 

 bor had none at home, they could come to our garden or go to many 

 others in the neighborhood and pick up a basketful when they pleased. 



