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now it is afternoon. This is true in part, but most of us can not be so 

 exacting, and will be more inclined to agree with tlie same author wlien 

 he says that the composition of the peach is so exquisitely subliquid that, 

 while enjoying the fruit, we hardly know whether we are eating or drink- 

 ing. It is well to incite desires which may lead us to do better by various 

 measures of encouragement. 



Mr. Hamilton: I think that Oldmixon would not be considered by our 

 shore people as being among the hardy varieties; the other varieties 

 named by the gentleman would be considered hardy, but Oldmixon would 

 not be. 



A Member: With us the soil is just the opposite of that of which Mr. 

 Craig speaks. On the light sandy soil our peaches were all killed, while 

 on heavier loam soils they were not. We had a full crop on our heavier 

 loam soils, but on our sandy soil on the lake shore they were all killed. 



Prof. Craig: I think that could be explained by the direction of the 

 wind at the particular time of the killing frost. The effect of wind w^as^ 

 observed along both sides of the Niagara river last year. On the Can- 

 adian side fortune favored the fruitgrower and sent the cold current the 

 other way, resulting in the comparative destruction of the peach buds in 

 the United States, and leaving a fair crop on the Canadian side. 



THANKS TO ME. HALE. 



The Secretary: We paid a deserved tribute of esteem to Prof. Craig 

 when he was here, a mark of respect which gave us pleasure, but Prof. 

 Slingerland has slipped away without giving us an opportunity to show a 

 feeling of good-will toward him. Before it is forgotten, and before Mr. 

 Hale gets through the back door, toward which he appears to be gravita- 

 ting, I wish to have an opportunity to express our appreciation of his serv- 

 ices here. I therefore move that, whether it is true or not that the Con- 

 necticut river shad is the best shad that has swum since Adam was for- 

 bidden fishing in the Garden of Eden, and whether the Connecticut peach 

 is the best peach on earth except the peach from Georgia, whether tl\pse 

 things are true or not, we certainly have found that the Yankee from the 

 Connecticut river valley surpasses in all the well-known traits of charac- 

 ter any other sort of Yankee, and that we therefore give a vote of thanks 

 to the representative of that class of Yankee who has been with us, and 

 wish him God-speed in all his ways. 



Motion supported by Prof. Tracy and unanimously carried. 



NAMING THE " LYON " PLUM. 



Mr. Slayton: Before we take up the apple discussion, there is one 

 other item I would like to consider. A few years ago a stranger appeared 

 here, in the family of our brother, Mr. S. S. Bailey. He has been cared 

 for and has proved so worthy that he turned him over to our father, Mr. 

 Lyon, and with him he has proved so golden in appearance, so well 

 worthy of favor, that we might say he was a child of the golden age come 

 to live among us. He is without a name. He is a member of the plum 

 family; and before this society adopts him, Mr. Lyon can tell you about 



