422 Cincinnati Horticultural Society — Proceedings. [September, 



Saturday, August 1. 



Society met at the usual hour, Doctor Warder in the chair. 



On motion, the minutes of tlie last meeting were so corrected as to read Mr. 

 Strotton instead of Mr, Stanton, of Richmond, Indiana. 



The Committee on Grape Disease asked to have added to their number Mr. 

 Ward and Professor Henry Foote. 



The committee appointed to act upon Mr. Longworth's Strawberry communi- 

 cation asked for furllier time. 



Mr. Kklly, cliairnian of the committee on Mr. Stratton's communication on 

 heading-in fruit-trees, asked for further time and promised to report on Saturday 

 next. 



Messrs. Fithian and Patianni presented to the Society ambrotype likenesses of 

 IS. Longtvorth and D. Horn, Esqs. The picture "was much admired by the 

 Society and their thanks tendered the artists for the appropriate present. 



The discussion of the day is the Grape Rot. Mr. Buchanan presented speci- 

 mens of Grapes affected by tlie rot. 



Mr. Ward remarked that the rot upon the berry commenced without any refer- 

 ence to fnngus, and that the same character of rot had been observed upon Apples 

 and Peaches. 



Mr. Howarth remarked that the rot universally succeeded the mildew, and that 

 in plant culture it is the custom to throw the plant aside when attacked, as the 

 damage is so great to the plant that pruning would be of no avail. 



Mr. Gary said that from his observation the rot was unusually desti"uctive the 

 present season ; and in relation to the grape he had thought this was not the pro- 

 per climate for them, but that tlie growers in Europe had the same difficulty to 

 contend with. He thought the constitution of the grape had been enfeebled by 

 constant cutting and pruning, and that if the same course was pursued we must 

 expect these diseases to accrue ; and in order to have healthy, vigorous vines, we 

 must go back to seedlings. He was glad of the efforts being made in certain 

 quarters for the propagation of seedliugs. 



Mr. Foote remarked that experiments tried in growing after the European plan 

 would probably not prove successful in this country ; it was his opinion the further 

 the Grape berry was from the ground the better it would flourish. European 

 Grapes that had been tried in this country had blasted every few years, and he 

 thought that we must depend upon our native Grapes. 



Mr. Caldwell thought that inasmuch as the native Grape flourished so finely 

 in this countiy in a wild state, that it m'lgJd be cultivated to advantage. 



Mr. Howarth thought it marvelous tliat the Gooseberry, so apt to mildew, 

 Bhould have so generally escaped the present season, while the Grape should have 

 suffered so severely. He thought that a sandy subsoil would have much to do in 

 preventing mildew. 



Mr. Gary held that the atmosphere was in a much more favorable condition at 

 the time the Gooseberries were forming than when the Grape was in the same 

 stage, and thoUfjht this fully accounted for the difference noted. 



Mr. Kelly remarked that he was sorry any member of the committee had ven- 

 tured an opinion, as their investigation had not as yet resulted in anything 

 definite. 



JoBN E. MoTTiea exhibited Prince's Harvest, Eai-ly Bough, Early Junnettiug, 



