104 Cincinnati Horticultural Society. [February, 



There being an unusual and very fine display of fruit upon the tables 

 to-day, (including a fine collection from the Pomological Convention held 

 at Cleveland last week), tlie members proceeded to discuss the report, 

 and make comparisons between Northern and Southern fruit. 



Mr. Warder said there were some very fine specimens of the Gate 

 Apple upon the tables, and he was of the opinion that the Society 

 thought the report of one df its ex-Presidents did that variety injustice^ 

 in classing it with apples unsuited to Southern Ohio. 



Mr. Ernst said he had seen no reason to change his opinion upon the 

 Gate. 



Mr. Orange said, as regards the Belle Fleur in Southern Ohio, he had 

 as good specimens as any he had seen- from Northern localities. 



Mr. Kelly said, the difficulty is, many of our fine fall apples are, in 

 the North, winter varieties. He proceeded to name many of our wintsr 

 varieties that were superior to those of the same variety grown in the 

 North, both in size and flavor. 



Mr. Ernst agreed with 3Ir. Kelly. 



Mr. Sagers agreed that some varieties were superior, grown in the 

 North, but, in the aggregate, were inferior to those grown in Southern 

 Ohio. 



Dr. Petticolas thought that some Northern varieties are better keepers 

 in the North than in Southern Ohio. 



Mr. Meves thinks that apples do not keep as well in this locality as 

 they did thirty years ago. 



Mr. Orange thinks it is owing to the want of enriching the soil about 

 the trees by manuring. 



Mr. Hatch thinks, from his experience, that apples in this locality are 

 better, both in flavor and size, than they are in the North. 



Mr. Cary said, the difficulty was, our fine fall varieties, when grown 

 North, become winter varieties ; and many of their winter varieties, 

 grown in the South, became fall varieties. 



The discussion here closed, and the Emit Committee proceeded to cut 

 and distribute the specimens among the members present, giving them 

 an opportunity to decide for themselves. 



Dr. Warder, the Chairman of the Fruit Committee, amended his 

 report, so as to read : 



" Very fine, all of them, and exhibiting the advantages of Northern 

 latitudes in the growth of many varieties of apples for winter use." 



Which report was unanimously adopted by the society. 



Messrs. W. H. Clement and E. P. Cranch were elected members of the 

 society. 



