editor's table. 



idea tliat we shall ever find a remedy without labor is fallacious, and he admitted that 

 Matthews' remedy, whatever it may be, will require as much or more labor than the above. 

 In short, this pest is left just where he was — on the plums. Dr. Hull said he had invented 

 a labor-saving machine, not heavier than a wheelbarrow, to jar oif the punctured fniit, which 

 falls into canvas, with the insects. He said the curculio attacked his peaches. 



It was agreed to recommend the free growing varieties of the American Wild Plum 

 (Prunus Americana) as the most suitable stock on which to work the plum. 



Fire-blight ; Mr. Fahnestock said, where they cut off the affected spur, they saved the 

 tree, but, if that remained, the disease spread over the trees, and destroyed them clear to 

 the body. Mr. Barry said this virulent form of blight makes its appearance in warm, humid 

 atmosphere, and prompt amputation saves the trees ; some varieties are more liable to it. 

 The Buffum Pear is exempt from this disease. This Pear is figured the present month. 



Mr. Barry's address was an excellent and practical one. He thought pomology was to 

 make its greatest triumphs in the West. " Who ever saw, before, such apples or such 

 pears as are displayed here ? I never have, in all my travels, either at home or abroad. 

 * * * Twenty years ago, two or three nurseries around New York, and an equal number 

 in Massachusetts, supplied the Union. Now, nurseries may be counted by the thousand, 

 even to the shores of the Pacific. * * * Our pomological literature has been created, 

 one may say, within the last ten or fifteen years. * * * Eobert Manning, of Salem, 

 Mass., was one of the first who made systematic attempts at a pomological garden ; this 

 was in 1823, and, in 1838, he enumerated 160 varieties of apples, 620 of pears, &c., in all, 

 922 varieties ; in 1842, the number was estimated at 2,000 varieties." Mr. Barry made no 

 allusion to Wm. Coxe, who commenced long before. * * * " Mr. Wilder, at the present 

 time, enumerates 1,000 varieties." * * * Mr. J. S. Cabot, Samuel Walker, B. N. French, 

 Hovey & Co., Wm. Kenrick, &c., received honorable mention, as did the late Mr. Prince, 

 Charles Downing, A. Saul, A. J. Downing, David Thomas, and his son ; Thorp, Smith, 

 Hanchett & Co., F. R. Elliott, A. H. Ernst, &c. &c. Some highly valuable portions of Mr. 

 B.'s address we shall print hereafter. 



The subjects of taxation of nurseries, and of tree peddlers, attracted considerable atten- 

 tion, and were discussed in a business-like way. Root grafting, the cultivation of the 

 cherry, the strawberry, &c., were discussed, but we do not find any recommendation from 

 the association of any particular kinds. 



Of apples, however, the early Joe, Dutchess of Oldenburg, Mother, Hubbardston, Nonsucli, 

 and the Spice Sweet, were continued for further trial. 



Peck's Pleasant and Primate were recommended for moderate cultivation ; the Willow 

 Twig for extensive cultivation ; the Newtown Pippin for cultivation in particular localities. 



The Bark louse was discussed at some length, and Mr. A. G. Hanford has communicated 

 the remedy he furnished the description of in the Ilortiatlturist, viz : a mixture of tar and 

 oil, put on in the form of paint. Mr. Dunlap was of opinion that the height of this difficulty 

 was now reached, and that the insect would become less troublesome. He uses one pound 

 of potash in sdven gallons of water, as a wash, with success. 



The Report is satisfactory, and will be, we trust, largely distributed. 



Stopping Summer Growths. — You would hardly suppose that there is a man, woman, or 

 child, in all the world, who could not learn the art of " stopping" the shoots of plants and 

 trees at one lesson — pinch out the top of the shoot with the forefinger and thumb, and the 

 thing is done in a moment. So it is, sure enough ; but there is no art in that way of doing 

 it at all ; and may be a great deal of mischief in it, and there often is. 



I once lived with a gentleman who never went about in the country without his walking- 

 stick, which had a " spud" on the bottom end, with which he was constantly routing out 



