NOTICES OF SOCIETIES. 



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Pomological Congress at Philadelphia. 



Tlie iourih Pomological Congress, which as- 

 sembled at Philadelphia on the 13th ult. , and con- 

 tinued in session two days, was in several par- 

 ticulars a most interesting session. Its most 

 important movement was the adoption of a 

 constitution, under the title of the American 

 Pomological Society. Delegates were in at- 

 tendance from nearly all the Atlantic states, and 

 from several of the AVestern, and they com- 

 prised, evidently, the cliief pomological talent 

 and experience of the countrj*. The collections 

 of fruits were very extensive — as a proof we 

 may state, that in a hasty glance among the 

 tables of pears, we observed 200 varieties from 

 M. P. Wilder, 135 tvom Parsons & Co., 128 

 from B. V. French, 122 from J. S. Cabot, 140 

 from Ellwanger &. Barrj^, 100 or more from 

 Wm. Reid, 108 from Thomas Hancock, besides 

 many other collections nearlj' as large. These 

 included some specimens of much interest, and 

 others of extraordinary beauty and fine growth. 

 On the whole, the Congress was a very satisfac- 

 tory one, with the exception of too short a 

 time, (only two days,) allowed for its delibera- 

 tions. 



The provisions of the constitution were, bien- 

 nial meetings — a president, and vice-presidents 

 from each state, territory, or province repre- 

 sented — a treasurer and three secretaries — 

 executive committee of five members — a stand- 

 ing fruit committee of five members in each 

 state or territory, with a general chairman — a 

 standing committee for native fruits, another 

 for foreign fruits, and a third on synonyms, each 

 consisting of seven members, and an admission 

 for membership of two dollars biennially, or 

 twenty dollars for life-membership. 



A chairman was appointed for eacli state, 

 with power to select his associates, consisting 

 of the following gentlemen, with Samuel 

 "Walker, of Massachusetts, as chairman of the 

 whole: 



Maine — Henry I.itllp, Baiijjnr. 



Ne\v-Hanip.--liire — Henry F. Frencli, Exeter. 



Vermont — C. Gooilricli, Burlington. 



Miissaclmsetls — E. Wiglil, Ho.s'ion. 



Bluxle-Island — Siephen H. Sniilli, Providence. 



Coiniecticut — George Gabriel. New-Haveu. 

 -P. Bai 1 y, Ruchesler. 



New-Jersey — Wm. Reiil, Elizabethlown. 



Pennsylvania — Thomas P. .James, Philadelphia. 



Delaware — Ur. Lewis P. Bush, Wilminjiluii. 



Maryland — Samuel Feast, Baltimore. 



Dislriel of Columbia — .loshua Pierce, Washington. 



Virginia — Yjirdley Taylor, Purcell Store, Loudon co. 



Souili Carolma — William Summer, Pomaria. 



Georgia — Stephen Elliott, Jr., Savannah. 



Florida^ A. G. Sems, Qnincy, Gadsden co. 



Alabama — Charles A. Peabody, Gerard. 



Mississippi — Thomas Affleck, Washingloa. 



Missouri — Thomas Allen, St. Louis. 



Ohio — R. Buchannan, Cincinnati. 



Indiana— J. D. G. Nelson, Fort Wayne. 



Illinois— Br. J. A. Kennicott, Northfield. 



Kentucky — E. D. Hobbs, Louisville. 



Iowa — James Grant, Davenport. 



Calilbriiia — Capt. W. Macondray, San Francisco. 



The standing committee on Foreign Fruits 

 are, C. M. llovey, of Mass. ; J. P. Kirtland, 

 Ohio ; Charles Dovv^ning, of New- York ; Robert 

 Bulst, of Pa.; P. Barry, of New- York; S. L. 

 Goodale, of Maine, and B. Lines, of Ct. 



On Native Fruits— Dr. W. D. Brinkle, Pa. ; 

 F. R. Elliott, Ohio; E. Tatnell, Jr., Del.; 

 Thomas Hancock, N. J.; Benjamin Hodge, N. 

 Y., and H. P. By ram, of Kentucky. 



On Synonyms — J. S. Cabot, Mass.; J.J. 

 Thomas, N. Y. ; A. H. Ernst, Ohio; J. A. 

 Kennicott, 111.; S. D. Pardee, Ct.; A. Saul, 

 N. Y., and J. D. Fulton, Pa. 



The discussions in relation to extending or 

 altering the list of recommended fruits, were 

 attended with much interest, and drew out much 

 valuable information. We can, at present, pre- 

 sent only a very brief abstract. 



S. Walker, of Boston, proposed to strike 

 Dearbornh Seedling from the former list, as- 

 serting that it was too small for market, — very 

 small unless on vigorous stocks. — and a poor 

 grower. S. B. Parsons had found it the best 

 pear of its season on Long Island. J. H. Hays 

 regarded it one of the most profitable of pears 

 — that if stricken from the list, it would not be 

 stricken from market — thought it variable with 

 locality, but very valuable. B. V. French of 

 Mass., thought it an inferior pear — the trees he 

 could not make grow. G. B. Deacon, of New- 

 Jersey, thought it a very good pear, wortliy 

 of cultivation. S. Walker admitted the excel- 

 lent quality of the fruit, but on account of its 

 small size, and the poor growth of the tree, re 

 garded it as of little value on the whole 

 Parsons said the same reason would coni 



