DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



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end of tlie month. I have named the new variety 

 the " Black Prince Hamburgh." John Williams. 

 Pitmaston, Oct. 13, 1847. 



Note by Mr. Thompson.-— The grape in ques- 

 tion is a seedling, raised between the Black Ham- 

 burgh, which was the female parent, and the 

 Black Prince. 



The bunch weighed 1 lb. 3 oz. It was loosely 

 formed, with long shoulders j and long, rather 

 slender, pedicles. The berries are oval, being 



about nine-tenths of an inch in diameter from the 

 insertion of the stalk to the opposite end ; and 

 eighttentli."5 in the transverse direction. The co- 

 lour is a blue black ; in this re.sj)ect resembling 

 the Black Prince more than its female parent. 

 The juice is more purple than that of the Ham- 

 burgh, and is sugary and rich. Seeds, two or 

 three in each berry. The variety deserves to be 

 propagated. Journal London Hort. Society. Oct. 

 21, 1847. 



DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



Great National Convention of Fruit Grow- 

 ERS. — It is proposed to hold a central convention 

 of fruit growers and pomologists in the city of 

 New- York, during the great fair of the American 

 Institute. 



The Institute having kindly offered to aid in car- 

 rying out said views, the convention will hold its 

 se&sions at Judson's Hotel, No. 61 Broadway, New- 

 York, commencing Tuesday, the 10th of October, 

 ac 10 o'clock, A. M. 



Among the obJ6ct.s to be proposed at this con 

 vention, are the following ; 



To compare fruits from various sources and lo- 

 calities, with a view of arriving at correct conclu- 

 sions as to their merits, and to settle doubtful points 

 respecting them. 



To assist in determining the synonyms, by which 

 the same fruit is known in different parts of the 

 country. 



To compare opinions respecting the value of the 

 numerous varieties already in cultivation, and to 

 endeavor to abridge bj' general consent the long 

 catalogue of indifferent or worthless sorts at the 

 present time propagated by nurserymen and fruit 

 growers. 



To elicit and disseminate poraological informa- 

 tion, and to maintain a cordial spirit of intercourse 

 among horticulturists. 



In order to increase, as much as possible, the 

 interest of the convention, the delegates are re- 

 quested to bring with them, (carefully packed and 

 labelled so as to present them in good order,) spe- 

 cimens of all fruits grown in their vicinity that may 

 be worthy of,notice, together with a small branch 

 and leaves of each variety if possible. 



In localities where any well known old varieties 

 flourish particularly well, specimens are desired, 

 accompanied with memoranda respecting the soil 

 upon which they grew, and their culture. 



Every contributor is respectfully requested to 

 make a list of his specimens and present the same 

 with his fruits, in order that a report of all the 

 varieties entered may be submitted to the conven- 

 tion as soon as possible after its organization. 



The undersigned, in behalf of the societies they 

 represent, respectfully solicit delegations from all 

 horticultural and agricultural societies of our coun- 

 try, and of such number of persons as each society 

 may deem expedient to send. 



Societies will please transmit, at an early day, a 

 list of the delegates they have appointed, to the 

 corresponding secretary of tiie American Institute, 

 T 13. Wakeman, Esq , New-Yok. Marshall P* 

 Wilder, Samuel Walker, Ebenezer Wight — Com- 

 mittee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 Thomas Hancock, Dr. Wm. D Brinckle, ur. 

 Thomas M. £wert— Committee of the Pennsylva- 

 nia Horticultural Society. Philip Sch-'yler, Dr. 

 R. T. Underhill , Chas. Henry //«//— -Committee 

 of the Board of Agriculture of the American In- 

 stitute. July2Sth,^lSi>i. 



[We publish the foregoing circular of the pomo- 

 logical convention for the purpose of bringing the 

 subject beibre the public generally, though copies 

 of it have, we understand, already been sent to ail 

 the horticultural societies in the country. We again 

 beg leave to urge the attention of the horticultural 

 societies to the importance of sending only persons 

 skilful and experienced, (either as pomologists, 

 fruit growers or nurserymen.) as delegates to this 

 convention. It will, no doubt, be the most inte- 

 resting and important assemblage of the kind ever 

 held in the country. Ed.] 



The New-York State Agricultural Fair. — 

 Unusual preparations have, we learn, been made 

 this season for the approaching Fair of the State 

 Agricultural Society, which is to come off at Buf- 

 falo on ihe 5th, 6th and 7th days of September. 

 The Buffalo Horticultural Society, backed by all 

 the active intelligence of the amateur and pro- 

 fessional horticulturists of the western part of the 

 State, will no doubt lend their aid to render the 

 horticultural department of the show worthy of 

 the occasion. When such zealous devotees of the 

 art as Professor Coppock, the president of the 

 Buffalo Horticultural Society, L. F. Allen, Esq., 

 the president of the State Agricultural Society, 

 CoL. Hodge, &c., undertake the management of 

 a Fair of this kind, it can scarcely fail to be highly 

 interesting. 



The Pomological Convention, which is to be 

 held at Buffalo in connection with the fair, will, we 

 understand, be largely attended by horticulturists 

 from various parts of the country, and will no doubt 

 be an assemblage of more than ordinary interest. 

 It convenes on Friday the 1st of September, at IQ 

 I o'clock. 



