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POMOLOGICAL CONVENTIONS. 



ing members of the Buffalo convention ad- 

 mitted, that nothing- remained of the latter 

 association ; that there was no committee, 

 and no board of officers to confer with ; and, 

 in fact, that it was only a convention which 

 had been assembled by the state society, 

 achieved its object, and had been dis- 

 solved. 



On first examining this "anonymous cir- 

 cular," we supposed that it might emanate 

 from the New-York State Society. Not 

 being willing to believe, however, that the 

 state society would so far go beyond its 

 natural province, as to imitate the course 

 taken by the Congress of Fruit-growers, 

 and endeavor to weaken its influence by 

 appointing committees in all the states of 

 the Union, to collect information on the 

 subject of fruit culture for national purposes, 

 we have made inquiry regarding the au- 

 thenticity of this circular, as connected 

 with that institution. The result is, that 

 the state society has never authorised or 

 recognised the existence of this or any such 

 circular- 

 It is, therefore, no more than proper that 

 we should apprise the gentlemen who have 

 received their appointment in the anony- 

 mous circular, that, as the state society 

 does not recognize it, and as there is virtu- 

 ally no such body as the North American 

 Pomological Convention in existence, they 

 have received the compliment of an ap- 

 pointment by a committee which does not 

 exist ; or by an authority altogether un- 

 known. 



We should greatly regret to see the ap- 

 pearance of such a paper, if we supposed it 

 would have any influence on the public 

 mind. But the anonymous circular will, 

 we predict, fail in producing the desired 

 effect. The majority of intelligent horti- 



culturists, pomologists, and fruit-growers of 

 the country at large, are enlisted, heart and 

 soul, with the only national association, — 

 the Congress of Fruit-growers ; and several 

 of the gentlemen in other states, who have 

 been appointed on the committees of the 

 New-York State Society, have already in- 

 formed us that they could not act with, and 

 did not approve of the step taken by that 

 society. 



Of course, the influence of this journal, 

 (which so far from being local, now cir- 

 culates from Canada to Louisiana, and 

 which aims at the general good first,) will 

 be entirely given to the interests of the 

 Congress of Fruit-growers, so long as that 

 body is faithful to its proper objects. On 

 the other hand, we will gladly assist, in 

 our humble way, every effort for horticul- 

 tural progress in our own state society, so 

 long as its plans are kept within their 

 proper limits, where we feel certain, under 

 the new board of officers, they will be con- 

 fined. 



One word more. It has been (perhaps 

 ignorantly,) stated, in one or two of the 

 agricultural journals, that an eastern or 

 sectional character would necessarily be 

 given to the Congress of Fruit-growers. 

 The very copiposition of the association 

 (by representation,) forbids this ; and so 

 far even from confining its meetings to the 

 Atlantic states, they will, when the body 

 is in full operation, be extended as far 

 west as Cincinnati and St. Louis. 



This is a matter of larger importance 

 than any other in horticulture ; and we 

 therefore earnestly call on all fruit-growers, 

 who do not see it in this light, (if there are 

 any such,) to lay aside sectional feelings,, 

 and join in bringing about a distinct, gene- 

 ral, public benefit. 



