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American Pomological Society. 



fourteenth Settaion, and Quarter Centennial Celebration. 



WHEREAS the American Pomological Society, at its last session, accepted the 

 invitation of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, to hold its Quarter Cen- 

 tennial Celebration, and Biennial Session, in the city of Boston, in 1873; 



Therefore, in conformity with said acceptance, the undersigned gives notice that 

 the Fourteenth Session of this National Association will be held in the Hall of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Tremont street, in Boston, commencing Wed- 

 nesday, September 10, 1873, at 10 o'clock a. m., and continue for three days. 



All Horticultural, Pomological, Agricultural, and other kindred associations, ia 

 the United States and British Provinces, are invited to send delegations, as large as 

 they may deem expedient, and all persons interested in the cultivation of fruits, are 

 invited to be present and take seats in the Convention. 



The coming session will be especially interesting, commemorating, as it will, the 

 termination of the first quarter of a century of the existence of the Society, and it is 

 believed, will be one of the most important and useful that the Society has ever held. 

 On this occasion there will be brought together the best cultivators and fruits of our 

 widely extended country, when may be examined and compared, the fruits, not only 

 of the cooler climes of the North, but of the South, the West, and the Pacific Slope. 

 It is therefore very desirable that every state, territory, and province of America 

 should be fully and ably represented in this convention, thereby promoting the 

 advancement of one of the great resources of our national wealth — the extension and 

 perpetuation of the amicable and social relations which haVe heretofore existed 

 among the members of the Society — and the diffusion throughout the land, of our 

 deliberations, for the benefit of our constantly expanding territory. 



It is therefore hoped that there will be a full attendance of Delegates from all 

 quarters of our country, thereby stimulating more extensive cultivation by the con- 

 centrated information and experience of cultivators, and aiding the Society in 

 perfecting its catalogue of fruits. This will be one of the prominent subjects which 

 will come before the Society, and we therefore respectfully urge the various State 

 and Local Committees which have not already responded to the circulars of P. 

 Barry (Chairman of the General Fruit Committee, Rochester, N. Y.), to do so, 

 with such information and lists of fruits as may aid in determining what varieties are 

 best adapted to their several localities. 



At this session the Society will appoint the place for its next meeting, and also 

 decide what action it will take on the invitation to participate in the International 

 Exhibition at the Centennial Celebration of 1876, in Philadelphia, and it is 

 respectfully requested that members come prepared to express their opinions in 

 regard to this subject. 



Arrangements will be made with Hotels, and as far as possible with the various 

 railroads, terminating in Boston, for a reduction of fare, and of which notice will be 

 given in a future circular. Similar arrangements can undoubtedly be made by the 

 various delegations, with roads in their localities. 



Members and Delegates are requested to contribute specimens of the fruits of their 

 respective districts, and to communicate in regard to them whatever may aid in 



