312 ANNUAL REPORT. 



THE BANQUET AT THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, 

 FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. U. 



SECRETARY BEAL S REPORT. 



The nineteenth biennial session of the American Pomological 

 ♦Society terminated on Friday evening with a banquet, tendered by 

 the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. At one end of the main 

 hall a platform was constructed upon which was placed a large 

 table in the form of a horseshoe. Long tables occupied the main 

 floor. 



Soon after seven o'clock Hon. W. L. SchaflFer, President of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, was seated at the head of the 

 table, at the right of whom was Hon. P. J. Berckmans, First Vice 

 President of the American Pomological Society. The speakers of 

 the evening and other distinguished guests occupied the platform. 

 An orchestra furnished spirited music for the occasion. 



The fine hall was brilliantly lighted, the tables neatly and abun- 

 dautly supplied, making a scene of indescribable beauty. 



Thanks were offered by the Rev. J. S. Macintosh, of Philadel- 

 phia, and after spending about an hour with the substantial part 

 of the banquet, the intellectual feast began. 



THE VTELCOMING ADDRESS — BY HON. WILLIAM L. SCHAFFER. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen of the American Pomological Society : 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has had the honor of 

 inviting you here this evening in order that its members and 

 friends might have the opportunity, after the close of your labori- 

 ous session, of enjoying a few hours of pleasant social intercourse, 

 before your departure to your respective and far separated homes. 

 There is but one unpleasant feature to mar this agreeable reunion, 

 — the absence, on account of indisposition, of your distinguished 

 President, the Hon, Marshall P. Wilder, and your very able First 

 Vice President, Mr. Patrick Barry. We all hope and pray for 

 their speedy recovery. 



I now offer you, as the first sentiment, " The American Pomo- 

 logical Society." 



