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pets of the legislature as it is said is the one in Michigan. We 

 want a school that 3an work with scope and means and freedom oa 

 long headed and level headed plans for the public good, and yet be 

 out of reach of popular clamor. We want a school established 

 with a central head and with experimental stations in the several 

 natural divisions of soil and climate; a school that will know no 

 State lines, and nothing that is not, or not likely to be practical. 

 Where is the happy millionaire or syndicate of millionaires who will 

 give it to us? 



Mr. President, I shall carry home with me a pleasant remem- 

 brance of the hospitality of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 

 and the citizens of Philadelphia. Nothing has been omitted ta 

 make the visit of the members of the American Pomological Society 

 agreeable to themselves, or useful to the communities they rep- 

 resent. 



President Schaffer then announced the eighth and last sentiment 

 of the evening. 



" Pomology of Canada." Prof. William Sauuders, President of 

 the Fruit Growers' Society of Ontario, London, Canada. I call 

 upon Mr. Saunders for a response. 



This was given in very fitting words by one who has long been 

 active in advancing the interests of Canadian Entomology and 

 Horticulture. The editor has not been able to secure a copy of the 

 address. 



Some appropriate remarks were made by First Vice President 

 Berckmans, and the company dispersed, subject to the call of the 

 executive committee to hold its next meeting in 1885, in the state 

 of Michigan. 



Thus closed a very large and successful meeting of the American 

 Pomological Society. 



REPORT OF THE GENERAL FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



To the President and Memhersof the American Pomological Society : 

 Gentlemen: — The undersigned, on behalf of the General Fruit 

 Committee, respectfully reports that he has been diligent in his 

 efforts to secure reports from all the states, territories, and districts 

 embraced within the scope of the Society. A circular was issued 

 in May, 1882, and sent to the chairmen of the several state com- 

 mittees; a copy of the circular is appended, and is as follows: 



