STATE HOBTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 321 



AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



(Organized 1848.) 



To 



Chairman Fruit Committee, for State of 



Dear Sir: — At the last session of the American Pomological 

 Society held iu the city of Boston, September 14th, 15th, and 16th, 

 1881, you were appointed chairman of the fruit committee of 

 your state. The duties of this committee are defined in the society's 

 by-laws, as follows: 



" State Fruit Committees, consisting of five members each, for 

 every state, territory, and province represented, and a general 

 chairman over all, shall be appointed biennially. It shall be the 

 duty of the several state fruit committees to forward to the general 

 chairman, one month before every biennial meeting. State Pomo- 

 logical Reports, to be condensed by him for publication." 



It is customary for the chairman of the state fruit committee 

 to select his associates, and you are respectfully requested to 

 organize your committee at the earliest moment practicable, if not 

 already done, by selecting the most competent and trustworthy 

 persons in different sections of your state to aid you in collecting 

 the information desired by the society, and transmit the same to 

 me as early as the first of September next. 



The nature of the information desired may be briefly stated as 

 follows : 



1st. — Species of Fruit. What species of fruit, as apple, pear^ 

 peach, plum, cherry, &c., &c., are grown successfully in your state? 



2d — Varieties of Fruits. What varieties of these fruits have 

 been found, by experience, best adapted to the soil and climate of 

 your state and its various parts? The degrees of merit should be 

 stated according to the scale adopted in the society's catalogue,, 

 viz: those worthy of cultivation designated by one * ; those of 

 great superiority and value by two ** ; those of more recent intro- 

 duction and giving promise of excellence f. In this connection 

 you will please examine the lists of varieties, if any, recommended 

 in the societies catalogue, for your state, and suggest such changes 

 or additions as may, in your judgment, be necessary. 



3d — New Native Varieties. If there are any new varieties of 

 recent origin in your state, giving promise of excellence, you will 

 please make special note of them. 

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