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travel half a mile; but I do not think you should grow a vine ten 

 years, especially the Concords, for the older the vine the later the 

 fruit matures. It will make a difference of about ten days. 



Mr. Harris. Do you know of any remedy for the blue beetle or the 

 curculio? 



Mr. Rogers. At our agricultural society meeting, Prof. Riley was 

 present, and the question came up of getting rid of the blue beetle 

 that burrows into your bud in spring and eats it all out. He recom- 

 mended, what I had found to be true, that a Clinton, which is about 

 the earliest vine there, be planted; the insects would collect on the 

 Clintons, and then poison could be applied and soon the vineyard 

 would be very nearly rid of the pests. 



AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The twentieth session of the American Pomological Society was held 

 in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sept. 9 to 11, 1885. An excel- 

 lent and concisely arranged report of the proceedings appears in the 

 transactions of the Indiana horticultural society, prepared by Prof. J. 

 Troop, of Purdue University, which, for lack of space for a more 

 extended notice, is inserted here : 



At the opening session Secretary Beal announced that the President, 

 Marshall P. Wilder, of Boston, could not be present for reasons 

 expressed in the following note : 



"Gentlemen of the American Pomological Society: 



"I still live, and would most gladly be with you on this occasion, 

 but as discretion is the better part of valor, I am compelled by the 

 advice of friends of our cause not to take the risk of so long a journey, 

 and the consequent fatigue of our session, but to reserve my health 

 and strength in the hope that you will come to me at Boston, in 1887, 

 when we may consult personally again on the great interests which 

 our society has in charge." 



It may be of interest to some to know that this veteran Pomologist 

 is now over 87 years of age. 



Patrick Barry, of Rochester, N. Y., was chosen President pro tern. 



After a few well-chosen words of welcome from Mr. Lyon, president 

 of the Michigan horticultural society, the chairman introduced Dr. 

 J. B. Angeil, of the Michigan University, who delivered a very inter- 

 esting address, in which he cordially welcomed the society to the State. 

 In the course of his remarks he said: 



