The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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WESTERN NEW YORK FRUIT GROWERS. 



HE writer was present at the recent meeting of 

 the Western New York Horticultural Society, 

 and, as usual, heard many things worth noting for 

 the benefit of our readers. Probably there is no 

 gathering of fruit growers where so many men 

 who are specialists in their respective depart- 

 ments are met together as at this meeting at 

 Rochester. This great meeting of practical 

 and scientific fruit growers is one of the most 

 important on the continent, and deserves a regu- 

 lar delegate from us who shall report to us the im- 

 portant points of their discussions. No delegate was appointed by our Association 

 this year, but, in response to a special invitation to read a paper, the writer was 

 present during a part of the sessions. There were present about five hundred 

 of New York's leading h rticulturists, besides such students of science as Profs. 

 Bailey, Wayte, Slingerland, Halsted, Beach, Saunders, Van Slyke, and others, all 

 noted specialists in their respective departments. ' 



Prof. Wayte, of the Department of Pathology, Washington, gave an exhaus- 

 tive address on "The Pear Blight," illustrated with lantern slides. By means of 



Fio. 726— President W. C. Barrt. 



