PROCEEDINGS OF THE FARMERS' CLUB. 43 



Aj)ril 17, 1866. 



The regular session of the Chib was held on Tuesday afternoon. 

 At half-past 1 o'clock, Nathan C. Ely, Esq., the permanent Chair- 

 man, called the meeting to order; Mr. John W. Chambers filling 

 the post of permanent Secretary. 



Mr. Solon Robinson presented, with valuable comments, the fol- 

 lowing alphabetical list of 



Fruits in the Season. 



Aj^phs — Our first receipts, before the Rebellion, were from the 

 interior of South Carolina, shipped from Charleston about the 

 middle of May. Following these were Virginia apples from June 

 5 to 10, and the latter part of the month, South Jersey fruit made 

 its appearance, but not until the middle of July are good apples 

 plenty. They arc in good supply from the middle of August until 

 April, in ordinary seasons, with a few extending into June. Those 

 of Northern growth keep best. 



Apricots — These were formerly plenty, but since the days of 

 the curculio their cultivation has nearly l)een al^andoned, espe- 

 cially as a market crop. In former times they made their appear- 

 ance from Charleston the 1st of June, and by the 10th we had 

 arrivals from Norfolk, and occasionally a few from Delaware and 

 South Jersey in July, but at no time are they plenty, and com- 

 paratively few persons even know what they are. A few apricots 

 are grown along the Hudson river. 



Bananas — A foreign tropical fruit, largely brought from the 

 West Indies, beginning the latter part of March and extending up 

 to the middle of July. The greatest supply is during May and 

 June. 



Blacl-berries — These have formerly been brought to market 

 only from the vicinity of the city — largel^y from Long Island and 

 New Jersey, during the last of July and August. Attempts are 

 being made to introduce them from South Delaware and the east- 

 ern shore of Maryland, where they ripen the latter part of June. 

 This will extend the blackberry season over more than two 

 months. The wild sorts, in this vicinity, are rapidly giving way 

 to the improved cultivated Lawton, a most profuse bearer. The 

 Dorchester and Kittatinny are beginning to attract attention. 



Cherries — The first cherries are from Virginia, reaching here 

 from Norfolk the middle of May. A little later we have Balti- 

 more fruit, and by the middle of June they begin to arrive from 

 Philadelphia, closely followed by New Jersey cherries. The 



