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Mr. C. estimates the apple crop of Westchester county at not over 

 one-eighth a full yield. 



Mr. Solon Robinson said that in a long journey through New 

 York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, he only saw apples in 

 tolerable abundance at one point, and that was in the Wyoming 

 Valley. 



Mr. Disturnell said in a journey of 3,000 miles he only found 

 apples plentiful in central Ohio. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn congratulated the club upon the present exhi- 

 bition of fruit, and hoped it would be continued, every week 

 through the season. He promised to do his part, and suggested 

 that others might profitably bring in specimens for exhibition or 

 for naming. Such fruit shows promote improved cultivation. 



A New Use for Quinces. 

 Mr. H. A. Graeff, Brooklyn, exhibited a specimen of Cydonia 

 Bitters, prepared by him from quince wine, which is certified by 

 several medical gentlemen to be one of the very best tonics known 

 in their practice. It is certainly free from all the nauseous pro- 

 perties which some bitter preparations possess. At the request 

 of Mr. Graeff, a committee was appointed of several scientific 

 gentlemen to examine and report upon the value of this new 

 preparation. 



' Wooden- Soled Shoes for Farmers. 



Mr. S. P. Shaw, Exmouth place, 118 Oxford Eoads, Manchester, 

 England : "I saw in the report of the proceedings of the Farmers' 

 Club, a statement that the German wooden shoe was found service 

 able to farmers working in wet places. Without doubt they are, 

 but I think the Lancastersliire ' clog ' is far preferable, and I have 

 sent a pair, and also a pair of 'patterns,' such as are worn by 

 women when going out of doors into wet places ; they are much 

 worn." 



These shoes are made of leather uppers nailed upon wooden 

 soles. The soles of the shoes are shod with a narrow rim of iron. 

 The patterns are slippers of the Turkish form, that is, without 

 upper leather around the heels. They must be very convenient 

 for women to slip on when obliged to go a short distance in wet 

 weather. A pair of American wooden-soled shoes was also exhi- 

 bited, which Professor Tillman thinks altogether preferable to the 

 , English, because they are made with wooden heels and a wooden 



