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Francisco, found a great show of fruit at Salt Lake. A specimen 

 of Gloria Mundi apple, sent by him to the club, weighed twenty 

 eight ounces. He writes : "I picked twenty-eight perfect apples 

 from a stick twelve inches long, and the whole tree was almost as 

 full in every part of it." Some grapes were also sent, but did not 

 come in good order. 



Knight's Seedling Pear. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn presented a few specimens of this variety, 

 which he recommended very highly as a great bearer, and which 

 are delicious for eating from November first till February. The 

 pears were fully equal to the far-famed Seckel. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter spoke in highest terms of the excellence 

 of this specimen of winter fruit, and it Avas proposed to re-name 

 the pear Quinu's Knight's Seedling, as Knight's Seedling does not 

 designate any particular kind of fruit. 



Inspection of Flour. 



Mr. F. C. Treadwell offered the following preamble and reso- 

 lution : 



Whereas, about forty years ago, the city and county of New 

 York had, under the protection of a law of the State, a standard 

 grade of superfine flour, fully equal, if not superior to the stand- 

 ard of any other State in this Union ; and, whereas, under the 

 faithful enforcement of that law by John Brown, the inspector, 

 the reputation of New York superfine flour was, from previous 

 depression, raised above that of most of the other States, both at 

 home and abroad ; and, whereas, under the practical abolition and 

 disuse of the inspection laws, the reputation of New York super- 

 fine flour has sunk to such a depth of degradation that sales of it in 

 our own market are daily reported at less than half the price of good 

 superfine flour from other States, and the declaration is publicly 

 made by gentlemen from other States, that " It is a remarkable 

 fact that a New York brand of superfine is enough to condemn a 

 barrel of flour as bad ;" and, to the end that the wheat of the 

 farmers of the State of New York, as well as the flour made from 

 it, may be raised to their former high rank and character ; there- 

 fore, be it 



±(esolved, By the Farmers' Club of the American Institute, that 

 a committee of five l)e appointed by the chair to consider and 

 report to the club such measures as may be deemed needful to 



