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Kentucky State Pomological Society. — The annual meeting of this 

 Society was held at Bowling Green, October 20, the president, Lawrence Young, 

 in the chair, and the most enterprising farmers and lovers of fruit culture in the 

 State were present. There were exhibited one hundred and twenty plates of 

 apples of sixty varieties, ten plates of pears of nine varieties, fourteen varieties 

 of grapes, three of peaches, and one of quinces, with three elegant bouquets, and 

 many other flowers. The fruit of all descriptions seemed to be in a remarkably 

 nice and healthy condition, with very few exceptions. Among the fruits was a 

 large variety of new seedhngs. • 



The following list of fruits was recommended for general cultivation : — 



Siinirner Apples. — Early Harvest, Red Astrachan, Jersey Sweet, Carolina Red 

 June, American Summer Pearmain. 



Fall Apples. — Maiden's Blush, Frankfort Queen, Pennsylvania Redstreak, 

 Porter, Lady Finger, Roxbury Russet. 



Winter Apples. — Lady Finger, Rome Beauty, Wine Sop, Rawle's Janet, 

 Hall's Seedhng, Lady Apple, Howe's Crab, Moore's Sweet, Limber Twig, Ben 

 Davis (or New York Pippin incorrectly). 



Pears, Standard. — Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, Madeleine, White Doyenne, 

 BufTum, Glout Morceau, Seckel, Belle Lucrative, Tyson, Swan's Orange (astrin- 

 gent), Doyenne Boussock, Julienne, Osband's Summer, Lawrence, Doyenne 

 d'Ete. 



Dwarfs on Quince. — Osband's Summer, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Glout Mor- 

 ceau, Tyson, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Buffum, Lawrence, Seckel, Beurre Giffard. 



Peaches. — Early Tillotson, Catherine, Brevoort's Morris, White Heath, George 

 IV., Early Newington, Heath Free, La Grange, Van Zandt's Superb, Ha'.-'s 

 Early, Columbia, Ward's Late Free, Grand Admirable, Grosse Mignonne, Red 

 Rareripe, Tippecanoe, Smock's Late Free, Crawford's Late, Hopkinsville Free, 

 Cole's Early, Oldirsixon Free. 



Grapes. — Delaware, Catawba, Concord, Norton's Virginia, Ives's Seedling, 

 Hartford Prolific, Diana (on poor soils). 



Apples recoimnended for further Trial in certain Localities. — These were 

 popular varieties, but owing to several years' failure, except in elevated localities, 

 were struck from the hst. Pryor's Red, Milam, Little Romanite, Yellow Bellflow- 

 er. Striped Winter Pearmain, Rambo. 



Apples recommended as promising well. — King of Tompkins County, David- 

 son's Sweet, Primate, Ferris, Beeler's Crab, Gravenstein, Pumpkin Sweet, 

 Maxcy, Winter Cheese, Shockley, Boyd, Carson's, Lansinberg, Early Joe, White 

 Sugar, Junaluskee, Chenango Strawberry, Benoni, Lemon, Father Abram, Jov, 

 Smith's Cider, Red Crab, Sops of Wine, Jonathan, Transcendent Crab, Red 

 Horse, Hutcheson, Summer King, Mary Womack, Norton's Melon. 



The officers for the ensuing year are. President, Lawrence Young, Louis- 

 ville ; Vice Presidents, Samuel Haycraft, Elizabethtown, J. L. Downer, Fair- 

 view, A. D. Webb, Bowling Green ; Corresponding Secretary, Dr. L. Stallard, 

 Bowling Green ; Recording Secretary, Isaac T. Woodson, Woodsonville ; 

 Treasurer, Joseph I. Younglove, Bowling Green. 



The next annual meeting will be held at Bowling Green on the last Tuesday 

 in September, 1870. 



