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mittee award the income of the French Fund, to an amount not 

 exceeding thirty dollars per annum, in prizes for apples ; and that 

 the number of prizes, time of award, and other details, be at the 

 discretion of the Committee. 



Voted, That the subject of baskets for the exhibition of straw- 

 berries be referred to the Committee for Establishing Prizes, with 

 full powers. 



J. W. Talbot made some interesting remarks on the Influence of 

 the Stock on the Graft, and expressed a desire that the subject 

 should be discussed by the Society. On motion of M. H. Merriam 

 it was Voted, That Mr. Talbot be requested to prepare a paper on 

 the subject mentioned by him, to be read at such time as may be 

 fixed b}^ the Committee on Discussion. 



The meeting was then dissolved. 



