Transactions of the Ohio Nurserymen, ^x. 173 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Transactions of the Ohio Nvrsenjmen and Fruit 

 Groicers Convention ; held at Columbus, Sept. 29 and 30, 

 1S47. Pamphlet, pp. 46. Columbus, Ohio, 1847. 



In our last number we noticed this pamphlet, and gave a 

 brief description of several of the new apples, or such as ap- 

 peared to be new, which are mentioned as having been exhibited 

 before the convention. The nurserymen's convention was 

 proposed by several cultivators in the West, for the purpose 

 of bringing to notice some of the many seedling fruits which 

 have been raised in that region, and a few of which may 

 prove highly valuable, and also, " for the collecting together of 

 specimen fruits from different parts of the State, in connection 

 with the growers themselves, whereby some of the many er- 

 rors that now abound, relating to names of fruit, might be cor- 

 rected, and the various qualities of fruit, when grown at dif- 

 ferent points in the state, discussed." This object has, in 

 some degree, been effected ; and we do not doubt but an annu- 

 al gathering of the most zealous cultivators of the West 

 would do much to extricate our fruits, especially the apple, 

 from the confusion which now so universally prevails in re- 

 gard to the old fruits'of the East, and the seedlings of the West. 



A great deal of discussion took place in regard to the effect 

 of soil, locality, &c., upon various fruits, and numerous speci- 

 mens were presented for comparison, from different sections 

 of Ohio, to prove this. Quite a correspondence was produced 

 from several gentlemen, in relation to the origin of the Putnam 

 Russet ; and the letter of Dr. Barker, without any further evi- 

 dence, is sufficient to show that it is identical with the Roxbury 

 Russet. The substance of the letter is as follows ; Mr. Put- 

 man received a lot of scions from Connecticut, as early as 

 1796, a list of which has been given by us, (Vol. XIII. p. 106.) 

 In 1806, Mr Putnam sent a great many barrels of his russets 

 to market, and from this circumstance the bearing of the fol- 

 lowing extract will be understood : — 



As early as 1806, Mr. P. had considerable quantities of apples for sale ; 

 (a portion were Russets, to my certain knowledge.) Now would it ha\e 

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