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been possible for Mr. P., after his settlement in this county, to have raised 

 from the seed a tree, brought to bearing, say at G or 8 years old, then from 

 the cuttings of it procured others large enough to transplant as early as 1797 

 or 8 ? Then, recollect that an orchard produces but little fruit until set 6 or 

 8 years. But enough ; you know my opinion has ahoays been, without any 

 indecision or wavering, that the " Putnam Russet," (so called in this re- 

 gion,) " Marietta Russet," or " Belpre Russet," was introduced from Con- 

 necticut, or some portion of New England, about 1776 or 1777, by Israel 

 Putnam. It is now my opinion that it is the same as the " Roxbury Rus- 

 set." 



At the conclusion of the meeting, a committee, appointed for 

 that purpose, reported the next convention be held at Colum- 

 bus, Ohio, on the 27th of September, 1848. All members are 

 requested to bring specimens of the most approved varieties 

 of fruit grown in their counties or districts. 



Art. II. 1. Address of Geti. Jmnes Tallmadge, delivered 

 at Castle Garden, in the city of New York, at the close of the 

 TweiUieth Annual Fair of the American Institute, October 

 23d, 1847. Pamphlet. Svo. pp. 16. New York. 1847. 



2. Address, delivered at the Annual Meeting of the New York 

 State Agricultural Society, at Albany, January 19, 1848. 

 By John P. Norton, Prof, of Ag. Chemistry, Yale College, 

 New Haven, Conn. Pamphlet. 8vo. pp. 24. Albany, 

 1848. 



These two addresses have been before us for some time, 

 but no opportunity has offered for a brief review of them. 



The address of Gen. Tallmadge, delivered before the 

 American Institute, is replete with facts and arguments, 

 showing the importance of encouragement to all the indus- 

 trial arts. So varied are the subjects noticed, that we can 

 scarcely find a paragraph, which, taken from the others, will 

 show the spirit of the address. Free trade notions are briefly 

 alluded to, and receive their due meed of censure. " Free 

 trade," says the author, "never has, it never can exist, under 

 any state of society ; it is an ignis fatmis to delude and ruin." 



In conclusion, the author alludes to the condition and pros- 



