WKSTKU.X Ni-.w YOKK HoETlCULTUKAL SoClBTt 



Lewis Eaton 29 varieties pears and 18 of apples. 



Kllwaiiiier k Barry- ir>(J varieties pears, 70 of apples. 



Frost iV Co. 39 varieties pears. 



Claudius L. Hoag 29 varieties pears and 36 of apples. 



11. E. Hooker ta Co. 73 varieties pears and 33 of apples. 



Hooker, Farley <fc Co. 22 varieties pears and 47 of apples. 



Alanlcy \- Mason 89 varieties pears and 43 of apples. 



Henry P. Norton 33 varieties pears. 



Penfield \ T Burrill 71 varieties pears and 30 of apples. 



John J. Thomas 36 varieties apples. 



Win. P. Townsend 74 varieties pears. 



Godfrey Zimmerman 17 varieties pear$ and 32 of apples. 



The writer wishes the fruit growers of today would show simi- 

 lar enthusiasm and generosity at the annual meetings of the West- 

 ern Xew Yoik Horticultural Society. 



For lack of space we here condense the record of presidents of 

 the Society: 1855-1857, J. J. Thomas; 1858, H. P. Norton; 

 1859-1860, Benjamin Hodge; 1861, Elisha Moody; 1862-3, 

 Hugh T. Brooks; 1864-5, Patrick Barry; 1866-7, H. E. Hooker; 

 1868, W. Brown Smith; 1869, James Yick; 1870-1890, Patrick 

 Marry; 1891, William C. Barry (still serving). 



From 1855 to 1874 the secretaries were: C. P. Bissell, John 

 B. Eaton, James Vick, H. G. Warner, Sam P. Wakelee, Wm. J. 

 Fowler, W. P. Bissell. In 1874, Platt C. Reynolds was elected 

 and served till 1889 (fifteen years), his successor being John 

 Hall, who is still serving (27 years). 



Patrick Barry sought to resign the presidency in 1890, but the 

 Society re-elected him, the late S. D. Willard declaring that " so 

 long as Patrick Barry is able to write the words t Yours truly,' 

 he must be continued as president/' 



At the 1914 meeting the secretary read a " Brief Sketch of 

 Twenty-Five Years of Service,' 1 from which we make several 

 extracts : 



The year following my assuming office the membership numbered 210; five 

 years later it was 439; still five years later the number was 590; in another 

 five years it had reached 672; and in five years more, the year 1910, the total 

 was 1,467. * * * 



By comparison with those engaged in the fruit-growing industry in the 

 early history of this society, the progressive fruit grower of today is scientific 



