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roses, about the 25th of the month. The flower committee are to report a 

 list of premiums, and to give due notice of the days of exhibition. — Ed. 



Blight in Pear Trees. — I prrceive, by the article " Blight in Pear trees, 

 by Mr. James," in the January number, that that subject is likely soon to 

 be better understood, and, like the strawberry question, will cease to cre- 

 ate any " difference of opinion." I, however, differ with most writers on 

 the subject, as I am of the belief, that it is neither " insect blight," frozen 

 sap-blight, nor " winter blight," but — summer IJight — brought on after a 

 spell of damp, moist, or wet and cool weather, occasioning a superabundant 

 flow of sap in the trees, and then one of our sudden changes — a hot and 

 burning sun, acting upon the bark of the tree, — and scorching, as it were, 

 the sap under the bark. I have not time to write you a long article, to sus- 

 tain my views at present, but may do so hereafter. If Mr. James supposes 

 the disease to be the cause of cold — why does he call it " fire blight'?" — 

 Yours, J. B. Garber, Columbia, Pa., Feb. 1, 1849. 



[We are nearly of the same opinion as Mr. Garber ; we are certain that 

 the blight, so called, is not caused by cold, and that it is the result of heat, 

 and not frost. As we have before stated, we have our own views to offer, 

 at a future time, when we have collected a few more facts, and, in the mean 

 time, we trust Mr. Garber will send us the article he alludes to. — Ed.] 



North American Pomological Convention. — Agreeably to the vote of the 

 Pomological Convention, assembled at Buffalo, last September, the com- 

 mittee, who were appointed for that purpose, have issued a circular, calling 

 the secor/e/ ses5zon of the convention, under the above name, to be held in 

 New York State, in September next, immediately pfter the annual meeting 

 of the New York State Agricultural Society. Since the circular was is- 

 sued, the Society have decided upon holding the fair at Syracuse, on the 

 11th, 12th, and 13th of September next, and the Pomological Convention 

 ■will, therefore, assemble immediately after, on Friday, the 14th, and con- 

 tinue in session three or four days. The circular is as follovi's : — 



" The committee of the North American Pomological Convention, held at 

 Buffalo, in the State of New York, in the month of September, 1848, who 

 were empowered to devise such plans as they might deem necessary, to car- 

 ry out the objects designed by the members thereof, have concluded, as part 

 of such plan, to appoint fruit committees of five — or more — gentlemen from 

 each State, and the Canadas, whose duty it shall be, to report the result of 

 their observations and consultations to the convention, at its assemblage, in 

 1849. The committee take the liberty of sending to each member of a 

 State committee, the following rules for their guidance, in attending to the 

 several duties assigned them ; and they sincerely hope, that all who have 

 been selected to attend to these duties, will cordially co-operate with them, 

 in their endeavor to gather such a mass of information, as may prove of im- 

 portance to the fruit-growing interests of this continent. 



Albany, January \st, 1849. 



INSTRUCTIONS TO COMMITTEES. 



1st. The chairmen are requested to notify the other members of the com- 

 mittees, of their selection ; they are requested to call them together, as 



