1858. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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open for ten days, or until the sweating process 

 is passed ; then close the box and set it in the 

 fruit-room, cellar, or garret, any place where 

 they will not freeze, or which is not extremely 

 damp. 



"Grapes packed as ahove directed, will open 

 at any time during the winter or spring follow- 

 ing as fresh as when packed. The only secret 

 or mystery is, that the moisture which spoils the 

 fruit when packed in saw-dust and other absorb- 

 ents, passes off during the ten days that the box 

 remains open, instead of being absorbed, and ul- 

 timately moulds and spoils them. So perfect has 

 been my success that I have more confidence in 

 the preservation of the grape than any other 

 fruit. I use shallow boxes for packing grapes, 

 that the moisture may more readily escape, and 

 that the first layer in the bottom may not be 

 crushed by the weight above." 



AMERICAN" POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The Seventh Session of this National Institu- 

 tion will commence at Mozart Hall, 663 Broad- 

 way, in the CiTY OF New York, on Tuesday, 

 the 14th day of September next, at 10 o'clock. A. 

 M., and will be continued for several successive 

 days. 



Among the objects ot this meeting are the fol- 

 lowing : To bring together the most distinguished 

 Pomologists of our land, and, by a free inter- 

 change of experience, to collect and diffuse such 

 researches and discoveries as have been recently 

 made in the science of Pomology — to hear re- 

 ports of the various State Committees and other 

 district associations — to revise and enlarge the 

 Society's catologue of fruits — to assist in deter- 

 mining the synonyms by which the same fruit is 

 known in America or Europe — to ascertain the 

 relative value of varieties in different parts of our 

 countrj' — what are suitable for particular locali- 

 ties — what new sorts give promise of being wor- 

 thy of dissemination — what are adapted to gen- 

 eral cultivation ; and, especially, to concert meas- 

 ures for the further advancement of the art and 

 science of Pomology. 



The remarkable and gratifying progress which 

 has recently been made in this branch of rural 

 industry, is in no small degree attributable to the 

 establishment and salutary influences of our 

 Horticultural and Pomological Societies, the pro- 

 ceedings of which have been widely promulgated 

 by the press. A great work has been already 

 performed, but a greater still remains to be ac- 

 complished. It is, therefore, desirable that every 

 State and Territory of the Union and the Prov- 

 inces of British America should be ably and fully 

 represented in this convention, and the Pomo- 

 logical, Horticultural, and Agricultural Societies, 

 within these limits, are hereby requested to send 

 such number of delegates as they may deem ex- 

 pedient. Nursery-men, fruit-growers, and all oth- 

 ers^ especially interested in Pomology, are also 

 invited to be present, and participate in the de- 

 liberations of the meeting. 



Held as this assembly will be, in the great 

 commercial emporium of our country, easily ac- 

 cessible from all parts of this continent, and at 

 the same time when the convention of the editors 

 of the Agricultural press will be in session, it is 

 anticipated that the attendance will be larger 



than on any former occasion, and the beneficial 

 results proportionably increased. 



In order to increase as much as possible the 

 utility of the occasion, and to facilitate business, 

 members and delegates are requested to forward 

 specimens of fruit grown in their respective dis- 

 tricts, and esteemed worthy of notice ; also, pa- 

 pers descriptive of their mode of cultivation — of 

 diseases and insects injurious to vegetation — of 

 remedies for the same, and to communicate what- 

 ever may aid in promoting the objects of the 

 meeting. Each contributor is requested to mako 

 out a complete list of his specimens, and present 

 the same with his fruits, that a report of all the 

 varieties entered may be submitted to the meet- 

 ing as soon as practicable after its organization. 



For the pui-pose of eliciting the most reliable 

 information, the several fruit committees of 

 States, and other local associations, are request- 

 ed to forward to Hon. Samuel Walker, general 

 Chairman of the Fruit Committee, Roxbury, Ms., 

 or to P. Barry, Esq., Secretary of the Society, 

 Rochester, N. Y., a definite answer to each of the 

 following questions, at an early date, and prior 

 to September 1st : 



What six, twelve and twenty varieties of the 

 apple are best adapted to a family orchard of one 

 hundred trees, and how many of each sort should 

 it contain ? What varieties, and how many of 

 each, are best for an orchard of one thousand 

 trees, designed to bear fruit for the market ? 



What six and twelve varieties of the pear are 

 best for family use on the pear stock ? What va- 

 rieties on the quince stock ? What varieties, and 

 how many of each of these, are best adapted to 

 a pear orchard of one hundred or of one thous- 

 and trees ? 



What are the six and twelve best varieties of 

 the peach for a family orchard ? What are the 

 best varieties, and how many of each best adapt- 

 to a peach orchard of one hundred or of one 

 thousand trees ? 



Answers to these questions should be made 

 from reliable experience, and with reference to 

 the proximity or remoteness of the market. 



Societies will please transmit to the Secretary 

 at an early day a list of the delegates they have 

 appointed. 



Gentlemen desirous of becoming members can 

 remit the admission fee to Thomas P. James, 

 Esq., Treasurer, Philadelphia, who will furnish 

 them with the Transactions of the Society. Life 

 Membership, twenty dollars ; Biennial, two dol- 

 lars. 



Packages of fruits may be addressed to Wm. 

 S. Carpenter, Esq., 468'Pearl Street, N. Y. 



Marshall P. Wilder, President, Boston, Ms, 

 P. Barry, Esq., Secretary, Rocliester, N. Y. 

 July 1, 1858. 



Seasonable Information. — Apart from the 

 advantages of bathing in salt water, the inhala- 

 tion of sea air has a salubrious and beneficial ef- 

 fect, which is most apparent upon those who re- 

 sort to the coast from towns or from inland dis- 

 tricts. It has been shown by Prof. Faraday and 

 other chemists that oxygen in the particular con- 

 dition kxiown under the name of "ozone," exists 

 in large proportion in sea air. Though air im- 

 pregnated with the saline of the sea is found too 



