1854. 



NEW ENGLAND FAEMER. 



513 



A NEW APPLE. 



Through the attention of George S. Rawson, 

 Esq., of Feltonville, Slass., -we have received an 

 apple, of which the above engraving is a faithful 

 portrait, and one which we liked so well as to 

 cause the engraving to be made. It is a sweeting, 

 fall apple, very beautiful, is juicy, and has a rich 

 flavor. We are not able to describe its color and 

 other peculiar characteristics, as the apple was 

 not returned to us from the engraver. Mr. Raw- 

 son says the apple grew upon the farm of Mr. 

 Ira Brown, near Feltonville, and that the scions 

 were given to his father, Mr. Henry Brown, some 

 twenty years since, by a person from some part 

 of Vermont, to Mr. B. unknown. The specimen 

 sent, as illustrated above, he says is nothing more 

 than a fair average one, the drought having 

 affected thom to some extent. The person who 

 gave Mr. B. the scions, was an itinerant grafter, 

 who set a large number of scions in the neighbor- 

 hood, but all the rest turned out cider apples, 

 and ppor at that. 



The trees bear every year, but most in the 

 even season. 



The apple is new to us, but may be recognized 

 by others as a variety in some particular locality ; 

 if 60, we should be glad to know it. 



AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Commenced its session in Horticultural Hall, 

 School Street, Sept. 13th, Hon. M. P. Wilder, 

 President, in the chair. A large number of dele- 

 gates were in attendance, and nearly every State 

 in the Union was represented. It was a pleasant 

 thing to witness the hearty congratulations which 

 were exchanged between members whose only 

 strife with each other is to see who will Ixsst ad- 

 vance the interests of Pomological science, and 

 who will shed the most light upon the great sub- 

 ject of fruit culture in America. 



This society was organized some six years ago 

 in Washington, and has flourished beyond the ex- 

 pectations of the most sanguine. The last con- 

 vention was held in Philadelphia in 1852. 



The President welcomed the delegates to this 

 city, the home of the Pilgrims, in a most cordial 

 manner. lie eulogized our forefathers for their 

 horticultural taste and their worthy endeavors to 

 lay the foundation of American pomology. 



He tendered to the members the hospitalities of 

 the ^lassachusotts Horticultural Soci«ty, and con- 

 gratulated them upon the preservation of life and 

 health, and the increasing intei'ost manifested in 

 the cultivation of fruits tlirougliout the country. 



He discussed several topics, giving the results 

 of his long and valuable experience, in a scien- 

 tific and felicitous manner. 



In relation to tlie production of new varieties 

 of fruits from seeds ho said — 



