BIENNIAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN POMO- 

 LOGICAL SOCIETY. 



£s\ rs^HE 26th biennial meeting of 

 the American Pomological 

 Society was held in Philadel 

 phia on the 7th and 8th inst. 

 The city was in gay attire as the G. A. 

 R. encampment took place during that 

 week. The weather was fine, the at- 

 tendance good, and taking everything 

 into consideration this was thought to 

 be one of the most successful meetings 

 in the history of the Society. Nearly 

 150 delegates were sent by the various 

 State horticultural societies, chosen 

 from among their most successful men. 



Many of the professors of horticul- 

 ture of the several experiment sta- 

 tions were also present, and other 

 prominent men. Seldom has there 

 come together at one meeting so many 

 and well known horticulturists. 



The exhibition of fruit while good 

 was not representative, the chief ex- 

 hibitors being the New Jersey State 

 Horticultural Society and Ellwanger 

 and Barry of Rochester, N.Y., the latter 

 firm exhibiting about 100 hundred vari- 

 eties of pears. 



The papers and addressses were all 

 of a high order and showed the rapid 

 advance that horticulture has made 

 during the past few years. 



The programme was carried out 

 almost as advertised and the chairman 

 kept the audience strictly to business. 



Thursday morning was devoted to 

 the addresses of welcome and response, 

 followed by the President's address, 

 which was very encouraging for the 

 future welfare of the society. Prof. 

 Thos. Meehan in his address on " Phil- 

 adelphia's Contributions to the History 

 of American Pomology were very in- 

 teresting, as he told of the introduction 



and origin of many well known fruits. 

 The talk on " Culture " by Mr. J. H. 

 Hale was such as one would suppose a 

 man of Mr. Hale's force of character 

 would be supposed to give. No half 

 way measures please Mr. Hale, and the 

 striking examples he gave of the 

 advantages of thorough cultivation, 

 were ample proof of the wisdom of his 

 practice. 



On Thursday afternoon there were 

 several instructive papers. All who 

 were interested in fig culture were well 

 pleased with Dr. Howard's address. 

 Prof. Waugh's address on l< Nomencla- 

 ture and Systematic Pomology," or in 

 other words, the advisability of some 

 change in the rules regarding nomencla- 

 ture,'' received the attention it merited 

 and a committee was nominated to dis- 

 cuss the matter and report at the next 

 meeting of the society. The results of 

 Prof. Lazenby's studies on " The origin 

 and development of buds in certain 

 fruit plants," showed that there was a 

 wide field for research in this direction. 

 Prof. Whittens experiments in the 

 whitening of the buds of trees to retard 

 the swelling of the flower buds in late 

 winter and early spring, were explained 

 in a very clear manner and listened to 

 with great attention. 



Thursday evening, Mr. H. J. Webber 

 by means of lantern slides illustrated 

 some of the important work he is doing 

 in plant breeding, especially in relation 

 to the orange cotton plant, and Indian 

 corn. Mr. W. T. Sivinglis' slides illus- 

 trating " Horticulture along the Medi- 

 terranean " were also interesting. Two 

 other papers were given by Prof. G. H. 

 Powell and Prof. W. M. Munson. 

 Prof. Powell's paper on the "Importance 



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