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American Pomological Society. — In our notice of the meeting of this 

 society in our last number, we omitted to say that the donation to the society of 

 the hundred dollar premium gained by the Nebraska collection was made with 

 the understanding that it should be appropriated towards procuring a medal 

 for the future prizes of the society. A resolution appropriating this and other 

 similar donations to this purpose was accordingly adopted, Hon. J. B. Whitehead, 

 of Norfolk, Va., who offered it, explaining that his idea was to put the likeness 

 of President Wilder on the medal. 



The president, in his address, again commended to the attention of the society 

 the importance of originating new varieties of fruits, both as a means of improve- 

 ment and as a substitute for those which have experienced the decline incident 

 to all things of human origin. His remarks on the best means of originating 

 fruits adapted to culture in the Southern States are so excellent and so appro- 

 priate, that we copy them here. 



" The increasing interest in the cultivation of fruits at the South induces me 

 to offer a few suggestions in regard to the best means of obtaining varieties 

 suited to that region. Of apples and peaches, a large number of superior varie- 

 ties have already been produced at the South, perfectly adapted to that climate; 

 but the supply of fine varieties of the pear is as yet inadequate, especially of 

 late-keeping varieties, as the latest kinds grown in the North cannot, when grown 

 in the Gulf States, be preserved beyond autumn. To supply this deficiency, we 

 would recommend the trial of such varieties as refuse to ripen at the North — 

 Chaumontelle, the Colmar and its sub-varieties, Beurre Ranee, Bergamotte For- 

 tunee, which appear to need a longer season than ours to arrive at maturity. 

 These, and seedlings from these, offer, we think, the best prospect for a supply of 



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