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of his trees, which were very great, and attiibutcd it wholly to charcoal, 

 and trenched and well-manured ground. 



Mr. Ilogg thought the Seckel would do much better tlian almost any 

 sort upon sandy soils. 



Further remarks were made by Messrs. Frost of Rochester, Coffin of 

 Dutchess, Miller Scott of Kochester, Parsons of Yates, and Howell of 

 Steuben, when the meeting adjourned till V 1-2 o'clock Thursday evening. 



Thursday Evening, 7.30. 



The adjourned meeting re assembled. 



Mr. Prince remarked that there was no fire blight on Long I'^land nor 

 at Boston, which might be suggestive to ascertain the cause of it. He 

 spoke of the present extent of the vineyard culture in the West and oth- 

 er portions of the United States, and the natural advantages of this coun- 

 try, and predicted that, before many years had passed, our native pure 

 wines would be so cheap that parties could not afford to import them. 



Mr. Miller had applied salt to his plum trees in moderate quantities, 

 and believed that he experienced much benefit, both in the quality and 

 quantity of fruit. It did not aft'ect the ravages of the curculio. If added 

 in very large quantities, thought it injurious, say half bushel around each 

 tree. The fire blight appeared to avoid those sorts of pears where the tis- 

 sue was compact and hard, as the Seckel. 



Mr. Hovey thought that plum trees were injured by the application of 

 salt, and enumerated instances to prove the fact. 



The insect blight upon the apple and pear, was well acquainted with, 

 and frequently destroys the tree as suddenly as the fire blight. 



The insect is a beetle, which in its larvae state destroys the inner bark 

 and wood by eating spirally around it, and when the sap is wholly inter- 

 cepted, the tree dies suddenly. Knows but little of the fire blight, but has 

 come to the conclusion that it is caused by atmospheric agency, — the 

 sun shining upon the trees through an excessively humid atmosphere. 

 He said that he had pear trees (of White Doyenne) which were set out 

 in 1805 and '6, produced true and perfect fruit up to 1825, after which 

 the fruit cracked badly. Spoke highly of the Concord grape as a wine 

 grape, and gave views highly commendatory of this sort for this purpose. 



Dr. Beadle remarked that he had applied charcoal to some of his pear 

 trees that were blighted, and it appeared to intercept the disease, so that 

 the trees recovered, and believed that its more general application would 

 prevent the fire blight in a great degree. 



Mr. Frost remarked that the fire blight attacked the quince similarly 

 to the pear, but its ravages were not so great. 



On motion of Mr. Thomas Hogg, it was voted that the thanks of the 

 meeting be given to the authorities of the town or county for the use of 

 the Court-House for holding its discussions; and that the thanks of the 

 meeting be presented to the chairman. Col. Frost, and to the secretaries for 

 the faithful manner in which they have performed their duties. 



Col. Frost happily responded, and the meeting adjourned sine die. 



