Report of its Transactions^ 4*c. 305 



seedlings, it is not strange, that large quantities are raised and shipped, of 

 a quality that cannot be rivalled in any part of the Union. The early set- 

 tlers of Ohio, then without any of the facilities of communication of the 

 present day, and unable to bring trees hundreds of miles over rough roads 

 and through an uninhabited wilderness, provided themselves with large 

 quantities of seeds which were promiscuously sown. This accounts for 

 the large number of excellent seedlings found at the present day. It is 

 well known that American apples, generally, are so much superior to those 

 grown in Europe, that they are now a regular article of export." 



Among the extracts from correspondents is a list of cher- 

 ries which have been tested in Ohio by Dr. Kirtland, and a 

 list of pears tested by our correspondent, George Hoadly, 

 Esq., of Cleaveland. The varieties which Mr. Hoadly has 

 fomid, after long experience and observation, to succeed well, 

 are the Madeline, Bloodgood, Dearborn's Seedling, Williams's 

 Bon Chretien, Napoleon, Marie Louise, Seckel, iSurpasse Vir- 

 goulouse, Stevens's Genesee, Duchesse d' Angouleme, Hunt's 

 Connecticut, (for baking,) Winter Nelis, Easter Beurre, and 

 Uvedale's St. Germain, or Pound, (for baking.) These he 

 recommends to gentlemen wishing for a small and choice 

 collection. 



The report for the season continues with an account of the 

 public exhibitions — one in June and one in September. 



In 1844 weekly exhibitions were held, and also one public 

 spring show in May, and another in September. At the May 

 exhibition Mr. S. S. Jackson, who was one of the first to 

 introduce Hovey's Seedling strawberry into Cincinnati, ex- 

 hibited " several baskets of berries, ranging four to five 

 indies in circumference.''^ 



After the report of the Fruit committee for 1844, follow 

 communications to the society. The principal of these relate 

 to the fire blight, and the entire article of our correspondent, 

 Mr. Beecher, is included. Nothing new, however, is elicited 

 but what has been noticed by Mr. Beecher, whose communi- 

 cation is of a subsequent date. 



In the report for 1845 is an interesting article on the vine- 

 yard of Mr. Resor, showing the actual produce of the crop, 

 and the profit to be derived from the growth of the grape : 

 we copy the article entire : — 



" Upon referring to some memoranda of my father, I find amongst others, 

 the following account kept of the produce of his vineyard since 1837. As 

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