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results of his experience have been most beneficial to the 

 world. 



An honorable member of this association and myself 

 have in trust many of the seedlings of that great master 

 of pomology, which have not yet fruited. We have 

 those of the eighth generation, which, from vigor, beau- 

 ty and signs of refinement, give promise of superior char- 

 acter, and seem to confirm his doctrine of improvement 

 by successive reproduction. And while we are anx- 

 iously awaiting the further and ultimate results of his 

 theory, others on this side of the Atlantic are zealously 

 engaged in hybridization and experiments which cannot 

 fail to be of immense advantage to the scientific and 

 practical cultivator. 



This progress should cheer us onward. No other 

 country, in extent and variety of soil and climate, is so 

 well adapted, or offers so great advantages to the pomol- 

 ogist. Not only does our correspondence from abroad 

 testify to the truth of this statement, but our rapidly 

 extending domain continually developes new facts in 

 confirmation of this sentiment. 



By the reports from individual fruit growers, and from 

 associations, it appears that some varieties of the pear 

 succeed equally as well in the extreme south part of our 

 Union as in the north. A gentleman from Oregon Ter- 

 ritory recently informed me that settlers there had 

 already provided themselves with extensive orchards, 

 and from which they gather fruits of great size and ex- 

 cellence. He also makes a similar report in relation to 

 Washington Territory, and instances among others an 

 orchard of one hundred acres, which is now yielding a 

 large annual income to its proprietor. 



A letter from the Vice President of this Society for 

 Utah, on the borders of the Great Salt Lake, expresses 

 the hope that it will not be long before that region shall 



