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here and there a few patches of apple trees in other parts 

 of the country. Now pomology is here gathering some 

 of her choicest fruits, and witnessing some of her most 

 extensive operations. 



It is estimated that in the nurseries of Munroe county 

 there are thirty millions of trees, and that, in the whole 

 of the nurseries of western New York, commencing at 

 Onondaga county, there cannot be less than fifty millions, 

 beside the great number which have already been sent 

 out to adorn your valleys and crown your hill-tops. 

 These are the precious fruits which have been gathered 

 in this locality. Add to them the progress of this sci- 

 ence in various other sections of our Union, and what a 

 charming prospect does our fair land present ! 



Fellow Associates : — 



In view of this auspicious progress, let us compare 

 our experience and results ; let us stimulate each other 

 to yet greater exertions for the advancement of our com- 

 mon cause. Let us endeavor to disseminate the knowl- 

 edge of the few among the many, that we may improve 

 the public taste, add to the wealth of our republic, and 

 confer on our countrymen the blessings of our favorite 

 art. Thus shall we make other men happy, and keep 

 them so, — render our own homes the abodes of comfort 

 and contentment, and hasten the time when the garden 

 shall feel no blight, the fruitful field laugh with abund- 

 ance, and rivers of gladness water the earth. 



