306 [Assembly 



Mr. Stevens. — Mr. Downing speaks of a Petersburg pippin, but 

 it does not answer the description of the Mount Airy or Virginia 

 pippin. He also speaks highly of the Spy apple. 



Same subject continued, — Grafting. Pruning, and Budding. The 

 Club adjourned. 



A^ril 18, 1848. 

 Samuel C. Mott, in the Chair. Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



Mr. Avery of New-York, presented to the Club some seeds of the 

 genuine Cheese pumpkin. Mr. Aveiy obtained a premium at the 

 Fair of Bridgeport, in Connecticut, for them recently. The pumpkins 

 weigh from thirty to forty-five pounds each. The seeds were very 

 acceptable to the members who know the character of the giver for 

 uprightness and exactness. 



0. S. Fowler, the celebrated phrenologist, presented seeds of the 

 Marrow Squash, from Boston. 



R. L. Pell, of Pelham, presented tor examination potatoes of a 

 new kind, dark colorrd outside and much colored within, very dense, 

 requiring one hour to boil, becoming white and mealy in boiling. 

 They appear to be quite a new and valuable variety. Mr. Pell also 

 presented five stalks of Indian corn, with the sixteen full grown ears 

 which they had borne, and Mr, Pell said, that having analyzed the 

 corn plant and its fruit and ascertained its constituents; and having 

 also anf^lyzed the soil which he intended this corn to grow in, he 

 added those chemical ingredients which were requisite for the corn 

 and which were not in the soil prepared to be planted. He then put 

 into every hill the portion of the requisite ingredients. On examina- 

 tion of the growth of the corn he observed that the roots instead of 

 spreading as usual, confined themselves chiefly to the hill containing 

 the ingredients. The ability of the stalks to maintain their erect 

 psoition against winds was diminished; but ultimately the crop was 

 such that many stalks gave three perfect ears and some four. 



J. S. Skinner. — I observe that on the butt end of some of these ears 

 there was a commencement of twelve rows of kernels, which imrae- 



