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Mr. Wakeman read a letter from A. J. Downing, of Albany, re- 

 commending strongly the objects of our pomological convention, and 

 Mr. Dooming, who is justly celebrated for his science and taste, says 

 that he has this subject at heart, and is endeavoring to awaken pub- 

 lic attention to it. 



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Mr. Wakeman. — The members of the Club will look at the cheap 

 and convenient implement of Mr. Harkness of Michigan. It costs five 

 dollars and taking up the grain from the swathe, so that it loses 

 little if any seed, and it is so convenient for binding, that it is be- 

 lieved to be worth one hand in the field. 



Mr. Quackenbush. — It saves full half the labor I think. 



John D. Ward of Jersey City, presented a specimen of his Isabel- 

 la grapes, which were tasted and relished by the Club. 



Subjects for next meeting, Cow Disease and Sowing Wheat, con- 

 tinued. 



The Club Adjourned. 



Sept. 19, 1848. 



Timothy Woodruff, in the Chair. H. Meigs, Secretary. 



Mr. Meigs stated that he visited the works of Alfred Hall at 

 Perth Amboy, on the morning of the I4th of September, instant, 

 and examined some sugar maple trees. Mr, Hall said that the trees 

 whiclj are about three inches in diameter at their bases, and are 

 about eleven feet high, were set out last May, (all their branches 

 and the tops being cut off,) in holes of six feet diameter and 2^ feet 

 deep. A mixture of the native hard pan, of surface soil from an old 

 cultivated field, and of salt muck pulverized each one-third — adding 

 to the mixture, for each tree, one peck of unslaked shell lime, well 

 mixed in. This compost he pressed down about the roots quite 

 hard, to keep the roots firm against winds. After the Fourth of 

 July, there was no rain worth notice, and the grounds having be- 

 comeremarkably dry, — he on the first of Sept. spread salt muck- 

 about six inches deep and six feet in diameter about each tree. The 



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