CONTENTS 



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Act of Incorporation iv 



B J La W3 V 



List of Members vii 



Secretary's Report 1 



Premiums at Annual Exhibition 8 



Proceedings of Winter Meeting 23 



Address of tbe President 24 



Hardy Winter Apples, by T. H. Hoskins 29 



Nomenclature of Bussets 34 



Report on Russian Fruits, by Charles Gibb 41 



Report of Corresponding Secretary 49 



On the raising of healthy and hardy Orchard Stock 54 



Discussion on Varieties of Apples 63 



Report of the Treasurer 67 



Report of the Executive Committee 68 



Election of Officers for 1883 69 



Vegetable and Seed-growing 69 



Old and New Methods of Drying Fruit 72 



Premiums at Winter Meeting 83 



What we Learn by Failure 86 



In Memoriam — Joseph Taylor 95 



The Apple, — Uses in Family, ways of preparing, preserving and serving it .... 98 



Commercial Rose Growing 103 



The Apple Maggot 105 



Letters read at Winter Meeting 109 



Index 117 



