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vided the whole into twenty acre lots. Reference was made to* 

 the remarks of R. L. Pell, of Pelham, on fencing, contained in 

 the Transactions of the Institute for 1851, page 186. 



Mr. Berrian, of Illinois, remarked that some picket fence had 

 been made there; pickets square, and made for 25 cents a hun- 

 dred. He presented an Illinois apple, which the members tasted 

 of and thought it a pleasant tasted one, inclining to be mealy. It 

 is called the greasy pippin, on account of a sort of greasy feel 

 about it. It is best for the table in December. 



The Club adjourned to Tuesday, April 25, at noon. Subject — - 

 *' Weeding, and the cultivation of spring and summer crops, in 

 the best manner, and the best tools to do it with." 



Members are requested to bring, for mutual benefit, some of 

 their best grafts, cuttings and seeds. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



^pHl 25, 1854. 

 Present — Professo^r Mapes, Judge Scovil,^ Chester Coleman of 

 Brooklyn, Mr. Amos Gore of Jersey, Berrian of Illinois, Dro. 

 Leavitt of Marcellus, Mr. Porter of Jersey, Solon Robinson, Judge 

 Van Wyck, Samuel Fleet, Colonel Travers, John Randel, jr.. Pro- 

 fessor George E. Waring, jr., Messrs. Pardee and others; upwards 

 of forty members in all. Mr. Coleman, of Brooklyn, in the 

 ehair. Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



The Secretary read the following papers translated and pre- 

 pared by him, viz. : 



[From John G. Adams, M. D. La Patrie, March 7, 1854. Revu€ d'Agrictdtttre. Extracts.}- 



A very serious fact occupies the attention of the wine growers 

 relative to the distillation of brandy from the wine and mare 

 (marsh) of the grapes. The distillers see, with great alarm, the 

 recent large distillation of alcohol from beets. Within the last 

 two years great competition has arisen by alcohol from the beets,, 

 and from molasses. But we think that there is no good reason 

 for it in the Southern departments. It is true that those of th© 



