Jan. 



THE POMOLOGIST. 



S 



One * indicates worthy of general culti- 

 vation and profitable ; adapted to all parts 

 of Kansas, as tar as tried. 



*» indicate but very few objections to the 

 fruit, and very highly recommended. 



A — indicates the fruit is simply on trial ; 

 not well tested. 



After the discussion on apples, several 

 essays were read on atniosherie intluence, by 

 Dr. W. Howsk^y, Mr. A. H. Qrisea, and C. 

 B. Lines; which were favorably seconded,' 

 witli considerable discussion. Tlie one de- 

 livered by Dr. Howslcy dift'ered with all 

 bolanists. This essay Is soon to be pub- 

 lished, and I will send you extracts from it 

 in my next letter. 



During the third day the subject of the 

 pear was similarly discussed, witli the fol- 

 lowing result : 



Those with one star are generally consid- 

 ered worthy of cultivation ; two stars have 

 some additional quality, or more generally 

 approved ; a dash signifies that these arc only 

 on trial ; s for standard and d for dwarf 



PEAK LIST. 



* Bartlet, s. * Swan's Orange, s 



* Seekle, s. * Duchesse d' An- 



* Flemish Beauty, s gouleme, d 



* Doyenne d' Etl', s — Howell, s and d 



* White Doyenne, s — Beurre Easter, s 

 — Rostiezer, s — Glout Morceau, d 



* Tyson, s — Sheldon, s 

 ** Louise Bonne de * Lawrence, d 



Jersey, d \ Beurre Diel, d & s 



The subject of grapes was then taken up 

 and fully discussed, and resulted in the fol- 

 lowing list : 



FOR GENERAL CULTIVATION. 



Concord — market and wine. 



Hartford Prolific — market. . 



Ives Seedling — market and wine. 



ON TRIAL — WHICH PROVES WELL. 



Martha White — market and wine, 

 loua — market and wine. 

 Delaware — market and wine. 



GENERAL CTTLTrVATION FOR WINE ONLY. 



Clinton, Newton, Virginia and Cynthiana. 



The election of officers for the year 1870 

 resulted in the unanunous re-election of the 

 old ones — as follows : 



Wm. Tanner, President, Leavenworth ; C. 

 B. Lines, Vice-President, Wabaunsee ; S. T. 

 Kelsey, Treasurer, Ottawa ; G. C. Brackett, 

 Secretary, Lawrence. 



The next annual meeting of the Society 

 will be held at Manhattan, Riley Co., on the 

 first Tuesday of December, 1870. 



Raymand. 



Leamnworth, Kan., Dec. 24, 1869. 



For the WeBtern Pomologist. 



Comfort and Luxury of Fruit. 



How many of the lovers of fruit here in 

 the North, really appreciate our comforts and 

 luxuries in this respect ; and think, if we 

 only had the delicious fruits of the tropics. 



Now let us draw a comparison. Here we 

 begin with the strawberry, which, in my 

 opinion, is not surpassed by any other, either 

 of a temperate or tropical clime, in point of 

 delieiousness. Next, raspberries, the value 



of which our people are only beginning to 

 appreciate. Currants, gooseberries, cherries, 

 and blackberries come in here and succeed 

 others ; while before they are near gone we 

 have plums, (where they can grow them), 

 apples, pears and peaches. We have melons, 

 cantelopes, and grapes. 



Some of tlK.'se we can keep until winter, 

 while the pear and apple last throngh it ; tlie 

 latter, if properly kepi, and of tln^ best keep- 

 ers, will be in use until the first strawberries 

 of the following season are ripe. For a long 

 time I made it a rule to try and bring a dish 

 of old apples and one of new strawberries 

 to the table together. 



Of all the fruits that kind providence has 

 furnished us with, none to my taste etpia! in 

 every respect, a first-rate pear. Others .say a 

 peach; and how little behind them is an ex- 

 cellent apple. 



I have eaten the orange ripe from the tree, 

 and they are delicious 'tis true. The fig 

 dropped into my hand, as soft as an egg with- 

 out the outer shell ; but on eating could not 

 find anything at all sprightly, only a dull 

 dead sweet. The pine-apple, guave, and a 

 number of others of the hot climates have I 

 eaten, but perhaps not in their prime. 



Let us then grow the best varieties of each 

 kind of fruit tliat flourishes here, and give 

 them the proper attention, and thank our 

 stars that our lot has been cast in stich a glo- 

 rious fruit country. 



I will here take the responsibility to say, 

 that the growing of fruit has been, thus far, 

 only half done, and that we will ere long see 

 things quite different from what they have 

 been ; that is, le*s poor fruit otfcred for sale, 

 and better taken care of. To accomplish 

 this let us unite in endeavoring to dift'use 

 knowledge throtigh the " Pomologist." 



That the new sheet shall flourish and do 

 much towards accomplishing the above, is the 

 wish of your humble correspondent. 



Samuel Miller. 



Bluffton, Mo., Dee. 20, 1869. 



Pomological Rules. 

 The following are the rules b}' which the 

 American Pomological Society are governed 

 in the examination of new seedling fruits. 

 Every Horticultural Society in the country 

 should make these rules a part of its regula- 

 tions. No new fruit should be introduced to 

 the public until it has been tested in more 

 localities than one, and also submitted to the 

 criticism of one or more State Horticultural 

 Societies, or to the American Pomological 

 Society : 



1. No new seedling fruit shall be entitled 

 to the reconunendation of this Society until 

 its qualities shall be ascertained by at least 

 five years' exjierience in more than one 

 locality, and wliich is not at least equal to 

 any similar variety of the first rank already 

 known ; or which, if onl}' of second-rate fla- 

 vor, is superior in vigor, hardiness, piKiduc- 

 tiveness, or other important quality or char- 

 acteristics. 



2. No new fruit shall be considered as 

 named until it has been accurately described 

 by some person or e<immittee known to be 



conversant with existing varieties, and such 

 description shall have been published in at 

 least one horticultural or agricultural jcinr- 

 nal or some pomological work of acknowl- 

 edged standard character. 



3. The originator, or he who first makes 

 known a new variety, shall be entitled to 

 name it ; and such name, if suitable, shall Ik; 

 adopted by the writer describing the frait 

 for the first time. But if the name pr(>p(ise<l 

 is inappro])riate, or does not come within 

 the rules of nomenclature, the describer 

 shall be at liberty to give a name. 



When two persons have named or describ- 

 ed a fruit, the name and description first 

 published, if according to the rules, .shall 

 have the priority. 



4. Ill giving names to new varieties, all 

 harsh, vulgar, or iiu'legant uan\es, such as 

 "shee])'s-nose" and "hog-pen," should be 

 avoided ; and no name shoidd consist of more 

 than two word.s, excepting when the origi- 

 nator's name is added. Characteristic names, 

 or those in some way descriptive of the (nud- 

 ities, origin, or habit of fruit or tree, shall 

 be preferred. They may either be of intrin- 

 sic pro])erties, as Golden Sweetiiif;, Dow- 

 ner's Late; or of local origin, as Newtown 

 Poppin, Hudson Gage ; of the season of ri- 

 ])eniiig, as Early Scarlet, Frost Gage ; of the 

 form and color, as Golden Drop, Blue Pear- 

 main, or which commemorates a particular 

 ]ilace or person, as Tippecanoe, La Grange, 

 Baldwin; or any other titles. which may be 

 significantly applied. 



5. The descri])tions of new varieties of 

 fruits shall embrace the following particu- 

 lars ; 



1st, An account of their origin. 



2d, The fruit, its size, form, and exterior 

 color, texture, and color of the flesh, flavor, 

 and time of ripening ; with the addition, on 

 stone-fruits, of the size of the stone, adher- 

 ence and non-adherence of the flesh, form of 

 the suture, and the hollow at the stem ; and 

 in kernel-fruits, of the size of the core and 

 seeds, the length, position, and insertion of 

 the stalk, and form of the eye. 



3d, The tree, its marked characters of 

 growth, young and bearing wood, foliage 

 and blossoms. In peaches, the form of leaf, 

 glands, and the size of blossoms ; in strawber- 

 ries, the characters of the blossoms, whether 

 staminate or pistillate; in grapes, the form 

 of bunch or berry. 



Trenching. 



The editor of the SoutJwm Ruralist says 

 We have tried trenching for pear trees, for 

 grape vines, for asparagus, for strawberries, 

 for this thing and for that, and if we liave 

 ever been benefitted by it, we don't know it, 

 and don't believe it. Nay, we know thai in 

 several instances it has been a decided in- 

 jury- 



The editor of the Ruralist should under- 

 stand that, the results from trenching, 

 whether favorable or adverse, like almost 

 every other operation in the management of 

 fruit or farm crops, depends upon circum- 

 stances. Some soils are benefitted by trench- 

 ing, while others aix; not. There is some- 

 thing dependent also upon the manner in 

 which the work is done. We have had some 

 experience in trenching, and at another time 

 will give our views upon the .subject. 

 « • » " 



—William R. Prince, of Flushing, N. Y„ 

 claims that his grcat-graud-father started the 

 first nursery of trees in this country in 1739, 



— One or two year old trees cost less at the 

 inirsery than older ones, less in transporta- 

 tion and planting out. 



