December 



THE POMOLOGIST. 



169 



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Close op the Volume. 



Our readers need scarcely be told that this 

 number of the Tmnologisl completes its first 

 volume. And, as we draw near the close of the 

 year, and place in your bauds the last number, 

 a sort of good-bye feeling arises in view of the 

 acquaintance thus far formed. To us tlie year 

 has been one of some anxiety, for tiie success of 

 a new public journal,devoted almost exclusively 

 to the poraological and horticultural interests 

 of the West, was looked upon as doubtful on 

 tlie start, even by those wlio most ardently de- 

 sired the success of such an enterprise. But we 

 are now pleased to find after oue year's trial' 

 that the doubts under wliicli the PomologUt 

 made its advent, liave given place to brighter 

 liopes for its ;future. Tlie paper lias met with 

 a flattering reception wlierever known, and its 

 subscription list has grown steadily from the 

 first. 



Thus encouraged we feel strengtheudfor the 

 new year, and we shall put forth still more per- 

 sistent efforts to make the Weslerf Pomolngist 

 the best, most reliable, and instructive horti- 

 cultural Journal of the day. Our already able 

 corps of regular correspondents will receive ad- 

 ditional strength for the coming year by tlie 

 accession of new contributors. 



May we not also count upon the increased as_ 

 slstance of those who have already laid us under 

 deep obligations for services rendered by way 

 of introducing the paper and enlarging its cir- 

 culation ? Look over the prospectus for the 

 new volume, study its contents and resolve to 

 win some of those liberal premiums. And the 

 way to do it is, with a copy of the paper in 

 hand, see every man in your neighborhood and 

 get his name. Send on the names accompanied 

 with the 'indlspensible,' and the Pomofcffwi with 

 its clean and smiling face shall, early in each 

 month of 1S71, visit your liomes, dispensing 

 from its ample folds new and untold truths in 

 the art of Uorticulture. 



The Enlargement. 



As announced in the prospectus, on the flv.st 

 page of the cover, the Pomologist for 1S71 will 

 number 32 broad, double column pages. This 

 improvement gives nearly double the amount 

 of reading matter for the coming year, and at 

 the same time puts the paper in a much more 

 convenient form for handling. It will be seen 

 that the terms of subscription have been ad- 

 vanced, but it should be understood, not in a 

 ratio with the enlargement of the paper. This 

 step is necessary in order that we may be en- 

 abled to meet the additional expenses o. pub- 

 lication without loss. The new form and 

 increased size will make the paper doubly val- 

 uable, and we trust the change all around will 



be satisfactory. 



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Renewal of Stjbsceiptions. 



With theclose of . the current volume ol the 



Pomologisl, we wish to remind its patrons that 



the renewal ;of their subscriptions for 1S7I is 



now in order. The first number of the new 



volume will be ready for distribution by the 



20th of the present month. We trust that every 



name now upon our subscription list will be 



traLsferred to the new books before the firs 



dryofthe new year. Let us have every old 



subscriber's name accompanied witli hosts of 

 new ones. 



To COBRESPONDENTS.— la Closing the first 

 volume of the Pomologist, we cannot allow tlie 

 opportunity to pass without an expression of 

 thanks to those who have so liberally contribu- 

 ted to its pages. To make an agricultural jour- 

 nal ora hortieullural journal what it should be 

 —practical and instructive to its reader.s— with- 

 out the assistance of an able corps of writei's 

 who know whereof tlipy speak, is out of the 

 question. We most heartily appreciate the as- 

 sistance thi s far rendered in the line of corres- 

 pondence, and most cordially do we invite a 

 contiuuani-e of such favors. 



And to the Puiss.— We feel under no less 

 obligations for the many kind wordsspoken in 

 behalf of the PomologUt, 



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Only Jl per Copy.— Two dollars sent in by 

 an old subscriber, with oue new name, will pay 

 for the two copies for 1S71, or for SG two copies 

 each of the Pnmologiel and ICural X'ew i'orkej: 



The Pomologist ecu ^otuing— Recollect 

 that for a club of even five you get the Pomols- 

 gist for 1871 gratis, to say nothing of seeds, 

 grape vines, etc. 



Illinois !?. IIokt'l SocitTY.-Tlie annual 

 meeting of the Illinois State Horticultural So- 

 ciety for 1870 will bo held in the City of Gales- 

 burgh, commencing on Tuesday, the 1:5th of 

 December, U:;iO a.m., and close on the following 

 Friday. This city is easily accessible by r.ail- 

 roads from all directions. The citizens of 

 Galesburgh will make welcome all who attend. 

 On most, if not ail the railroads leading toward 

 the place of meeting, members will be returned 

 at one-flftli the usual fare. The proximity of 

 this meeting to south-eastern Iowa should call 

 out a large number of fruit growers from that 

 section of our State. 



Specimens of choice fruit and vegetables arc 

 solicited for the exhibition tables— especially of 

 new varieties or choice seedlings. 



Meetings of State Hort. Societies. 



Iowa State Hoeticultueal Society. —The 



The Iowa State Horticultural Society will 

 hold its sixth annual meeting at Des Moines 

 commencing on Tuesday evening, January 

 10th, 1871, and continue three days. 



An Interesting programme will be prepared. 

 The best horticultural talent of the State will 

 be in attendance, and a profitable meeting is 

 sure. The usual arrangements for reaching the 

 meeting at reduced rates will be made with 

 railroads. 



All who have au interest in the growth of 

 trees, shrubs, or vines, are cordially invited to 

 meet with us in Council, Judging from past 

 meetings I can safely say that no one will go 

 away from this without a full conviction tliat 

 the time has beeu profitably and pleasantly 

 spent. Friendly papers please copy . 



D. W. Adams, Sec'y. 

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Kansas State IIoRTictTLTUKAL Society.— 

 The Kansas State norticultural Society will 

 hold its fourth annual meeting in the town of 

 Manhattan, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and 

 Thursday, the Cth, 7th, and 8th of December, 

 1870, commencing at 9 o'clock, a. ra. 



AU State or local horticultural societies are 

 most earnestly invited to send delegates, and 

 all persons interested in the object of the meet- 

 ing will bo cordially welcomed, E.specially is 

 it requested that a large exhibition of fruits 

 or anything interesting to the horticulturist, 

 be made at this meeting. It is expected that 

 the ditlerent railro.ads will grant the usual re- 

 duction of fare, or, at least issue excursion 



tickets Cwhich must be called for at the place of 

 starting for the meeting.) 



The citizens of Manhattan will cheemuiy 

 extend their ho.spit.alitj' to all from a distance. 

 C. B. Lines. Prest. 



O. C. Beickett, Sec. 



Missouri Hort. Society.- The Missouri 

 State Horticultural Society will hold its 12 an- 

 nual meeting in Brady's Hall, in the City of 

 St. Joseph, on Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday 

 and Friday, November 29, 30, and December 1 

 and 2, 1870. A cordial invitation is extended 

 to Delegates of all Local Horticultural and Ag 

 ricuUural Associations, and to all friends of 

 Horticulture and Pomology, to be present and 

 participate in the discussions. 



The Kentucky Strawbbery .— The Ken- 

 tucky Strawberry is a new seedling by J. S. 

 Downer, of Fairview, Ky., who a few years ago 

 originated that very popularand valualjle vari- 

 ety. Downer's Prolific, wliich does admirably 

 in some localities about here where the Wilson 

 h.as not proved satisfactory. Mr. A. D. Webb, 

 Vice-President of the Ky. State Hort'l Society, 

 in an article pulilished in the Farmer's Home 

 .lournal says : " I certanly regard the Kentucky 

 as the handsomest and most attractive berry I 

 ever saw of the light colored variety, good fla- 

 vor, and very large size. 



From the Iowa Ag. College Farm. 

 Prof. C. E. Bessy, of the Horticultural 

 Dtpartmeut of the Iowa Agricultural Col- 

 Icged Farm, will coutribute monthly to the 

 columns of the next vol. of the PomolocjUt, 

 1871 . During the present year Pruf Bessy 

 has got matters in his department jiretty 

 well shaped up. "We coufideiitly expect 

 much of interest and value from the results 

 of his experimental oppcration, on the Farm 

 the coming year, the benefit of which Prof. 

 B. has kindly promised to our readers right 

 along fresh from the mint. 



Contagious Character of Fire Blight 



In a recent conversation with an experi- 

 enced and successful grower of the ptar, he 

 stated that he had never failed to arrest the 

 progress of the fire blight bj^ prompt and 

 thiirough excision — taking care to cut low 

 euougli to be fully below all diseased streaks. 

 On one occasion, finding that he was losing a 

 new and valuable sort, he concluded to bud 

 other trees from it before destroying it, select- 

 ing shoots for the buds that "appeared to 

 be unafilcted. But he found they had al- 

 ready received the poison and conveyed it 

 to the stncks. Every tree, without excep- 

 tion, which had buds inserted from this 

 diseased tree, took the contagion and either 

 died down to the roots or was badly aftected. 

 He alwa3'S made it a practice to" wash his 

 knife thoroughly after cutting a diseased 

 tree, before using it on other trees. The 

 failure in excision may sometimes ari.se from 

 the use of a poisoned knife on the lower and 

 healthy portions. Caution should always be 

 used to avoid thus inoculating healthy trees 

 or healthy portions with the poison- — Coun- 

 try GentUman. 



GujVPES. — The Boston Cultivator of the 19th 

 ult. says : " Grapes of delicious quality are 

 still abundant in market, as we learn from 

 Hiland, Smith & Co., at 07, 90, 101 in Quincy 

 Market, and are selling from 12 to 15c a lb. 

 wholesale— a good place to get good fruit for 

 the annual Thanksgiving Festival. 



