1871 



THE POMOLOGIST AND GARDENER. 



265 



OFFICERS ELECTED. 



iV««t(i«n<.— Hon. Mnrsball P. 

 Wilder, of Mass. 



Treasurer.— Tho». P. James, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



Secretary.— 'W. R. Elliott, of 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



Vice- Presidents.— C. C. Lang- 

 don, Ala. 



S. J. Matthews, Ark, 



Warren Foote, Arizona. 



■J. 8. Curtiss, Cal. 



A. C. Meeker, Colorado. 



F. Thro\vl>ridge, Con. 

 Edward Tatnall, Sr., Del. 

 W. Saunders, D. C. 

 Lucius .1. Hardee, t la. 

 Wm. Schely, Ua. 

 Arthur Bryant, Sr. III. 



G. D. Nelson, Ind. 

 James Smith, Iowa. 

 J. A. Stayman, Kan. 

 J. S. Downer, Ky. 

 Richard H. Day. La. 

 S. L. Gordale, Me. 



W. D. Brackonridge, Md. 

 C. M. Hovey. Mass. 

 Samuel Jackson, Mich. 



D. A. Robertson. Min. 

 W. B. Wilkes, Miss. 

 C. W. Spaulding, Miss. 

 Nicholas Wau^'li, Mass. 

 K. W. Furnas, Neb. 

 Charles Downing. N. Y. 

 Fred. Smith, N. U. 

 William Parry, N. .T. 

 Dr. Ruytber, New Mex. 

 Walter L. Steele, N. C. 

 R. G. llaliburton, N. S. 

 George W. ('anipbell, O, 

 Charles Arnold, Ont. 

 Francis Simeon, Oregon. 

 Robert Beust, Sr.. Pa. 

 Hugh .\llen, (iuebec. 

 Silas Moore, li. I. 

 A. P. Wvlie, S, C. 

 Wm. Heaver, Tenn. 

 N. U. Mills, Texas. 

 J. E. Johnson, Utah. 

 Richard Bradley, Ver. 

 G. F. B. Leighton, Va. 

 Dr. Strother, West Va. 

 J. C. Plumb, Wis. 

 Judge Carter, Wyoming. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



J. B. Mitchell, Pa. 

 George Shurtur, N. Y. 

 J. S. C. Hyde, Mass. 



R. W. Furnas. Neb. 

 P. J. Berekman, Ga. 



STANDIHO COMMITTEES. 



General Fruit Committee. 



p. Barry, chairman, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. 

 R. R. Hundley, Ala. 

 Dr. Richard Thurston, Ark. 

 Dr. John Sirinlvel, Cal. 

 T. S. Gold, Conn. 

 Edward Tatnall, Del. 

 John Saul, 1>. C. 

 W. S. Littlefleld, Fla. 

 P. J. Berekman, Ga. 

 O. B. Galusha, HI. 

 Dr. Allen Funms, Ind. 

 Mark Miller, Iowa. 

 W. M. Bowsley, Kan. 

 Z. R. Higgins, Ky. 

 8. L. Goodale, Me. 

 Robert Manning, Mass. 

 A. S. Lendeman, Mich. 



P. A. Jewell, Minn. 

 Wm. Muir, Miss. 

 J. H. Masters. Neb. 

 George W. Ellwanger, N. 

 John Clapp, N. H. 

 A. S. Fuller, N. J. 

 Joshua Lindsley, N. C. 

 Robert W. Starr, N. S. 

 J. A. Warden, O. 

 D. W. Beadle, Outario. 

 J. S- Houghton, Pa. 

 J. S Childs, R. I. 

 D. H Jacques, S. C. 

 Fred. H. French, Tenn. 

 A. S. Lipscomb, Texas. 

 Bartlett Bryant, Vt. 

 Franklin Davis, Va. 

 O. S. Willey, Wis. 



Committee on Foreign Fruits. 



George Ellwanger, N. Y. 

 C. M. Hovey, ifass. 

 Parker Earfe, 111. 

 Dr. John A. Warder, O. 



Edwin Hoyt, Conn. 

 J. E. Mitchell, Pa. 

 R. R. Henley, Ala. 



SPECIAL PRE.MIUMS. 



Reports of Committees on Awards. The 

 Committee on Special Premiums for the best col- 

 lection of apples, peaches, pears, anil grapes, re- 

 ported that the only entry meeting the require- 

 ments of this premium is that from Nebraska, and 

 respectfully recommend the premium of $100, of- 

 fered by the Virginia Agricultural Society. 



Committee — M. Saunders, M. B. Smith, P. J. 

 Berekman. 



On the announcement of the award Col. Furnas, 

 one of the delegates t)n behtilf of the Nebraska 

 State Hoiticultural Society, donated to the Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society the premium which had 

 qeen awarded. 



For the best collection of pears $50 to Ellwanger 

 & Barry, Rochester, N. Y. 



The Committee, on Special Premiums for the 



largest and best collection of apples of not less than 

 fifty varieties and not less than four specimens of 

 each variety, award the premium of f.'jO, to the 

 collection of 118 varieties presented from Central 

 Iowa. 



Committee — Charles Downing, J. S. Downer, P. 

 T. Quinn. 



On this award, Mark Miller, delegate from Iowa, 

 remarked: "Iowa is not here with her fruit for 

 dollars and cents. She is here to .show to the world 

 that she has the capacity to raise fruit — to raise as 

 good apples and many other fruits as can be pro- 

 duced in the world," and concluded by donating 

 in the name of the Iowa State II(jrticultural Society 

 to the American Pomological Society, the award 

 made. 



Committee on Gratuities. — The committee report- 

 ed as follows : 



1. The premium of $.5, oftered by W. S. Butt, of 

 Norfolk, is awarded to Dr. A. P. Wylie, of St)uth 

 Carolina, for collection of hybrid grapes. 



2. The premium of $.5, offered by Randolph & 

 English, Richmond, is awarded to R. W. Furnas, of 

 Nebraska, for his collection of seedling peaches. 



3. The premium of $30, offered by the Southern 

 Fertilizing Company, of Richmond, Va., is equally 

 divided and awarded to the California collection of 

 fruits and to Dollins & Bro., of Albemarle county, 

 Va.. for their collection of apples. 



4. The premium of $20, or a medal, offered by 

 G. F. B. Leighton, of Norfolk, Va., is awitrded to 

 the Kansas collection of fruits. 



Committee — Jas. D Masters, H. B. Ellwanger, D. 

 VV. Herstine. 



All special premiums for which no entries were 

 found, meeting the requiremeiils of iiremiums, were 

 donated to the Society. 



Mr. Whitehead offered the following preamble 

 and resolutions, which were adopted : 



Wherea.s, it is desirable that the premiums of the 

 Society should be given in the form of medals, and 

 whereas, some of the premiums generously contri- 

 buted by the friends of the Society, have not been 

 awarded, it is hereby ordered that all such moneys 

 and such other sums iis may be acquired by dona- 

 tion, fnr tlie purdose of procuring a die for a med- 

 al of the Society. 



It was also moved that t!.e likeness of the Presi- 

 dent of the Society be jjlaced upon the medal. 



President Wilder acknowledged his thanks for the 

 compliment. 



native fruits. 



The Committee on Native Fruits respectfully re- 

 port that the following new varieties on exhibition 

 have been examined by them : 



