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the Concord, and no great profit from other varieties, though he had 

 made expensive and patient tests of alL In conchision, Mr. Lyman 

 hoped tliat Mr, Pahuer, who might be properly considered " a Con- 

 cord man," would give, at an early day, a full account of his practi- 

 ces of cultivation. 



The American Pomological Society. 



Dr. Isaac P. Trimble, who was a delegate from tlie Club to the 

 convention of this society, held last week in Philadelphia, was 

 called out to give an account of what he saw and heard. I had the 

 pleasure (said the entomologist) of meeting distinguished gentlemen 

 from nearly every State in the Union, and some from Canada. There 

 was a large collection of fruit, that from California being very large. 

 In all, I believe, there were 1,300 plates. I noticed 240 varieties of 

 pears in one collection, but many of them were poor, some very poor. 

 This must necessarily be so. The show of fruit from Cumberland 

 Valley, Pennsylvania, was the best on exhibition, with the single 

 exception of that sent from Kansas, and the trees that produce it 

 were set in holes dug with a pick ax in shale. The reason for 

 excepting Kansas, and the explanation of the beautiful display made 

 by that State, was because of the State governments having made 

 appropriations to encourage the growth of fine fruit. The conse- 

 quence was, Kansas took the highest award, the gold medal ; and 

 this fact, as remarked to me by a resident, will have great influence 

 in encouraging further advances. The fruit was not so large as some 

 we have seen from California, but larger than from New England. 

 Taken all in all, the exhibition was, save in this single item of 

 peaches, better than last year in St. Louis. The business of the 

 association was to settle the merits of fruits, arrange catalogues, &c. 

 The gentlemen connected with the American Pomological Society 

 are doing much service in the fruit field. Charles Downing, for 

 example, is devoting his whole life to the interest, and others might 

 be named. 



The Chairman. — In connection with Dr. Trimble's statement with 

 regard to Kansas fruits, I may say that some splendid specimens 

 from the same State have just been placed on exhibition at the Insti- 

 tute fair. 



Jersey Marl. 



Mr. D. B. Bruen made a casual allusion to the fact of his having 

 tried marl on corn and potatoes during the past season with excellent 



