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but there seems to be more money in the Concord, and this season it 

 has stood number one in point of popularity. 



Mr. Wm. Lawton spoke of the fine exhibition made by Mr. Idell, 

 and moved that tlie thanks of the Club be awarded to him. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn showed some pears resembling both apples and 

 quinces ; he called them the Japan pears, and said that the tree 

 ]nakes enormous growth, holds its foliage, and will prove ornamental 

 if not useful. It is also very productive, a single graft set one year 

 ago having produced this season fifty-two perfect specimens of fruit. 

 For table use tliis fruit is inferior, but better for cooking purposes, 

 and likely to be worth eight to ten dollars per barrel. Mr. Quinn 

 desired to be understood that he has neither trees or scions to sell, nor 

 does he know where they may be procured. He also showed the 

 Buerre d'Anjou, wliich, he said, stands at this season as the Bart- 

 lett in its season. The trees of this variety do not bear yerj well at 

 the outset, but are good producers when further advanced. 



Mr. Wm. Lawton exhibited a Newtown pippin, an apple which 

 cannot be grown in this section of the country, in consequence of 

 its cracking propensity, but which has never been surpassed in the 

 public favor. 



Mr. T. D. Curtis showed snow apples, which variety is peculiarly 

 productive in cold climates. Carefully picked, it will keep far into 

 January. Canadians grow eloquent over its excellencies. 



State Fair in Georgia. 



Dr. Trimble moved that a committee of three be appointed to 

 represent the Farmer's Club of the American Institute, at the State 

 Fair of Georgia, to be held at Macon on the 11th inst. Carried. 



The following committee was appointed : Dr. Issac P. Trimble, 

 Mr. Solon Robinson, Mr. K N. Halsted. 



"Wash for Apple Trees. 

 Mr. W. P. Gates, Windham, Conn. — Will you allow me to ask two 

 or three questions, more or less ? Prof. Mapes recommended sal. 

 soda as a wash for apple trees. Why is it preferable to potash for 

 the same purpose ? "Will an application of gypsum, say two bushels 

 per acre annually, supply sufiicient lime for an orchard just beginning 

 to bear, the land being a potash soil ? Would an application of salt, 

 about three bushels to the acre, be a benefit sufiicient to pay the expense ? 

 I manage my canker worms in this way : Take a band of rye straw, 



