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Mr. Glover will undertake to make the large fruits for one 

 dollar eachj and the smaller for somewhat less. 



Vice President Pell moved that this club request the American 

 Institute to award the gold medal to Mr. Glover, and request 

 him to furnish the Institute with a written statement of the 

 varieties of fruit, that it may be printed in the transactions of 

 the Institute. 



Messrs. Nash and Chandler seconded the motion. Carried 

 unanimously. 



Mr. Glover presented some Louise Bon de Jersie pears to taste. 

 These pears were taken from the tree in September last. Without 

 proper care they will hardly keep more than a month. These 

 have been kept, by a special method, by Mr. Curtis, of Boston. 

 Raised by F. Tudor, at Nahant. 



Gen. Chandler called the attention of the Club to the business 

 of the 1st and 8th of April next. He moved that the annual 

 distribution of seeds, grafts, plants, cuttings and Indian corn, 

 commence on the 1st of April, and the subject of cattle be the 

 exclusive one for the 8th of April. 



Mr. Nash moved the publication of the last circular of the 

 American Institute relative to the Farmers' Club. Carried. 



The club adjourned. 



H. MEIGS. 



American Institute, 

 Farmers^ Club, ^pril 1;?^, 1851. 



President Tallmadge in the chair. Henry Meigs, Secretary, 



CORN AS AN ARTICLE OF rOOD. 



The President observed that as the subject for discussion was 

 the preparation of Indian Corn for food, he called upon Mr. J. R. 

 Stafford to speak of his new methods. 



Mr. J. R. Stafford — Gentlemen : Having been invited by your 

 honorable secretary to take part in the discussion on Indian corn. 



