OF THE 



SECOND CONGRESS OF FRUIT GROWERS, 



CONVEKED CTJJDEa THE AUSPICES OF THB 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE, 



IN THE CITY OF NEW YOM, 1849. 



' FIRST Y)kY.— Tuesday^ October 2, 1849. Morning Session. 



The Congress was called to order at 11 o'clock, by the Hon. 

 Marshall P. Wilder, of Massachusetts, the President, who took 

 the chair. Messrs. S. B. Parsons, of Flushing, P. Barry, of Ro- 

 chester, and Georqe Deacon, of Burlington, N. J., Secretaries, ap- 

 peared in their places. 



The Chair called upon such of llip Vice Presidents as were pre- 

 sent to take seats upon the platform, and then observed, that hs 

 believed there were several Presidents and Vice Presidents of Horti- 

 cultural Societies, in attendance, other than the Vice Presidents of 

 this Congress. It was moved and voted tha^ they likewise be invited 

 to assume seats upon the stand. 



The President then said he was happy to meet, this morning, so 

 many delegates in attendance, with whom he had the pleasure of 

 shaking hands last year, and he was very happy also to meet the new 

 delegates — gentlemen who had come up from various quarters, some 

 of them from the far West, to aid in the deliberations of the Congress, 

 and assist, by their knowledge and experience, in the efforts to pro- 

 mote the spread of Pomological tScience in the country. The field 

 was a wide one, and no doubt it would be well filled. But he would 

 not take up any more of the time of the Congress by remarks of his 

 own, since it was already past the hour when it should have assembled, 

 and it was important to proceed to business. The Secretaries had in 

 their hands certificates and credentials from various parts of the 

 country, and if there were any not yet handed in, now was the time 

 to present them. 



