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List of Apples.-'— iSm??????c7- — Large Yellow Bough, Early Harvest, 

 Red Astracan and American Summer Pearman. Autumn — Jersey Sweet- 

 ing, Poster, Hawley, Gravenstein. Winter — Rhode Island Greening, 

 Hubbardston, Nonsuch, Baily Sweeting, Baldwin. 



Geo. Geddes, of Onondaga. — I saw in Mr. Yeoman's garden, in Walworth, 

 Wayne county, Virgalieu pears so badly cracked as to be utterly worthless. 

 This is due to something in his soil. A third of an acre of the Duchess 

 d'Angouleme, produced a crop that sold for $500. One barrel full con- 

 tained only 168 pears. Dwarf pears in Western New York are about being 

 cultivated very extensively. I failed in my first effort, but I have found 

 that I can grow dwarf pears successfully, and am going to plant 4,000 

 trees this spring. I dig my holes for pear trees all over the lot; that is, 

 I dig all the land very deep. 



Mr. Fuller objects to recommending the Glou Morceau pear ; it is not 

 generally successful. 



R. G. Pardee. — Mr. Yeomans trenched and prepared his land for pears, 

 in the best manner, and planted at first 5,000. His first stock was princi- 

 pally Virgalieu, and all failed to produce good fruit, while in all the coun- 

 try around, the same sort succeeded well. Bartlett's also cracked badly, 

 from some deficiency in the soil. As a rule, never use coarse, unfermented 

 manure upon any fine, fibrous-rooted trees. It is much more important to 

 dig the soil well, than it is to apply manure, in the cultivation of fruit. 



John G. Bergen. — In regard to the Bartlett pear cracking, I am scep- 

 tical. I think that the universal testimony is in favor of the Bartlett 

 growing sound, and I think that Mr. Pardee must have been mistaken 

 about this sort cracking at Walworth. 



Mr. Pardee explained that the Bartlett does often fail upon the quince 

 stock, but not upon pear stocks. 



Mr. Doughty, of New Jersey, referred to a very marked failure in that 

 State, of the Bartlett upon quince stocks, and a great success upon the 

 same spot with the Bartlett upon pear stocks. 



Mr. Geddes. — I found in Mr. Yeoman's trees, that at the point of junc- 

 ture of the pear-scion and quince stock, they were of the same size. I at- 

 tribute this to the fact that the trees were planted so deep that the joint is 

 beneath the surface of the ground, so that roots can start from the scion as 

 well as from the stock. 



All persons present agreed that it was important to plant dwarf pear 

 trees from one to four inches below the graft. 



Subject for next meeting : " Corn Planting, Spring Planting and Prun- 

 ing." The Club adjourned to next Monday. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



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