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raugus, Orleans, Genesee, Allegany, Monroe, Livingston, Steuben, 

 Ontario, Wayne, Yates, Seneca, Chemung, Tompkins, Cayuga, 

 Oswego, Tioga, Onondaga, and Cortland, are embraced. 



A constitution and laws are adopted. One dollar a year for 

 membership, and life membership for ten dollars. At the Sep- 

 tember meeting in Euflfalo, Mr. P. Earry, g-^neral chairman of the 

 fruit committees in these nineteen counties, stated, that as derived 

 from the returns made to him, there in twenty-three counties now 

 included. Four thousand acres occupied as nurseries of fruit 

 trees. And that in these w^ere contained ten thousand young 

 trees on each acre, thus showing /or/y millions of them, of which 

 one-fourth part would annually be set out. An interesting 

 enquiry immediately arises — What portion of these ten millioiis 

 reach successful hearing ? On discussion it seems that great 

 numbers are lost for want of proper attention. The president is 

 John S. Thomas, of Macedon. The sectetary, J. B. Eaton, of 

 Eufialo. 



An excellent address was delivered by President Thomas. He 

 said that after fair examination of the vast family of pears, only 

 eleven were agreed upon as best for us to cultivate. And of 

 these all but the Seckel and. Bartlett had dissenting votes. He 

 alluded to the great convention of fruit growers, assembled by 

 the American Institute, in New-York, in 1848, who came to the 

 above judgment. 



He mentions the benign eifect of the lakes, Seneca, Cayuga, 

 Canandaigua, Skaneateles, Onondaga and others, in intercepting 

 the cold winds from the western prairies, because the most of 

 these lakes never freeze over. In 15 years, he had known but one 

 peach crop to fail. 



The colors of the apples grown here, excel those of Pennsylva- 

 nia, Massachusetts or New-Jersey, as well as the excellence of the 

 flesh and glossy surface. 



Dr. Wellington — I was for twelve years in Avretched health, 

 dragging along a weary existence. I had always used salt freely. 

 At last, on considering my case, I determined to try what absti- 

 nence from salt would do for me, and I began gradually to mend, 

 and for the last twelve years have become as you see, as stout 

 as need be. The bears and catamounts, squirrels and birds 

 of my native mountains are strong without one atom of salt. 

 Why not we 1 



The Secretary laid before the Club an interesting pamphlet, 

 just presented to the Institute, being the Proceedings of the Fruit 



