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and want picking about that time, and will keep nearly as well with me 

 as the Greening." 



Mr. Moore thinks that a free use of such apples would greatly improve 

 the health of people. 



The members present, after tasting Mr. Moore's apple, expressed them- 

 selves favorably toward it, but did not think it superior to some well 

 known sorts. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — It is a good apple, but not as good as the Tall- 

 man Sweet, the flesh of which is more solid, and it flourishes excellently in 

 this vicinity. 



The Chairman. — I think that there is a deficiency of fall apples this 

 year. 



Prof Mapes. — I saw, the other day, at a fruit dealer's, Gilliflowers selling 

 at $1.12 per barrel. This variety is now fit to eat. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — I do not know of any sweet apple that is quite as 

 good as the one which I have several times shown here, which I found 

 growing upon my place without a name. Its only fault is its small size. 



The Chairman. — I think the Golden Sweeting, in its season, the best that 

 grows. 



Mr. Carpenter. — In this vicinity I should recommend the planting of early 

 or very late varieties. Fall apples do not in general produce such high 

 prices as early or late kinds. 



Barometers, their Construction, Cost, Use and Utility. 



Dr. C. S. Osgood furnishes the following information about barometers. 

 He says: 



"What does your Club, or anybody that has used theni, think of their 

 utility to farmers ? and shall I tell what their first cost is ? But no mat- 

 ter, farmers in general ought to be told that it costs more to beat an under- 

 standing of the value and utility of things of this kind into their heads, so 

 as to get them willing to pay for it, than it does to make it for them. 

 Agents usually get about 33 per cent, for selling such articles, and make 

 little enough at that, as I know by experience. I presume it costs as 

 much more to properly advertise a new or little known article like the 

 barometer, thus leaving the manufacturer but one-third the retail price 

 for furnishing materials, making, risk, care, profit, &c., so that none 

 need be surprised at the statement that all the essentials of a perfect 

 barometer of the very best kind, and of whatever price, do not cost 

 one dollar. The essentials hardly include the case at all, as all that is 

 essential in that respect is a piece of board to hold the apparatus to. 

 All there is of the least utility to a perfect land weather-indicating 

 barometer is, and costs at wholesale, as follows, viz: A glass tube about 

 one-half inch outside and one-sixteenth inch inside diameter, about thirty- 

 six inches long, closed at one end, at twenty-five cents or fifty cents per 

 pound. About one-half pound mercury, at about fifty-eight cents per 

 pound. A small cup of any fine grained, seasoned wood, case of any kind, 

 opened or closed, and a movable pointer or index, all necessarily costing 

 but a few cents. The scale and vernier are of no use in pi'ognosticating 

 the weather. They are ornamental, and of use in determining altitudes, 



