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1862. 



THE ILLINOIS FAKMEE. 



67 



American Pomological Society— Re- 

 vision of the Society's Catalogue of 

 Fruits* 



" At the last meeting of American Pomological 

 Society, held ia Philadelphia on the 11th, 12th 

 and ISih of September, 1860, the following reso- 

 lution was offered by P. Barry, and nnanimouslj 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That, i:: conformity "with the reeom- 

 mendaiions of the President in his annual ad- 

 dress, and of the general chairman of the Frnit 

 committee, Samuel Walker, Esq., at the last 

 meeting of the Society in the City of New York, 

 a local committee of five be appointed in each 

 state end territory, which shall be charged with 

 the duty of preparing a catalogue of the fruits 

 in its own locality,, on the same general plan as 

 the Society's catalogue, due regard being had to 

 soil, climate, position, and other circumstances 

 affecting the tree and fruit, and that the Chair- 

 man of such local committees shall be the Chair- 

 man of the State committee, with power to ap- 

 point his associates. 



Resolved, That a Special Committee be ap- 

 pointed by the Chair at this time, to whom these 

 various Local Committees shall make their report 

 during the year 1851 ; and that such Special 

 Committee be charged with tie duty of compil- 

 ing from the Local Catalogues, prepared by the 

 various Local or State Committees, and from the 

 present Catalogue of the Society, full lists of all 

 the fruits therein named, properly classified and 

 arranged, with due regard to nomenclature and 

 terminology, and shall submit the same at the 

 next biennial session of this Society for its consid- 

 eration and action. 



In compliance of the second resolution, the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen were named by the Chair as 

 the Special Committee : 



P. Barky, Rochester, Kew York. 



J. S. Cabot, Salem, Mass. 



J. A. Warder, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Charles Downixg, Newburgh, New York. 



L E. Berckmans, Augusta, Georgia. 



Wm. Eeid, Elizabethtown, Kew Jersey. 



To which was added, by vote of the Society, 

 Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, the Presidrait."^ 



Having been appointed chairman of the local 

 committee for this state, I have made up the 

 fruit committee as follows : 



A. S. CoE, Port Byron, Bock Island County, 

 J. H. Stewart, Quincy, Adams " 



S. G. MiNKLER, Specie Grove, Kendall " 

 Chas. Colby, South T^aa, Union " 



" The various State committees of this Society, 

 are expected to eubmit accurate and full reports 

 of the condition anS progress of fruit culture 

 within their limits, together with definite answers 

 to each of the following questions : 



What six, twelve and twenty varities of the 

 apple are best adapted to an orchard of one hun~ 

 dred trees for family use, and how vavaj of each 

 Bort should it contain ? 



What varieties and how many of each, are best 

 for an orchard of one thousand trees, designed to 

 bear frnit for the market ? 



What six and twelve varities of the pear are 

 best for family use t on pear stock ? what on 

 quince stock? What varities and how many of 

 each are best adapted to a pear orchard of one 

 hundred or of one thousand trees ? 



What are the best six and twelve varities of the 

 peach ? What are the best varieties and how 

 many of each are best adapted to a peach orchard 

 of one hundred or one thousand trees ? 



Answers to these questions should li) made 

 from reliable experience, and with refe.'ence to 

 the proximity aiid remoteness of the mf rket.. 



It is desirable' that the several reports beseiri 

 to me at an early day ; that a full repoFt for the 

 State committee be made as reqoireif,. a moBtla 

 before the annual meeting to thie geaeral com- 

 mittee, that they may be esskbJed t» make up & 

 full report. 



It is of importance thjat t&e members of tie 

 committee go to work,, irrespectively, place (Aeir 

 State in its true po&itioo \s a great friiiS grow- 

 ing State. Reporta sbouM be directed to 



M. L. D^TNiAT, 



Chairman. 

 The following will explain itself: 



M. L. DrottAP-, Chairman of Local. State. Fruit 

 CoseMiTTEE. Dear Sir : — ^At the last meetirg of 

 the American Pomological Society, held in Phil- 

 adelphia on the 11th, 12th and 13th September 

 last (1800), action was taken apon the revision 

 O'f the Society's fruit catalogue, as will be seen 

 from the subjoined extract from the proceediugs^ 

 and the undersigned were appointed a speeiaL 

 committee to receive the reports or catalogues of 

 local or State committees, classify and arrange 

 the same, and snbmit them to the Society at its 

 nest biennial session, to be held in Boston in 1862. 



It is therefore our duty to request yoa, as 

 Chairman in your State, to organize your commit- 

 tee and enter upon the work of preparing your 

 catalogue at once, so that it may be transmitted 

 to us sometime during the ensuing year, 1862, 

 as provided in the resolution. 



In preparing your report or catalogue, you 

 will please observe that the arrangement of the 

 present catalogue of the Society is to be followed 

 as closely as possible, giving, — 



1st, A list of varieties/suitable for general cul- 

 tivation in your State, or such other region or 

 district of country as your committee represents; 



2d, A list of such new or newly introduced 

 varities as promise well ; 



3d, A list of such as are known to be valuable 

 for such purposes, — as for marketing, or for par- 

 ticular soils and localities only. 



It is the design and aim of the Society to make 

 its catalogue so coraprekensive and accurate that 

 it may become the stanikird of American Pomol- 

 ogy ; hence it is important that committees exer- 



