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MOOKS'S IUGFRAL KBW-YORKEH. 



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tHORtiCULTORA^ 



ring Meeting of the "JVui 



img*c 



rbcld aitbiss. 





The ■' ftviMM la^y IfrrticuUvml Socifty 

 changed UlC ilny for ils exhibition from (be 24th 1 

 lb»2-1d nit., in order that the M#ft Grower* migl 

 exhibit their fruit in the ffartirultural Ball, an 

 by this combination of both fruits and flower 

 made one of the most attractive exhibitions evt 

 men in Rochester at this season of the year. T 1 " 3 

 excellent judgment of the officer was show 

 iherepulu; for a more numerous assembly o 

 lovera of Floba and Pomona, was never b 

 congregated in Rochester. 



Homing Session. 



The meeting n as colled to order at about 10 A 

 and the minutes of the Annual Meeting (otb of 

 nary) were read by the Secretary, and on mi 

 were approved as read. 



The Secretary rend some subjects which 

 sent in by members for discussion. 



On motion of P. Barry, seconded by W. B 

 Smith, the Chairman nominated Messrs. Barrt, 

 TowNSEKti and Aixswonrn a Committee to select, 

 prepare, and report eubjreU for dUrvtric 

 while the Committee were out an interchange of 

 opinions was had as to the propriety of having the 

 Committer select subjects for discussion at the Sep- 

 tember ujneting, and advise the Secretary of the 

 • .ii, < . i, i.i before (be middle of August, in ordei 

 that full notice might bo given to members ivha 

 would be the lending topics to be brought up ot tb< 

 .September session. It was not intended [hat tbit 

 should preclude the appointment of the usual Com- 

 mittee on subjects ai each nu-eiiug, b*it only that 

 members might feel that there were some promi- 

 nent topics which would engage their attention, 

 and also might realize that from the moment ol 

 organizing business was luid out for the meeting, 

 and the oral subject that would be introduced. 



P. Haurt objected to having the work and discus- 

 sions of the Society laid out for months beforehand, 

 because the desire was that when any subject wa> 

 brought up, each member should relate the tfmpli 

 jW« of his own experience. There should be nc 

 tempt al ion Li investigate the savings of others and 

 give long det mis of him say ei idonce. If the mem- 

 bers were notified for months beforehand what 

 were to be Hit subjects brought up, this temptation 

 would be very strong. 



Otbei members felt that the wai 

 would interest the public, and" that 



flinns. Also, thjit those desiring to hear the expe- 

 rience of our fruit growei-s on special topics would 

 i" |,;ii iii-Lilurly induced to attend the meetings, by 

 knowing (bat these topics were to be freely and 

 thoroughly discussed. 



A motion lo nominate n Committee to prepare 

 beforehand subjects to be discussed at ibe Septem- 



l»-r.»eh«nd pi,,,,"., ,! ,.,. n,.. ,„.. 



Question First, 

 Are there any bmtjlte to be derived., 



of rinplr,,,, I, ■.,.,!, ,-,. (,,-..-,//,,;,,, ,| 



vinet and if *>,**** are they i 



s I! AivswoiiTn saw gropes eibibited at the 

 meeting of this Society last full, by 

 his. Mr. Pm-K, of nioomUel.l, ivlu.l, wer,- -,, ]. lt -,- 

 aa lo attract great attention, 

 been taken out from the bark of 

 bunch, and the result, in the inc 

 very apparent. 



W !\ TowxautD recalled 

 gentlemen Who were at the 

 AaHeutturat Society at B<>f, 

 Chautauqiie county exhibited 

 grapes wutofa so fax exceeded uuy thing else shown 

 there as to attract universal attention, and 

 appeal lo Mr. Doww 



) the recollection of 



meeting of the State 



), that a person from 



e specimens of 



r called the Isabella. 

 t half larger than the 

 "inquiry ffftS made as 



the raricly wbi 

 These grapes were fully oi 

 usual size, and a good deal 

 to how they happened to become 

 found, upon investigation, that the tine upon 

 "'■'■ || Uufl grew stood near the corner <,f the 

 house, whore there was a good deal of passing, 

 and [he portion of the vine which produced 

 them had been accidentally so broken as to rup- 

 ture the vessels conveying the return sap from 

 the leaves. The balance of the crop was of the 

 usnat sited ImbiUas, but this particular portion of 

 the vine produced these large grapes. Tins is by 

 r>o means a new practice. We read that iu Prance 

 ' " "" "' , '" Practice ringing, annually, whereby 

 sire of the berry is very much increased, aud 

 hrfruit ,s npened (ron, one to two weeks earlier 



;';*;;,/; '^z wou,d * M - y nci s hbor p *"™. 



.| M k .4 n ' '«- * " trin 8 "ound a branch of a 



M U1M »ue crop wi 

 in ibt and battened in maturity 



I bare questioned as to 

 thr effect upon the crop of the next 

 b«Mh« UliM by ringing. 



Mr TWlfSKNC thought that where vim., 

 trained and pruned according to the reneu Zaf 

 tern.. here could be no possible injurious eflit'Je 

 c*n«e the branches which were ligated were ihr, 

 whveb were to be removed the fame autumn wb,i 

 ■ which were depended upon forbear 

 |°t(rnfllh« next year eooN ootpoesil 

 ™*."** *V were not operand upon in any -„ ' 



tSamwaatnBnBkloal 



„_ „ Su,e S«irty referred to, and wa. upon ti„. 



-■"iiLMr.T.uvv-.Mi I 



trapes i», thai although they wet, 



■ exhibited, they were BUrll 



inry grapes. 



i creased 



..uld b. 



uugbt to do the 

 rWu who owned 



is effect resulted 

 remarked 

 County Fair,*Qa 



Dchee ofgrepee 



,ierk<:llv •■ 



know wbal"v B arieiy of grape lbe> wert 

 nobodv br>tifv ( <il (hat Ibe habdla could l.e -■ lar-o 

 Th- y were upon the premises of F. B PaCK, who 

 icul eiaminatioD of the vine to find 



what caused such e 





_ . driloftl 

 entwined itself chisel; around the vi 

 vented much of the growth of the plai 

 and ibe whole forte of the vine went inti 

 which were very ripe, i 

 This was the only fruit t 

 was perfectly ripe — so tl 

 of the vine did in ibis case hasten the ripe 







winch - 



ipened up perfectly, whih 



9 became accident all; mrd- 

 ond the n' ■(■ni.-iit. 



ORTH brought to mind 

 » bunches were more t 

 ;he reBt of his grapes, i 



resulL Immediately after the fruit bad set was 

 the proper time to perform it. Agnin, too lorge a 

 circle of the bark must .not be removed, else the 

 operation will kill both vine and fruit. There was 

 an uld gardener iu Geneva who had practiced tlu- 

 for a long time, and always with very evident 

 ■ fleet, both ai to the size and the earliness of the 

 fruit. 



I>r. Spescb, of Vatescounly, inquired of Judge 

 Lano worth v whetlier in view <;\ ibe fact that gird- 

 ling the peach and apple produced an abnormal 

 condition of the branch, lie con-idered the advnn- 

 in^e- untlieientln recommend it us a steady practice. 

 L. B. Laxqwohtiii hud girdled a gi'eat inuny liiub* 

 of peach trees, but considered the limb lust, and 

 removed il after the fruit was perfected id the fall 

 Early ]Iarv>.,*t Applet were produced of very fine 



Th.- If.-rticUural Society of Pilris 

 taken by the specimens wh'- L — 

 fore them, ibut ihey 8 



o the mode of its perfor 



was well known 

 Mr. Em 



Engli-li i 



and ii 





quite favorably, if under suitabl 





- of partial i 



Mr Ri 



uieiuliiti'in. II.- was not convinced that 

 operation that is tu be recommended for general 

 practice. It dues mid to the size of the fruit, and 

 certainly does hapten the matin il\ . but it dots nut 

 mipiove the quiilitv. n lnle I here is preat danger of 

 H- iiijiii-inrj- the rest of the fruit, and it does injure 

 th- roots of the plant. It run be performed upon 



•'•' :•>■• | '" wi'h ' •■■ iiiipniiil >■ 1 1 1.. 1 1 o|m.j. uny orlno- 



pJnn', heennsc tto- vin" mrtkes new wrmd m. easily 

 The question befuie the meeting is an intorestnig 



t Ixvckport vine 

 killed. Those 

 the top. Upon 



. dead as vines could be, 

 ma!1aroun<i'it*,r,- kill- 





iths. Tne llcbeeca s< 

 riUutand ■nddan an 



ripen up for weeks 



riulent changes of te 

 nity. 



S H. At.v-woKTii, ot Ontario county, said that 

 in las Tineiurd. be bad the Lha„a, 7,aMla, ]U- 

 bteta. Concord, A'orthern Muscadine, Charter Oak, 

 Ac , Ac, and ib.it ihe I&bttoa ITU ihe only vine 

 winch stood unharmed— Dot a leaf touched, white 



(.. questions, he unit the R/bw.ca* were within two 

 side by side, and 



Hii 



.0,1,1,0- 



oi.<) r 



jured, altlioncb standing (ai 



i which \ 



ounty, had | 

 ...ng the/'/.ir 

 ct ot Ihe fr. 



budly 



. C„„.„rd. Ae., ull Mood equally eipo-i 

 ' t touched at a 

 y that any su 

 i the others. In i 



Impi ■■ I 



Dr. S 



be touched, with me; and sc 

 showed, it semed, iu this freeze, 1 



nied if 

 there sbouhl he imminent danger of 

 laying down do any 



nd S. H. Ai: 



in this fn 

 ) hurt Ibe 



any other spring 



jdr" 



both replied 



The rremdenl, B. Hodoi 



.itbout fire heat. Near the lake, 



H. N. Laniwifthv remarked that particular at- 

 tention should be paid to hardiness in winter. We 



wui. I such us nroiliM ■■ berries of .- ] si/e, oi" hi-h 



color, of fine flavor, and such as are lirm in (le-.li, 

 to War carnage to market. Also, sorts which have 

 strong loot-stalks to keep up the berries from the 

 dirt' keepiug the hemes clean and bright Without 

 the trouble of mulching. 



L. B. Langwohthy bad found Wilton's Albany 

 the greatest bearer; considered it the mutt nrn- 



iliielin', and it iv n« oi | [ 



that T, i.,,n r h- ,1. I, : would tall 



ill exhibit and report tbc results of theii cvjieri 

 iciils at Ihe September meeting of the Frui 

 Irowtrjt Society, 

 Mk. Ti'WSsim. hoped that members would rx 

 I'liinent and give us their results Could no 

 uite agree with the gentleman a.s to the injnrlou 



by girdling and t 

 the sap, Ibe only loss 

 development of the t"i 



— If there beany good i 

 ■■ Mention [,.i Hie <',•!, in 



pital thin 



t all, its application 1 



a fortnight in "the matin ny of the ben 



iled wire, and Ihe result's will 



-■men. Most of us never saw a ripe Catawba 



, and : I by this operation 



IliiowN Swtii hoped the members would all 



Question Second, 



year's crop: also, that ull this 

 — 1 totally killed. In Steui 



frost had been ver 

 had resulted as i 



car'sgrowthof woo. 





Lake which 



entirely killed. Tbi: 



''^effects'." In wmo e cas g e°s V l ; t ri lnjurea Th] 



"d ni,,st sheltered, amlleavinptl,,. biuhesl 

 posed, li ii . 1 least sheltered spots entireli 



■d.— in other cases killing the highest-..: 

 hing ihe lowest. Sometimes the em 



Crooked Lake, the 



lowest 



■ kill the phi. 



exposed, and in others the circulation of ihe 

 teemed to be tbeonly preservation. The effect 

 n neict year's crop cannot but be injurious, for 

 wood already made Sa entirely killed, and the 

 Jfornijjl year's crop uUf toatand "tlS 

 ier. 1 he vines Lave commenced sending out 

 M ' '"* btforc 6Uud ' the y ^e very 



I.eJhoVj^iTe'^u'VV^'''^'- 1 ,' 1 '" thP C ° M ° f 

 seemed very ft n. ji>i i ur in juin,,,,,;, 'Vo'-.n'oe 

 laee» nothing b»h kil'ed thai »", a oiei i^o'n'^t 



uny a ptath basket turned ovtt in 

 tirly ,,f e . • 

 l»i S, i sce bad noticed that lho»t 



"s bud remained ui.ti.inned. while ' 



DgUpODlh 



e, and w 

 Mr. L. 



uke a good crop in 

 is tare that the berry did not 

 spoke of the grent Palmyra 

 Ir. SronnARn, of Palmyra, once 

 enormous size, got up quite tn 

 e plants, sold off nil the plants 







■ boies wiih Wil 



ir. J+abody' 

 better with J 

 other persons, and he cousid 



or Uoe^'t 



■ c...ri ;lu ,| v 



a kind of mulching which he had tried a 



■ I 



.try n 



> alternate I 



iog boll t 



bav- 

 plants each 



wn"ite sand.) each fall spread a quantity of this, ny 

 to Ihe dcplh ol half au inch over the part of the 

 laud which be wished to protect. It acted as a 



mo-l excellent iiiu'rh, protecting from the 



■ lie bellies clean, 6 



ig a sort ol n-newsl system, i 

 ii ■> supplied with new plat 

 "i took a quantity of 



■ougbly, (.the freez 



-, and assisted in keeping 



hike sand 



c h. no. 



I stated his mode ol" etiltiv; 



yeai plowed i: 



S.:arht, in 

 found the 

 ises very well indeed, for 



nil respects >:-.pi,it 



rket purposes it had beei 



f, for preserving, is always in demand and 



capital market berry. // 



i ii any oerry would produce 



e for held culture. It ripened 

 nlier tbau Burr 1 ! A T eu> Pint, 



: earlier than Ilot-y* Seidluaj. 



perlluous, and rake them off us he v 

 Hi. I not ollen thin out abed before 

 after ti.e planting. Fur a feittlizer 



■ry highly llavored, but « 



it very | 

 U.on-.l, , 

 for fuse. 



s may be that he fruetilies 



■ plunt--, and the [.isttllalei 



ucdve, highly flavored, and 

 ' ! pistillate 



he sup plied by the hermaphrodite ph 



sof ll 



rge._ 



uingle: 



I. |. ;olll\ 



uis, that 



isl, pollen in 

 tilled he hud 

 es, from the 

 e rod of land. 



superior to that of the cultivated. Now, tb 

 pends very much unoii the condition of the ( 

 We all remember those travolei s who were ( 

 ing the Kocky Mountains a few summers a"o, and 

 ' " * were tbc 

 lich they 



.nd when the fruit 



ultivaied thetn'with gte 



t tasted fresh fruit for a long t: 

 -'i half-Indian fare, and 



esce thought no water ought to be in any 

 fined in any basin under the roots of 



mi! then put water upon the lop ol the 



planls. Irrigat 



"-uit might,! ■ 



M <; Wa 



f Early Scarier, then I 



e productive than tin 

 r superior to the Ifoek 



rows of ifcAroy't No 



I ballot was 



uwlienies for market purposes, and as to which 

 the members thought best loi amateur cnlttva 

 i. These ballots showed a pretty wnJ.- range o| 



u ii.in, all lion.: I, all united upon I'.-uii, ,S\ nil ,'and 



7 cti'f Al'ar,//, win. h Inn were upon every bal 



//oofcr receive. I 11 votes, !!■.,, ,,', S. ..{ii,,., ].., 



while others found i 



the plant?, ami what iu tbc berries 



cultivate our vines in the proper i 



everything be done according to some system, und 



we shall have results which shall tatoi 



who just go along liap-haiard, anyhow, and who 



*re oonaeqnentlv always 



their berries. 



ug bad tuck with 



' ';'-V"'7.' ".''-,:"" f, -°*- , "^''''' /; ■ 



p wlh) This spring. 1W8. the b, 1()a Lad swelled 

 as usual and seemed ,,,ul, «,, j. ,,,.,,. T)l , [nil , 

 hods, vu be 2 au lo unfold .ami then all .■;j,, ,d - - 

 i:, :■ 



tree until near to Ihe ground, and root und U then 

 is all dead aud bo* the appearane*^ ba«iu B been 

 dead for a year. The point where ihe bark changes 

 from green aud bruin lo brown, i- sometimes 

 above und sometimes below the point of junction 

 between the pear stock and tt.,e gmti. The wood 



could find n 



sect having been there. Mad brought lo the So- 



ei.-tv some of (he stomps of the trees, ami Wished 



•l»»v 



Mfmii o 



Disease is 



parlicnliir kind of soil ; 



county , had seen it 



Never found the tre 



the ground, except 



would be green abo 



1 confined to Yates 



I spot of the bark 

 dollar would bo dead, but all 



ie. The fun her supply and circulate 

 ap is of course stopped. There remai 

 f sap in the bark aud body of the trt 

 be fruit buds aud leaf buds comment 

 nd to keep the bark green. 

 W. P. Town-send had suffered more 

 everal years from the various I'ortnsof 

 nd there are ulwavs some quite singul 

 nces in every case of the disease. Ii 

 tonces branches will be dead while u 

 ;reen nnd apparently thrifty above i 



ALVAU Covey bad losl Cherry In es in the Sam 



way. Two Xapolton hi'jarrtau. trees died lui 

 year, and upon digging them up found Unit Hi 



e the meeting. Disease h 



"— rees, by an - 



, tlioiiylit l 



the stumps shown by Dr. Spexcb, that there n 



tiiething in the soil n 



I' the pen- Hit, or there had n 



lurebesliHM.il upon the I rees ; thought 



rly Am lund sustuiniiiE the trees need- 

 Coiihl sec by Ihe tree* here shown 

 ) good growth, — 

 ..... ,. t ,| ro ; Dn n c 





tap roots from penclrutiog it and doing well i 

 Mr. Uoahdman hud hud trees die under prec 

 .Ithough standing ov 



my trees by the samt 



I had laid it In the freezm*!I and tba' 



]!. IIoiii.i. had noticed sol 



Iniinheil standard pi ar 

 caused by an excess of wi 

 shape of this land was t 



ol 1 "" ll "f; » r-lire at 



alike in their effect upon 



>ed exactly with hi 



of Walworth, hud planted two 



-rfectly astonishing, bo 

 " " acticeof the f 



s upon the pla 



• and quantity. The practice of the gar- 



variely which made hut few 

 of the strength of the vine went to tht 

 Juski'h 1 'most hud found the eariies 

 be raised to be the Jenjvy hind. The 

 good size, and always 



und the u 



strawberre 



eiry was ..| 



t Early Sav- 



ui, nuicu was a very desirable iii.u kit i|uahty, and 

 beside- It was sule to I, induce a better crop. 



J. J. Tiiokas strongly advocated large aud good 

 looking ben tea, in order to ensure ■ quick side \i 





'ulo market wiih rapidity at; 

 other sorts were slow at 10 i 



II .E llnohER thought \Y:>;,i,\- .l/i,,,, v an |„„, r 

 y other sort, it cultivated u- those other 



ing the whole ground, and let run. 



r Thom. 



Looking at I 

 Hr. Si'ksck woiihi cull iittetitiou 



I ■ ■■ ■■! I" I.:.' I.,e-,.d Is. 



surface of the grr. 



suLoL' ' 



prevented the growth of the lap r 

 pends upon the condition of the ear 

 alternate freezing and thawing is a 

 to the trees. Had lost a great a 

 day, but never had any die where 



at the call o'f the Council. 



P. Barry, of Ituchesler, recalled 

 ol Mr. S'uru that when the Socletv 



It was the F.iit! Oi 



y-.'k, and that it was uudersi.,"d 

 -liould alternate between Svr.ic.i-( 

 born, Buffalo. I.uckj.orl and K'"-''»" 



giving to Hochester 





1 to amend by substituting 



„ Geneva, would he very glad 

 tV iu (heir village; would enter- 

 be-i of their ability, could give 

 ■ - he knew 

 together; 



that although they had as- 



fur the meeting; hut he k 

 hey could no' cet us. great 

 ould not ' 



embh-d'at Buffalo. Syracuse, ic, that their larj 

 nd pleusantest meetings had always heeu heb 



i.utid-er of 



spoke briefly, i 



