SEPT. 25. 



MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 



311 



<BxthmH and ®ux&tn. 



THE AJJEEICiK POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

 Tn» American Penological Society held its 

 Beventh Season In New York, commencing on 

 the Uth ins'., and continuing three daja. Three 

 sessions were held on each of the «rst twodaya, ihe 

 last one protracted until quite late, and two on the 

 last day,— ao tout with examination* of the fruit on 

 ejihlbltloD. in a hall In the lame bmldlng, all the 

 time was completely employed, and «ry little op- 

 portunity afforded for necessary real or refresh- 

 ment Tblawaa emphatically a working Conveu- 

 tion— there wss no tva^, or anything of the kind 

 to call the attention of membera from their proper 

 work— and nothing abort of eleven or twelve honra 

 hard labor each day wonld satisfy the President, 

 who has a, very superior faculty for Uadbig a 



The attendance was not large, numbering at no 

 time more than two hnndred, and these were prin 

 clpally membera and delegates from the country, 

 and a few men of taste from around New York.— 

 The city people seemed to Uke no interest fn the 

 exhibition, and we do not think one in a thousand 

 heard of it, aod certainly not one In twenty thou- 

 sand tboogbt enough of the matter to take a look 

 at the exhibition of fruits or a seat In the Conven- 

 tion. At one time we Baw three ladies in the hull 

 room examining the specimens, and nt another, 

 two, At a " Hop," at the St Nicholas, we saw a 

 hundred, perhaps. Among the delegates and mem- 



diaUnt StateB were represented— 

 North Carolina and Georgia, Ohio and Michigan, 

 very ably. We do hope that at the next eession, 

 two years from the preBcnt time, the West will be 

 well represented. It in not asking too much of the 

 fruit growers and norserymen of the West, to give 

 as the light of their countenances and their knowl 

 edge, once in two years. And then, should they 

 attend, In large numbers, and ask it, we have no 

 doubt the session for IBM would be appointed at 

 the West, either at Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, 

 or Chicago. Among the many excellent men pres- 

 ent wai the venerable Nicholas Lonowohtb, of 



Olnd 



The 



his t 



the President was received with loud and long- 

 continued applause, which showed bow atrouc a 

 hold this devoted pomologlat has upon the hearts 

 of the fruit growers of the country. Us shows 

 signs of fecblent .-s. May the evening of his life be 

 ua peaceful as its noon baa been useful. 



There seemed but two drawbacks to the usefulness 

 and interest of the meeting, which we hope to see 

 corrected In future, and that was the extreme 

 modesty of tboee who had a good deal of knowl- 

 edge of the subjects discussed, and the extreme 

 icant of modesty of some who had but very little 

 knowledge, and seemed anxioua to make a great 

 show of that little; and, therefore, thought it 

 necessary to rise and bore the Convention with re- 

 marks at every convenient and inconvenient oppor- 

 tunity. These new bands, who seem desirous to 

 ahow themselves, should learn that forwardness Is 

 a poor substitute for sense, and that it is bad policy 

 to spread a very llltlo knowledge over so largo a 

 surface. 



The exhibition of fruit was Baid lo be the beat 

 over made in New York, and it was certainly very 

 fine, Ab we expoct to be furnished by the officers 

 with a list of the fruits exhibited, our notes on this 

 point may not be entirely full, thoogh they are very 

 nearly ao. The collection of applee from North 

 Carolina was exceedingly fine and fair. 





fowniend, Lockport, J 



3r»nt, of loiu. exhibited v 

 i»T«r«. CUwba, Rebecca, , 

 - ad other K «pM. 

 r.T. M --t; n . l( .ri:-n..ibt,>«D.N 



■ «r»(**. embracing Inbell* 



and to perform 



have completed their 

 of the Amnio*!* ~ 



'"""■ii ajuaowuin, 



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presiding officer. Ten years 



coar*esinceihQ 0t gBni za( j on 



Poxologicil Soctett, i n this 



y enlighten and bless 

 deplore the loss 

 1 and genius 

 the progress 

 I Arts, we wonld acknowledge with pro. 



i fur the advtnct 



i original law of labor required n 

 d keep the girden." so his prlmiti 

 a the fi mi of its trees — of ad it 



' with inimitable wisdom and love, pro- 



sbonld have been reserved for the present 



ry, for onr own time and country, of giving 



Diet j In theworld? 



us no! infer, that our ancee- 



nd the generations which preceded ihem. did 



liltle or nothing to Improve this part of their in- 



■ 

 TK- representative arts of ancient Egvpt. eon-:>.a 



ua. .-.I i 

 _ »to, and 

 fruit, the pel i . 



Cato, and Virgil n 



jit-trees; Xeniphon. 

 ng other varieUea of 

 lUmerattng the fruits 



and grapes, to which the soil of Italy was then, and 

 \, Btfli specially adapted. He also speaks of Beve- 

 ral other kinds of frnib>, and of the perfection 



■, date back only t 



iiddle of 



previously embraced 



ral and Ari\- -iltu-.il 



greatly advaneed by the 



tuintinyi 



Moris, Knight, and other scientific 



" ope and America. But the eifi 



progress is the power of voluntary 



e great engine which propels the ( 



mprovement Its wonder working agency ap- 



n the ;: 







Since the organization of this Society in ISdULltfl 

 ? tiio establishment of 

 :iety In London; tbe 



mple has been followed by the establishment c 



the British Pomologi 



working in harmony for 



particular locality 

 n. These, throogl 

 the influence of tbe Horticultural and Agricultural 

 troducing fruit culture, from the Cana- 



lin.: f 



The lai 



B which c 



r: t'.ieti 



and Washington, already rival, and, in many 

 — "bose of our older States, indeed i 

 Europe. 



) favorable omens I may well cor 

 nlate you; as I certainly do, on the cheering 

 ' " 'ore us. Pomology is yet In its inf 

 hut just entered 



endeavor?. But, when we reflect upon tl 



has attended the growth of particular 

 frulta upon a few acres, under judicious cultivation 





; of i 



territory equally well 



upon the e 



creasing demand for tl 





adapted 



predict the future importance of this 

 icer who can foretell tbe extent to which it 

 hereafter contribute to personal and domestic 

 fort, to national wealth and prosperity? And 

 any man doubt whether the assembling of 

 e rural comforts around the family mansion 

 not strengthen local attachments and multiply 

 joyB of home, whether they promote industrial 

 happiness, the love of kindred and country, and 



has confided to your care. Such Is the magnit 

 " " ir mission. Byyoor instrumentality, an 

 e and laudable spirit of enterprise has b 



s of our last session have h 



and foreign 

 jfwionhaveb 

 lished generally by the periodical press of* the 

 piled States. They were also translated and pub- 

 ibed In some of the languages of Eorope; and 

 inj C ittlogne has already become a standard in 

 merican Pomology. This it should be your ob- 

 ject, nt each biennial seasioD, to revise, perfect and 

 promulgate, as the best means of preventing those 

 rueroos impositions and frauds which, we regret 

 Bar, have been practised upon our fellow citizens 

 ipeculators or ignorant and un- 





ms vender*, who i 



ons, hastily and injudiciously given, 



tionsly obtained, greatly to the injury of tl 



patented : 

 in»ecta: worthless fertilize 



the destructioi 



There are many other topics most intimately 

 connected with our common cause. On some of 

 these subjects it was my intention to have address- 

 ed.yoo: but they will nod oub^, be discussed daring 

 the present sessions of the Society; andthenlmay 

 be indulged with the privilege of expressing a 



i, however, t 

 s which it will be 



.uggestioos relative to the Pear, o 



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uestion has recently been raised and very 

 rely discussed in our public journals, ' ('S, 

 grown Jot the markrt " at a profit ? 

 s progress of this discussion, tbnse whe 



o my mind conclusive replies have been 

 "rth, affirmiDg both the feasibility and the uroni 

 >f pear-growing. In consequence of personal de- 

 'olion to this art, and my official relation to you, 

 have been requested by members of tola Society 



fails. Why? Not becai 



fulfill the Divine promise, -that seed time and 

 harvest shall not rail," but because in instances of 

 failure the conditionsof success are not OOmpUed 

 with. Perhaps there was a want of intelligence) Ol 

 judicious cultivation, or of that vigilance which 



i pitas* ri r , denornm :■: 



near-growing. T/i>; 

 _...? mention of thauou cs which 

 But it should be borne iu mind. I 



b honorable mrn'i»n "f ii 



neither the soil or Ihe I 

 wealth, are as well adapted to this fruit as tho c e of 

 most of the other States of the Union; and if the 

 fruitgrowers in this region have acquired any 



<■ than tu . n 

 ben tbe Almighty commanded man to replen- 

 bo earth and subdue it, he also gavo him do 

 Ion OTCT ntWre, IDd required hiiu tosubordi- 



>roper regard to soli, s 



We do not deny that vicissitudes attend the cub 



■ ■ t the North, 



•casional failure of a farmer's 



! the aucceedlng spring. Without detracting 



prevent bis plant- 

 thout detra " 



p«.»>in jIukI.-,*. 



Hence, these failures, 



aDa varieties, to ti'- J '- ! 

 neglect of cnltivatit 

 wherever they exist, 

 prominent object of tbia t 



1 promulgate the scienlitic principle 



One of tbe ch 

 adaptation of the 



Bubject. "than others to ell 



well adapted to g< 



positions. Others are robust, vigorous, hardy 

 the oak, resisting the extremes of cold 

 of tempest and storm, retaining their lax 

 tistent foliage to the end of the seas 

 the Fulton and McLaughlin, of Maine — the 



nally delicate and 



They may be of exquisite flavor, bat 

 11 adapted to cener * " 

 would only 



tl cultivation. Theae 



i favorable 



Such 



persistent foliage to the end of the 



* McLaughlin, ■ 



and Knights' Seedling, of 



i;ii'„le Mind — the Andre 



mg, of Pennsylvania — ike t 





i Menam, 



L least, the Bartlctt, of Earopcnu origin. The 

 vas introduced into Dorchester, 

 e beglnniogof the present century, 



hardy, and prolific 



n.icdlv hound to conbirier the wants ul tho miiiiuu 

 -the facility and practicability of Bupfilyingthem. 

 ivu us peara! the moot exquisite sons, where we 



hand excellence. Wuh- 



Comuiittee on this class of Iniits, I understand, are 

 prepared to recommend the expulsion of a still 

 greater number. 



Without discouraging the Introduction from 

 Europe of new varieties for trial, in the hope of 

 obtaining valuable sorts, there can bo no doubt 

 that a prejudice haa been created in this country 

 against the cultivation of the pear, by the Imports 

 Hon of trees not thoroughly proved by luicigu 

 nurserymen, which, in far too many instances, have 



i medley oi worthless i 



mented by tbe frequent beating, and great 

 onent iniurv of such trees onthe voyage; b; 



(experienced cultivators, 



damaged 

 Tbe di 



other fruits, 



ledge to apply the approp: 



blight 



remedies; 



we shall t- 



be hoped, with the prog 



fearful destroyer of this tree 



SIucli has been laid against the longovity of the 

 1y when grafted on the quince, 

 latter point, I need only 

 aOirm the sentiments contained In my lai 



i.-;.!'.: ii ol;, v. ii-i.i urjifitd 



gnished"cultivatora» One of 

 lv bent treea are on the tiuince The best fruits 

 the quince stock, aod 



Leto 







i stating 



experiments based npon improper or bad 



i these unsatisfactory c 



-shaped pyramids with a bleu 



physiological science and practical 



dltional experience during the last biennial t 



be sentiment of tbe best pomologUts through- 

 f the longevity of the pear upon It* own stock, 



■ 



other ftait bowing 



a along tbe buikaof 1 



i old Dutch Colony; st the i 



i Colony about Detroit, 



ng with the weight of their 



s question under considers tit) 



be complied with. This inquiry ha< 



ind arguments deserve to be e_ 

 bodied and published under the sanction of this 



firmed by personal observation and experience, 







nitride", bnv« n very large 





) conclusive, and ought to rectify 



results are neither uniform or common 

 that there are counter fact.-* sufficient t 

 opposite conclusion, and therefore 



ii tl.e 



profitable crop. 



that peara cannot be made a reliable and 



While! 'list inclly recognize here as in every other 

 branch of terra-culture, what are called occasional 

 revulsions of nature, resulting from sudden alterna- 

 tions of temperature and other causes, yet I desire 

 publicly to record as the lesnltof long observatii 



, that I have t 



i of failure, which < 



s truly with t e pear t 



rgnment. If the I 



3rop from twenty-five to fifty yes 



tantly making additions by hybridization 



the particular province of this Sooiety to disp< 

 them through our land. 



What if pomology, as a science, is comparatively 

 of recent date; what if our knowledge of vegets" 

 physiology generally is very limited? What If 



terns of pruning 







adapted for anpplyin 





I principles. Oar mission is 



aws, to settle the characters- 



bow and when it should be pruned, andti 





e-spread I; 

 ■ long, will ] 



: Individual and national 



; Catawba and Isa- 



aedlinga under < 



who are multiplying 

 rem them! We know 

 ho oat* thottl All ol 



sections of our fair land; ; 

 « mi approaching when from our eat 

 western »hoies, the tone and elopes o 



shall be covered with clnsters richer ih 

 E-ehol, and, like lh— ' 

 of promise. May i 



growing countries, where this It 

 July n, luxury for the opulent, 



I i '-asaut. 



ry variti, | BUil ud , 

 ^>e «e " "« an intelllgsnt 

 ulation, is already a ploneei 

 and is doubtless destined to sustai 

 ing superiority m tho cultivation of I 



cariM w fl BPP fc tn n.l Mnnfl , wi ]l ere , 0Dg u[ 



choicest fruits « 



.,"•■' .'"""V oi sou ana climate, fast 



iirLSr « S^I? 1 * 04 er,,er P ri » ,n B POP" 



stutsan a correspond- 



grateful lays, tho voice of happy*! 

 uuus woo shall succeed as. Thece bletslngi w 

 designed to please the eye and gratify the \r ' 



lions who shall t 



multiply the comforts Hud elciiitc the social and 

 moral condition of man. Frulta were the primi- 

 tive food of our first parents, and for aught we 



know, their only food in I'm 



nt both of body and of n 

 duty, as benelactors of 



And how delightful is the employment of the 

 pomologist, going forth among his well-trained 



Hia lo\e is always jonug and fresh, ever approach- 

 ing them with keener relish and Increased affee- 



tioti. They, in return, tec mope using - wry kunl 



those flowers ot I'tinnl^e '■ 



3 t>etter calculated * 



i rank, In utility, 

 > consonant with 



a rational being; 



i, gratifies and delights alL It 

 ib a coiisiaui ueiu whero all iBZeB and ages, where 

 every degree of taste and refinement may find op- 

 portunity for gratification.*' So thought Cyrus of 

 Persia, when he t 



1 that he planted bis 

 ' gloried 



I liiiit-miih ; 



] Pliny, when be gloried that 



irchards, and planted trees of all kinda 

 6o Dlocleslan, suted with the highest 

 ■egal] 

 yont 



no longer talk to me of empire." So'e'ay ne and 

 all others, who, having retired from tbe Ino rough- 

 tares of Ihe busy mart, und from the coutficls of 

 political ambition, have drank from these pure 



fruits of rural life. 



No wonder then that tho praises of this pursuit 

 liLivt.' been celebrated m prose and verse; from the 



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the heathen luytbologlat to tbe sweet I'tulmistof 



heart The good } 



9 drawn daily In his carriage t 



I vegetables I look upon a 



bounties ol" Providence, but tho fruita and 

 vera ua his smile." This sentiment animates 



breast of childhood, grows with our growth, 

 I ot lengthens with advancing years: 



< I investigate the laws of vegelable 



trees— Irouiibc oj ■ Dine; 

 —from the layinj '"' 

 and during their 



qnent preachers, proclaiming 



their guy auluuiual livery, 



the mile blasts may not visit it too roughly 



lling in its mechanism ihe human cje, nnddes 



lined to [nrpetuate Its own species dUtttniivc ■■- 



the soul < 



ing her virgin bosom to the warm embrace of ver- 

 ' bespangling ihe orchard with starry spray 



(cureeiy lees beautiful than tbe glittering boat 

 ibove, dancing in rainbow hues, and lllti 

 :be breeze a fragrance richer than the > 



o her last fair daughter— tbe royal 



clustering beneath Eta h 

 the heart of man— the " 

 with loveliest tints o 



kiLKi;l"d 

 dyed in 



cloth of vegetable gold! But what Imagination 

 can conceive, what ntncil '-letch the changing 

 hues, it;.' varied rna^nilicence und glory, when 



Cm !■■■)■-■ 



ed treaaarea of the jear' These, all theae, are 

 original designs, such as tbe renins of a Corregio, 



a Claude Lorraine, and the oldest roasters coald 



creations, originally pronounced vay 



o foliage and fruit 



ilmly bffeta."- 

 ue pomologist, gftdU n 



mr next we will give ft report of the dficas- 

 sion, varietfes of fruit recommended for general 

 ultlvatloD, list of officers, Ac. 



To CoKBEBroKMHTs.— For a week or two. details 



f the transactions of the National Pomologlcal 

 Society will require considerate space thus pre- 

 venting our fomlahlng the "sual variety of matter. 

 We have many "good thlu>r*." however, and they 

 shall be spread before our resdere In due season. 



