OCT. 2. 



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



319 



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AMERICAS POMOLOOICAL SOCIETY. 



In oar last, we gave a few remits on ">« cnar- 

 acter of the meeting, lists of fruiia exhibited, and 

 the able addreee of the President. Tbe address, 

 with the appointment of committees and Borne 

 other preliminary matter*, consumed the first ses- 

 sion. The first bosinesa in the afternoon wae the 

 report of the committee appointed to nominate 

 officers, wbleh wu ft* foUowa: 





was unanimously adopted. 



a remarked that he had hoped to be 



e possessed. 

 b Secretary another 



Mr. Babry having peremptorily declined 



t, of Westchester, T. i 



motion of Mr. 



i President then appointed the following gen- 



Committee, made t 



i Jersey, i 

 ■■It culture, particularly of tbe pear. 



, of New York, presented ■ 



read a long paper i 



e referred to the 



the country. 



from each State, 1 



injuring tbe fruit tl 



i numbers of diseasea 



a afterwards referred to the General 



Fruit Committee, composed of members from eacb 

 State. 



Df ell tbe fruits 

 i oonntry, with pr»per descrip- 

 tions; ana bibo a catalogue of the fruits adapted to 

 each State and Territory of the country, so that 

 any person, settling in eny State, may know jaal 

 what froit to talio with him, or just what to plant. 

 The propriety 

 Walker, with 

 employ a general superintendent 



and ability. He proposed t 



almost invaluable. This subjei 

 committee who subsequently 

 Society was not yet prepared t 



subsequently report 



undertake such 



The Business Committee recommended 

 Sessions in the day — the day sessions to be de< 

 to tbe revision of tbe Catalogue of Fruits re 

 mended for G,,i,r,it Cultivation, us Promising 

 t\-r., and the evenings to the discussion ol practical 

 questions In frntt culture. One of the questions 

 proposed by the committee, and the only one "' 



The Pear — Training, Mulching, and Gem 

 Col tare. 



Tire P8AB— Training, Mulcting. <$•<-. 



The President called on Dr. Warder, for his 

 perience:— Dr. Waiit-br, of Ohio, had bot little 

 perience and was well prepared to learn. Had 



1>cl.!.-.]. 



«, Wht 



in the latter part of. 



i beneficial as he 



practice. When the 

 apt to, in tt " 



very likely 



t growth tint will : 



', of N. Y., said the aurij»ot proposed, 



field to which I 



r branches, to prevent t 



' foliage they afford sufficient protection t 



■ estaolinhid. n 



"Ioient pro 



] the way, and p 



ie soil, and in so 



v by affording a convenient bar 



regard to Training, Mr. B 



u beautiful oi- better than thn 



n Is not difflonlt to obtaln.- 



- imporUnt to beep the ground stirred outside 

 ie extremities of the branches. That after 

 l Mr. B. had visited the grounds of a gentle 

 in the city, where he saw some pear treet 



In the kitchen garden ho 



languishing — 



ir trees making 



ted ground. Ooukmg the 



i mystery, while it la very simple. 

 > case of failure where persons had i 

 Ject ordinary information, intellect 



e industrious, always succeed. But 



a orchard of any kind,- 



t system of details, and 

 'ndustrions laborer of 

 l pear orchard than a 



WOUld 8_ 



profitably o 



i mystery about pear o 



e orchard cultnre of the pear they had not done 



._■ than a few feet above, so that 



ng frosts the blossoms or young trnit 



i damp weather tbe 

 r limbs had rusted, and he had 



h land and dry soil the lower tbe limbs the 

 His advice would be, in low situations, to 



air under the branches, and in dry 



jrowtb of t 



mulching 



ed by the 

 damp soils, mulching 



courage the growth of branches a 

 His views of mnlcbing were som 

 thoBe expressed by the two last speaker 



h, E Beuckmans, of Nc 

 e other su 



ie responded to tt 



r Jersey, remarked that 



- ■-.;) i 



1 the mulching he g 

 , ind all he thought ne 

 n tbe weeds collected from the grounds 

 three times a year. Heavy 



! benellt of light showers, 



Pruned 



.- ni n (,-,:.., ■ 





f Philadelphia, 



men had entertained 

 I durability. Still he 



I, and challenged any 



> of pear grafted 



ae room to diatiaguiah 



lkhr, of Mass., considered mulching onde 

 ircumstances beneficial Tbe largest, old 

 most fruitful trees in the country ar 

 ulchod with a growing sod. This showed 

 nulching ia necessary, and nothing is bet- 



grain out of the orchard, particularly r 



mendation from i 



. Sapl, of Newburgb, i 



i from mulching, and have 

 s surprised to hear such a r 



i be distinctly under 



I, and broken op every 



icorching rays 



English pears ore not 

 American ongio. I 

 shines more brightly 



era, recommended the branching 



i hot country. The 



speaker and oth- 

 :reea low, for 



mid vet ibfy 



lately on reading ai 



lear as the brancheawill admit 

 ir enough. If trees are pruned up 

 t feet from the ground tbe branches 

 rill hang down so that hones can- 

 r them. For orchard culture wonld 

 exact pyramidal form but would 



tended the pyramidal i 



l grass, iftbey had 



f Oblo, bad practiced mulch 





s severity o 



suffering fearfully. 

 1 all throa ' "' 

 of opinio: 



failure all through t 



lirlng. The pear 1 



, of any other fruit I 

 )le of tl 



hoped that Ohio would s 



ie million. Their strong 



I adapted to dwarf peara. 



I let the sod grow around t 



Bartlett pears I 



•- Had fine pear uee» uu nis piace one cm 

 d years old. Had one healthy tree growing i 

 me difference, he tboosht. whs 

 grown. Dld'n 



Lodge— J)r. 1 

 r general en 

 thought well of tbe Lodg' 



grata It made 



l A brother of Mr. R'a had 

 growing in graaa for a number ol 



vas broken up, and tbe trees i 



healthy and vigorous growth, but the fruit v 



had arrived at maturity or were rather on the 

 e. that it would not answer to disturb the 

 The fine old pear tree* of Wayne county, 

 which many were acquainted, were mostly 

 nglnthe grass. 



a described as being injured by plowing, had 



bought thi 

 iy plowing. 



certainly, and perhaps 8 

 could be desired, * 

 fruit the very finest brought to the Boston 



the poln' 



i, of Lyons, N. Y., thought we had 



meeting. In tbe 

 rose and Mi ~ 



llonr^liinq i 



Pardee and Mr. Bekoen If tl 



the orchard o"r single trees standing ii 



Mr. Pardee Bsid they were singl 



rred to. 



Mr. Beroen said bis were single 



i benefit of the 



would ask Mr. 

 is they spoke of 



isumed by saying that be was 

 'a Wayne county refer- 



kept pretty well broken up by these animals. 



A. Haiti, had trees on his place, when be com- 

 menced, u bundled years old. Some of these had 



t shoots the first e 



rapid growth, put- 

 .er eiuhtecn inches 

 d stationary. 



iy Mr. Saul. His attention w.is called to the fact 

 .tthe time, and he examined the trees. 



Mr. Barry asked the President to put tbe follow- 

 ng question: 



any person present, c 

 with the pear, on quince or ot 

 a proper selection of varietie 

 planted on a proper eoi), v 



■ noticed a failure 



bed op, and as the name of each varietyw . 



by the Secretary, changes were proposed U d made, 



Adams — Mr. Gamut, of Mass., thought It worthy 



" general cultivation— -a very good pear. 



v equally well on the pear and qu; 



, Mr. Saul thought worthy of 



- - ' litted that it 



Several gen- 



i generally admitted that 



the quince. R. If, Scott thought its principal 

 fault was that it decayed so rapidly after bece 

 ripe. Mr. Walker tbooght it a very good 



i is known in Europe i 

 Ui.ttrrr II<irdif,va& Itfl name wiia therefore changed 

 on the catalogue. 



Benrre Suprrfiu — W. P. ToWNSBND. of Lockpi 



thought it should bo promoted. Mr. B»riit c 



sidered it one of the finest pears in cultivation 



Grows well on the pear and quince. Mr. SAi'Lbad 



it on pear and quince, and knew of no 



The PaBSiDINT had grown it for ten ji 



fine. Mr. Walker had no hesitation 



was one of the best In the catalogne. 



be as good, bnt no eurperior. Passed for genera'l 



cultivation. 



ge coral 



d for general cat- 

 ivnuou. Aaopicc. 



QmteUitr de la four— The President thought 

 'ell of this pear. It bad many good qualf" 

 ?as almost worthy of promotion. 

 'Uardenponi " ' 

 en from tl 

 certainly did not pre 

 pear, small, and a poor grower, nir. m 

 it too good to be rejected. Stricken off. 



Doyenne tf AlencOn—Vl. R. PRINCE th< „ 

 pear one ou which we wonld depend as a market 



a promlsin, 



lualities as usually falls to the lot 

 " r genera' 



Goubau 



ght it bad as many 



Adopted lor general cultivation. 



1>W">" Gaubautt V ' 

 stricken from the ltst. 



i benefit his fellow 



dant crop. Tbe Pri;?ioent fouod t 



a of the Society. 

 Mr. Hovet moved t 

 n KKii favored the n 



b apples do i 



and was very liable 1 

 Babhv, Hovet and ot 

 IR. Dr. Brikckle sai 

 vania and New Jersey, 

 The motion was witbc 



e best of pears, 

 e from the list 



Mr. Bihui 

 nee went he preferred 



said so far as btaexperi- 

 caltivate the soil around 



Tibrt, of Connecticut, 



msidered it one of the best. The Pmsidut am 

 r. Walxgr had found the tree a poor growei 

 iw and gnarly. Mr. Bnsi said that Inhlsnui 



thigh. It makes 

 ' considered the 

 f New Jersey, 



rapidly 



e of this pear was called, t 



Onondaga— Ht. Wal: 



io not rank it No. 1. 

 great many good qualities — boldi 

 late in the fall, grows Bnd bea 

 In proper time the frail is gi 



iody. T. W. Field said it w 



well, and if picked 



i pears are needed, and ia a great 



New Jersey, had i 

 many bushels every yi 

 them. They decay ( 



■ 



t the Bartlett. Hovet said i 



oHett end as well as an' 

 a. Dr. RussiLi, of Conn! 

 a bis state. 



1 h .(b i 





1 years and f< 



i of New Haven, bad 



1 the trait uul 



i .-(.n-uiiTcd it one of the b 



l ||,,Mf; 



formly good. Ba: 

 American ] 



perfiu. To 



desirable in all respecti 

 al cullivati 



— Prince, one of the very best 

 ' inced. " 



of Ohio, and Lyon, of M: 

 desirable i 

 Adopted for general 



if summer peara. Should be 

 rould like to see it promotei 



Ingan. said 



HllUKML 



tivation. 



-it cracked badly. Mr. Tow^ 



-Mr. Walker proposed t 



seconded the i 

 forest tree. Mr. Butst wqb in fav 

 Hon— a fine Trait, good grower, 1 

 and bears abundantly. Adopted f 



rising well having been 



size, and a fine grower. 



6idered it of the si 



and others, spoke well of i 



The President said it had gone on 1 



culture in Mtio-acbosetlfl. No 



Mr. Hovet; Mr. Walker second 

 tion. Mr. Cadot considered it < 



d by T. 

 ored i;. 



>ugbt it worthy of general cultivi 



Henthcot,and t; 

 ably done well a 



rate. Mr. Walker did not think quite as i 

 tho Cnahlng as some others did. Mr. Beid thought 

 it much better than some we have on onr " 

 promising well. It wob not recommended. 



of Connecticut, proposed 



is a market fruit, and plea: 

 ) tbe list promising well. 

 :t proposed. Mr. Field ob- 



s good as the Healheot, it 



uil Pliibnk'lpbia. Mr. Bebhi 



tbe Plntco pear as promieiug well. It originated 

 iu Connecticut abont one buedred years ago, 

 bad been considerably grown in that State, 

 sold in tbe BoBton market. Mr. Hovet said it 

 brought from Lebanon, Connecticut, und bo! 

 Boston in large quantities, as the Virgalien. He 



und sold. Mr. Coir, of C 



3 described In tho Albany Col 



ing well, nnder tbe n 



- pear thau the Bartlett, and i 



ariety to the list promising well. Walkbb, 

 r and others objected to It on account of the 

 unhealthy character of tho tree. Mr. Chorlion 

 iten Island, hud grown It for six years on the 

 e, and it had proved fine and healthy lu every 



nsidered it a very valuable pear. Mr 



thought it firflt rate, Z. G, Birgbn. of 



id, said the orielnaT 



neighborhood, and t 



t promising v. 



Ilagaman.—] 



eat — a seedling of tL 



OVKY moved it be adopted as promising ivell. 

 Talker was opposed to recommending ft ■* 

 iL Not adopted. 



QmtBiifaisun—wu recommended by Mr. 

 -a good pear and 



handsome, good pel 



vited it, and did noi >on 

 Dr. How, of C'-uu., liked n 



The President had cnltl- 



i, when it mildewed and cracked. Adopted 



rrA—Ke com mended by Hooker. pRiwciaaid 

 •hurch was identical with Piatt' i BergamotU. 

 Ioocer aaid Jndge Stronq, of Rooheater, 



Jod judges, and pronounced Identical with the 

 hurch. Dr. BUNBI had seen the Churth In 

 t-nnsylv&nia and other places under three or 

 ur different namea Mr. Hoviv said the Piatt', 

 •ergamoUa, as grown around lloston, was not alml- 

 r io the Church. Lawton, of New Iloohelle, and 

 atbmah. of Ohio, bad seen tbe Church under 

 itterent names and without a name. No action 



Ga-neCs Bergamotu — ncommvaaeA by C. M. 

 ovet. Mr. Walkih would second the recom- 

 endation if the uee was hardy and a good grow- 

 r. In the north the wood is killed more or less 

 -it is a shy bearer, and comes In when we have a 



host of Other peara that produce more abundantly. 



Barrt said the fruit was good, but the tree was a 

 tlicate, poor grower — one of the very worst. 

 ookeb would prefer to place it on the rfftettd 

 it It was not recommended. 

 Henid — recommended by Mr. Reid. Hoyby, 



Cabpentir, and c " 



M.-'i'd",'] 



!= 



lMe'lphia, 





Zeplw 



We give a full report of the proceedings of the 

 American Pomological Society, to the exclusion 

 of mncb other matter that we have on band. We 

 bad purposed to finish the report this week, but 

 are unable to do so, and next week will conclude 

 the whole matter wtth the discussion on Crapes, 

 Small Fruits, A-c. The Society publishes Ita doings 

 in a pamphlet, for tbe use of members only, and 

 many pny tho two dollars solely for the purpose of 

 obtaining tbe proceedings. We give our readers, 

 certainly, as good a report as the official one, with 

 out any extra charge, (or where reporters are em- 

 ployed, who know nothing of the subjects dia- 

 enseed, their reports are not very satisfactory. 

 The Bociety, this jenr, paid fifty dollars to such a 

 reporter. They might have used our report, aa 

 they did at the last session, without charge, and 

 and even now we claim no copyright. All inter- 

 ested in fruit should preserve the papers contain- 

 ing this report, as they will have occasion to refer 



. it n 



a during the n 





The very fi 

 we noticed I 



P.H0CKSDANK, of Hudson, and not by those to whom 

 we credited them. The new grapeB attracted gen- 

 eral attention and those who examined them often 

 left the collections so mixed up, and the labels so 

 disarranged that a little confusion was to bo an- 

 ticipated. 



hmvstk #f0i0«|. 



To Color Crimson or PrarLE.— ] 



of Aug. 1Kb, J. S-, of Michigan, inq 

 color Merlnoes or C'ashmerea som 

 color. It may be done aa follows. I 

 dirty, wat>b cleanly in soap suds— if i 

 must be wet thoroughly in soda, altei 

 other strong ends. If you wish to 



richc 



i add i 





2 pal 





Uniformly good, eioept < 



jou desire 



a dark purple, add from one-quarter to one-half 

 of a pound of cudbear, and put into an Iron ket- 

 tle, inBtead of brass— wa^h well through two euds 

 and rinse in clear water.— 8. J, Dulchett Co., N. 

 Y., 1858. 



rr;Ar&— 2 caps of iiiulusses; 1( of butter and 

 lard melted together; wine glana of talla; little 

 ginger; 1 teaspoon saleratns. 

 SroNaa Cake.— 2 caps sugar; C eggs; 1 cap of 

 our; 1 teaspoon cream tartar. — Akmlia, Cayuga, 

 fa> York, 1858. 



Preserving Citron.— Can yon, or any of the 

 umerous readers of the Rural, furnish a good 

 iclpe for the preservation of Citrons, and oblige 

 mr constant subscriber— Nowtoo, London, G 



To Color Straw Drab. — Will some of your 

 amerous readers, who have had experience in 

 coloring, be kind enough to give me a recipe for 

 coloring straw drab?— M L, Liitrly, SulHean Co., 

 N. K,l*58. 



Pblio Wnrrs'a Stickino Salve.— Two oz. bees- 

 wax; 2 oz. tallow mutton la tbe beat— 4 oz. Bur- 

 gundy pitch; 8 oz. rosin— a little Canada balsam 

 ia an improvement. — J. A. P., Corniag, N. Y. 



