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THE SOUTHE 



RN PLANTER. 



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man of the General Fruit Committee, at the 

 seventh session of the Society, in the year 

 1858. This has been carefully considered, 

 and is deemed worthy of special attention. 

 It is, therefore, earnestly recommended that 

 each State Pomological, Horticultural, or 

 Agricultural Society, charge its Fruit Com- 

 mittee with the duty of collecting informa- 

 tion, and presenting the same, with descrip- 

 tive lists of Fruits adapted to their location. 



The importance of this subject, and the 

 increasing value of the fruit crop of the 

 United States, call for a prompt and cordial 

 response to this request, — for a careful pre- 

 paration of said list, and for a full and able 

 representation, at the approaching session, 

 from all parts of the country. 



The various State Committees of this So- 

 ciety are expected to submit accurate and 

 full reports of the condition and progress of 

 fruit culture, within their limits, together 

 with definite answers to each of the follow- 

 ing questions. These reports, it is desirable, 

 should be forwarded to the Chairman of the 

 General Fruit Committee, Hon. Samuel 

 Walker, Roxbury, Mass., if possible, as ear- 

 ly as the 1st of September, or to Thomas 

 W. Field, Esq., Secretary, Brooklyn, New 

 York. 



What six, twelve and twenty varieties of 

 the Pear are best for family use on the 

 Pear stock ? What varieties on the Quince 

 stock ? What varieties, and how many of 

 each of these are best adapted to a Pear or- 

 chard of one hundred or of one thousand 

 trees ? 



What are the six and twelve best varieties 

 of the Peach ? What are the best varie- 

 ties, and how many of each, are best adapt- 

 ed to a Peach orchard of one hundred or of 

 one thousand trees ? 



Answers to these questions should be made 

 from reliable experience, and with reference 

 to the proximity or remoteness of the market. 



Held, as this convention will be, in a city 

 easily accessible from all parts of the coun- 

 try, it is anticipated that the coming session 

 will be one of the most useful the Society 

 has ever held. Societies, therefore, in every 

 State and Territory of the Union, and the 

 Provinces of British America, are requested 

 to send such number of delegates as they 

 may choose to elect. Fruit-growers, Nurse- 

 ry-men, and all others interested in the art 

 of Pomology, are invited to be present — to 

 become members, and to take part in the de- 

 liberations of the Convention. 

 36 



In order to increase as much as possible 

 the interest of the occasion, members and 

 delegates are required to forward for Exhi- 

 bition as large collections of fruit as practi- 

 cable, including specimens of all the rare 

 and valuable varieties grown in their re- 

 spective districts, and esteemed worthy of 

 notice; also, papers descriptive of their 

 mode of cultivation — of diseases and insects 

 injurious to vegetation — of remedies for the 

 same, and to communicate whatever may aid 

 in promoting the objects of the meeting. 

 Each contributor is requested to make out a 

 complete list of his contributions, and pre- 

 sent the same with his fruits, that a report 

 of all the varieties entered may be submit- 

 ted to the meeting as soon as practicable af- 

 ter its organization. 



Societies'will please transmit to the Sec- 

 retary, at an early day, a list of the Dele- 

 gates they have appointed. 



Gentlemen desirous of becoming members 

 can remit the admission fee to Thomas P. 

 James, Esq., Treasurer, Philadelphia, who 

 will furnish them with the Transactions of 

 Society. Life Membership, twenty dollars ; 

 Biennial, two dollars. 



Packages of Fruits may be addressed to 

 Thomas P. James, 630 Market Street, Phil- 

 adelphia. 



Marshall P. Wilder, President. 



Boston, Mass. 

 Thomas W. Field, Secretary. 



Brooklyn, New York. 



For the Southern Planter. 



' 'Science a Witness for the Bible." 



Science a Witness for theJSible. By Rev. 

 W. N. Pendleton, ft D. Philadel- 

 phia: J. P. Lippincott & Co. 1860. 

 Pages 350. 



We think a notice of this valuable scien- 

 tific work will not be out of place in the 

 columns of an agricultural paper. No 6tass 

 of men should be, and we believe are, more 

 interested in all the grand discoveries of 

 science, which' so eminently distinguish our 

 day, than the Farmers of Virginia; and 

 there is no branch of science that so par- 

 ticularly addresses itself to the agriculturist 

 as Geology, and 'whatever pertains to the 

 exploration of the component elements of 

 the great subject of his labors, Mother 

 Earth. In our observation of men, and the 

 distinctive classes into which they are di- 

 vided, for vigorous research and strong 



