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Report of Sub-Tropical Committee — A. H. Manville, J. C. Neal, 

 H. G. Hubbard, George L. Taber. 

 Tropical Fruits — E. N. Reasoner. 

 Varieties of the Sweet Orange — E. H. Hart. 

 Orange Growing in Florida — C. F. A. Bielby. 



The Orange Industry in the United States, from a Commercial Stand- 

 point — George R. Fairbanks. 



The Lemon in Florida — H. S. Kedney. 



The Minor Citrus Fruits— T. W. Moore. 



The Fig Industry in Florida — Harrison Reed. 



The Fig and the Pomegranate — D. Redmond. 



The Pineapple — James H. White. 



Pineapple Culture in Florida — G. Loutrel Lucas. 



Ornamental Palms — Theo. L. Mead. 



The Diospyros Kaki — B. F. Livingston. 



The Grape in Florida— E. M. Dubois. 



Vitis vinifera in Florida — H. Von Luttichau. 



Strawberry Growing in Florida — Stephen Powers. 



Peach Growing in Florida — George L. Taber. 



The Apple and Pear in Florida — J. H. Girardeau. 



The American Pomological Society, and its Rules of Pomology — 

 T. T. Lyon. 



Judging Citrus Fruits — H. E. Van Deman. 



Testing and Introducing New Fruits — C. L. Watrous. 



Commercial Apple Orchards of Ontario — L. Woolverton. 



Cherry Growing in the Mississippi Valley — J. L. Budd. 



A Promising New Fruit from the Plains [Primus pumila\ — Charles 

 E. Bessey. 



Fruit Culture in California — D. B. Wier. 



The Improvement of our American Grapes — George W. Campbell. 

 Nut Culture— H. M. Engle. 



The following new fruits were discussed : 



Yellow Transparent and Murphy Apples ; Lucretia, Minnewaski and 

 Erie blackberries ; Crandall currant ; Triumph Gooseberry ; Lutie, Jewell, 

 Berckmans and Green Mountain Grapes ; Peen-to peach ; Idaho pear ; 

 Kelsey and Satsuma plums. 



The State reports, though comparatively few, are valuable. 

 The Catalogue of Fruits, which is one of the features of the 

 transactions of this Society, is invaluable. 



The next meeting will probably be held in Chicago. 



The fifth annual convention of the Society of American 

 Florists convened in Buffalo, New York, on August 20th/ 

 and continued in session until the 23rd. The meeting was 

 the best in the history of the society. Several important 



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