126 Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural Society. 
ALBANY AND RENSSELAER HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
WINTER MEETING. 
A meeting of this society was held at the agricultural rooms 
on the 11th of February, and although the thermometor was at 
zero, the show was most excellent. A very choice display of 
winter fruit, from various contributors, graced the table; and Mi;. 
James Wilson exhibited a beautiful display of cut flowers, many 
of them of choice and rare varieties. From the green house of 
the president, Mr. Rathbone, beautiful bouquets, prepared by John 
Sloan, were exhibited, as also three bunches of asparagus, in 
great perfection. 
We are glad to witness the success of this society. The cul- 
tivation of fruit is becoming a most important interest in this 
state, and the establishment of Horticultural Societies will tend 
much to the encouragement of choice varieties, whose character 
is well known, and will lead many, who have as yet paid but lit- 
tle attention to the subject, to interest themselves in it. 
The committee on fruits reported that there was exhibited by 
Dr. J. P. Beekman, of Kinderhook, Columbia county, beautiful 
specimens of Newtown Pippin and Swaar apples, by Thos. M. 
Burt of Kinderhook, fine Swaar and Esopus Spitzenburgh apples; 
by Henry Snyder, of Kinderhook, ' Nurseryman,' Vandervere, 
Lady apple, Roxbury Russet apple, and a seedling winter pear; 
by Peter Kingman, of Kinderhook, Bristol apple — a very fine and 
beautiful sweet apple; by Amos Briggs, of Schaghticoke, Rensse- 
lear county, Swaar and Blue Pearmain apples, grown by Albert 
Martin; by Joseph Mosher, Schaghticoke, Scalloped or German 
Gilliflower apples; by Roswell S. Brown, of Schaghticoke, West- 
field Seek no-further apples; by Julius Rhoades, of Albany, North- 
ern Spy apples from the Chapin orchard, in Ontario county; by 
E. C. Frost, of Catharine, Chemung county, Winter King apples 
— a very beautiful and valuable late winter apple; by Dr. Her- 
man Wendell, of Albany — Inconnue of Van Mons — Easter Beurre, 
and Princes St, Germain peai's, Newtown Pippin, and Male Carle 
or Pomme de Charles apples; by Wm. Newcomb, of Pittstown, 
Roxbury Russet, WcvStfiekl Seek-no-farther, Rhode Island Green- 
ing, Fall Greening, Blue Pearmain, Black Gilliflower, Red Gilli- 
flower, Pound Sweet, Esopus Spitzenburgh, and two seedlings. 
We w^ere disappointed, as were most of the gentlemen who had 
an opportunity of testing the apples, with the JVorthern Spy. 
This apple which has been heralded in no measured strains of 
commendation, was pronounced not equal to several other varieties 
of the old standard character on exhibition. A gentleman from 
