American Pomological Society 
Organized 1848. 
Incorporated 1887. 
ACT OP INCORPORATION. 
COMMONWEALTH OP MASSACHUSETTS, 1887. 
( Section 1. Patrick Barry, of Rochester, New York, Charles W. Gar- 
field, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Benjamin G. Smith, of Cambridge, Mas- 
sachusetts, J. J. Thomas, of Union Springs, New York, Prosper J. Berck- 
mans, of Augusta, Georgia, Robert Manning, of Salem, Massachusetts, their 
associates, the Officers and Members of the Association known as the Amer- 
ican Pomological Society, and their successors, are hereby made a corpora- 
tion under the name of “American Pomological Society,” for the purpose 
of promoting and encouraging the culture of fruit, with all the powers and 
privileges and subject to all the duties and liabilities set forth in the gen- 
eral laws which are now or may hereafter be in force applicable to such 
corporations. 
Sec. 2. Said corporation may, for the purposes aforesaid, have and 
hold by purchase, grant, gift, or otherwise, real and personal property to 
an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars. 
Sec. 3. Said corporation may hold its annual meeting, or any special 
meeting in any place, state or county it may determine, provided that due 
notice shall be given to the members thereof of the time and place of said 
meeting. 
Sec. 4. Any two of the corporators above named are hereby authorized 
to call the first meeting of said corporation in the month of September next 
ensuing, by due notice thereof to each member of said Association. 
BEQUEST PROM THE WILL OF THE LATE MARSHALL P. WILDER. 
“Eleventh. I give to the American Pomological Society one thousand 
dollars the income of which shall be, from time to time, offered in Wilder 
Medals for objects of special merit. 
“Also, the further sum of four thousand dollars, for the general purposes 
of the Society.” 
