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He took deep and sympathetic interest in the devastation by phyloxera of 
the vineyards of France, and aided materially in furnishing resistant stocks 
that have restored them. For this and other services to the viticulture of 
France he was given the highest honors that could be awarded, or member- 
ship in “The Legion of Honor,” with the title of “Chevalier du Merite 
Agricole.” 
Other fruits besides the grape received attention at his hands. The 
apple, peach, plum, persimmon, and strawberry were among those that 
he grew and experimented with, and he was also interested in a general 
way in all other classes of fruits and their improvement and culture in 
practical ways. Forestry also was a subject he loved and in 1883 he was 
given the degree of M. S. by the Kentucky Agricultural College for a 
thesis on “The Forests and Trees of Texas.” 
In the world of pomology and science generally Professor Munson was 
known and highly appreciated. He was a member of the American Pomo- 
logical Society for twenty-seven years and its first Vice-President from 
1905 until 1909, and contributed freely to its advancement in a literary 
way and in every other way possible. He was an active member of sev- 
eral leading scientific organizations, and in a literary way Professor Mun- 
son’s horticultural work was exceptionally useful. His most notable effort 
was the “Foundations of American Grape Culture,” which is a book of 
the most complete and exhaustive character. It is a classic on this subject 
and a record of the progress of grape culture in America from the early 
settlement of the country to the present day. 
As a writer in the scientific and rural press of the country he occupied 
a prominent place, and the productions of his pen will be missed with re- 
gret, for his words were always those of wisdom. 
Mr. Munson took a prominent part in the exhibition of fruits at the 
various world expositions and other similar fairs and fruit shows, especially 
in the line of scientifically classified grapes. His work as judge on sev- 
eral occasions was marked with eminent ability. 
In his own family he was loved to devotion by his wife and seven 
children, all of whom survive to honor his memory, and lament his ab- 
sence. His son, William B., is his successor in the extensive nursery bus- 
iness, which he founded, and conducted during the later years, in company 
with this admirable young man up to the day of hm departure. The mem- 
ory of T. V. Munson has the perpetual fragrance that accompanies a noble 
life. 
H. E. VD. 
William Newton Irwin. 
There passed away on June 24th, 1911, at Washington, D. C., one of 
the able and beloved pomologists of America, Mr. William Newton Irwin. 
There was, in his life of over sixty-seven years, nothing that partook of 
ostentation or self-advancement, but rather a quiet and strict attention to 
the duties of life in every particular. We were friends from childhood and 
for over sixty years were intimately associated in many ways, until death 
