p/T)Er{ic^f( po/Tioi^ociQ/u, so<;iEjr. 
In answer to numerous letters of enquiry, the following in¬ 
formation is given concerning the nature and purposes of the 
American Pomological Society. 
The Society is a national one, organized under the laws of 
the State of Massachusetts for the purpose of elevating the 
standard of pomology throughout the country. It has officers 
in every state and territory, whose reports show the conditions 
of fruit growing from time to time in their respective sections. 
Its meetings are held once in two years in some leading city or 
fruit growing centre, at which time special attention is given to 
the fruit interests of that section. At these meetings delegates 
are present from state and local societies allied to horticulture, 
and papers are read by prominent fruit growers and men of 
national reputation in botany, entomology and other sciences re¬ 
lated to fruit growing. These papers, together with the discus¬ 
sion, reports, etc., are published by the Society in its biennial 
volume of proceedings. A leading feature of this volume is a 
Catalogue of Fruits which is revised at each session, and to 
which none but approved varieties are admitted. In connection 
with each variety is a brief description and a statement of the 
portions of the country to which it is best adapted. An im¬ 
portant feature of the work of the Society in connection with 
its Catalogue is the supervision which it exercises over the names 
of the varieties. No new fruit bearing an inappropriate, high- 
