MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
WESTERN  N.  T.  HORTICULTURAL  SOCIETY. 
NOTES  FROM  THE  WINTER  MEETINQ. 
The  twcnt.y-lirHt  aimual  nieetuig  of  the  WeaL- 
cru  N.  Y.  Horticiiltmal  Booioty  was  held  in 
Rochester,  Jan.  6  (i.  There  was  a  larger  at- 
tendan<n3  than  iri  jiroviDHs  years,  and  the  fruit 
growers  generally  acte<l  and  (alltod  hojjufully,  as 
well  they  might,  for  fruit  growijig  has  been  one 
of  the  few  paying  industrios  during  Uie  busiiioss 
dejjression.  A  goodly  number  of  farmers  were 
present  to  see  and  hear,  for  be  it  known  the 
most  enterprising  and  successful  famers  of 
Western  New  York  hud  it  to  then-  uderost  to 
combine  fruit  growing  with  gener:il  cropping. 
Some  of  the  most  encouraging  reports  of  sue* 
cesses  in  fruit  growing  the  past  year  were  made 
by  farmers,  many  of  whom  have  planted  from 
five  to  fifty  acres  in  apples,  besides  pears,  poach¬ 
es,  graiJes,  quhices,  etc. 
Mr,  r.  IlAHiiY  callwl  the  Society  to  order  on 
Wednesday  morning  and  made  seme  sensible  re¬ 
marks  on  taking  the  chair,  referring  especially 
to  the  dcatli  the  past  year  of  ANuitK  Le  Roy  of 
Angei-s,  Prance,  and  Dr.  E.  8.  Hule  of  Alton, 
lU. 
Messrs.  Ellwanuek  &  Barky  cxliibitcd,  as 
they  always  do,  a  fine  collection  of  fruit  in  sea¬ 
son,  comprising  31  varieties  of  Winter  J’ears,  in¬ 
cluding  not  only  \v'ell-known  and  old  sorts,  but 
some  now  kinds  of  groat  promise.  They  also 
had  f('ur  of  Mr.  I'\)x’k  seedling  ijears  from  O-ali- 
foruia  and  If  varieties  of  apples.  They  also  had 
a  beautiful  vase  of  (lowers  on  the  platform  and 
some  fine  bouquets  iiitersporsod  with  the  fruit 
on  the  table. 
The  foUowiug  o&icers  were  elected  for  1876 : 
Prestilcnt— P.  TJakuv,  llothrsler. 
VIce-Prcsldcnl.-s-H.  T.  Hrook.s.  Pearl  Creek;  E. 
A.  Hronson.  Geneva;  f.  It.  R.ilM-ijt'k,  Lockport. 
Secretary  and  Trea.sincr—P.  i’.  Hevnold^,  Koch- 
evt'T. 
Executive  commlftee-n.  E.  Ilookrr,  Roches¬ 
ter;  .1.  B.  Jone.s,  UochesU‘r:  s.  D.  WiilaiYl,  Gene¬ 
va;  ,1.  s.  W-xirtward,  boikiwrl;  N.Bogu.-,  BaUula. 
Native  J.  j,  Thom.as,  I'nlnn  Springs; 
t  'luules  Downing,  New  burgh;  W.  <\  Biutv,  Kot-h- 
ester;  (i,  fi.  Gonovor,  lieDcva;  W.  B.  Smith,  Syi-a- 
ciise. 
Foreign  Krulta— George  KlIwangiT,  Hochehter; 
'1'.  C.  .Maxw’ell,  treneva:  C.  L.  Hoag,  Lockixtru 
Noineiiclalurc— t’liarle.s  Downing,  Newburgh;  P. 
Barrv,  Rochester;  .1,  J.  Thoma-s,  union  Springs; 
D.  W.  Beadle,  St.  Cathariuca,  Ont.;  Geo.  'P.  Ab 
w'ood,  Gijneva. 
Enloinology— litigh  T.  Brooks,  Peai-I  Creek :  Dr. 
A.  .Merrill.  Geneva.;  Dr.  E.  W.  Sylvester,  Lyons; 
Mr.  Saundeps.  Ont. 
ornamental  Trees  and  PhinUs— Geo.  Ellwangia-, 
Rficluwtcr;  W.  B.  JdlUc.  Roithesier;  T.  C.  Max¬ 
well,  Geneva;  Geo.  Moody,  U»ckport. 
Garden  Vfgetn  hies— E.  8.  Hay  ward,  Rochester; 
John  Cr.dnc,  Lockport:  J.  W.  Gray,  Albion. 
urnitholog.r--Georgo  T.  l-'lsh,  itoctiewter;  H.  T. 
Brooks,  Pe.arl  (.'l•oek;  David  Henry,  Geneva. 
Bot.'jny— W.  G.  Burry,  Rochi^stor;  J.  ,T.  Thomas,  | 
Umon  Springs;  C.  M.  Hooker,  Rochester. 
The  Reports  of  Standing  Committees  wetre  less 
full  than  usual.  Seversl  liuvc  yet  to  bo  pre- 
I'ared,  and  W"!!!  be  published  first  in  the  pam¬ 
phlet  proceedings.  .T.  J.  Thomas  read  a  very  in¬ 
teresting  essay  on  Beautifying  Winter  Land- 
scajKia,  which  may  be  done  by  plant  ing  trees  with 
ornamental  bark,  as  white  biroh,  golden-burkcd 
willow,  golden  asti  and  red-leavod  ash,  all  of 
wliich  contrast  beautifully  in  winter  when  iuter- 
spersod  with  evergreens.  There  are  some  vari¬ 
eties  of  oaks  which,  w-hen  youug,  retain  tlieir 
foliage  or  various  hues  through  the  winter. 
Other  trees  and  shrubs,  as  mountain  ash,  black 
alder,  sweet  briar,  and  others,  bold  bright  red 
beiTies  which  are  voi-y  ornamental  in  winter.  It 
requires  more  talent  and  skill  to  make  a  beauti¬ 
ful  landscape  than  to  erect  a  fine  building.  Tery 
many  costly  houses  in  all  parts  of  the  country 
are  disgraewl  by  tbeir  surroundings.  A  little 
wise  forethought  will,  at  small  expense,  make  a 
great  improvement  in  thisn-egard. 
The  report  on  Native  Fruits,  by  J.  J.  Thoma.s, 
elicited  a  lively  discussion  as  to  the  merits  of  the 
Wild  Goose  liiim.  There  appear  to  bo  two, 
and  perhaps  more,  plums  bearing  this  name. 
One  of  these  is  really  valuable,  resisting  the  cur- 
culio  and  beiiring  largo  crops  of  a  medium-sized 
fruit  of  pluasant  but  not  the  highest  flavor.  It 
will  rijion  ill  the  drawer  if  picked  a  httlo  before 
matmity.  One  man  in  Tennessee  grew  600 
Imshcl  i,  which  he  sold  in  Chicago  in  pock  crates 
at  82.50  per  crate  or  .til  0  per  bushel.  The  earli¬ 
ness  and  flue  appearance  of  this  variety  make  it 
always  salable.  The  general  improssion  seemed 
to  be  that  nurserj-nren  have  been  too  cautious 
about  being  humbugged  with  the  Wild  Goose 
Plum  arid  liave  neglected  a  really  valuable  va¬ 
riety.  Many  spuiioua  wild  goo8<i  plums,  which 
ai-e  nothing  but  the  common  AVild  or  Chickasaw 
Plum,  have  been  sold  for  the  Wild  Goose ;  hence 
the  complnint.s  of  it. 
AVhile  discussing  plums,  IMr.  Thomas  said  he 
had  for  years  found  no  trouble  iu  heading  off 
the  curenlio  by  shaking  the  tree  and  catching  the 
litGe  turk  on  sheets  sirread  beneath.  TJie  cur-  | 
culios  disappeared  so  entirely  tliat  his  plum  ti’eea 
over-bore  and  were  considerably  injured  one  or 
two  years.  J.  S.  Woodwarp  of  Lockport  an¬ 
nounced  that  .he  had  planted  1,000  plum  trees 
jAN.  22 
last  spring  and  meant  to  plant  1,500  more  this 
year.  Ho  asked  what  varieties  he  should  set 
j  ont  and  what  four  were  recommended.  About 
I  twenty  wore  named,  chief  among  which  wore 
i  Lombard,  Coe's  Golden  Droj),  Heine  Claude  de 
j  Bavay,  Washhigton,  Geriuan  and  French  Prime, 
Damson,  McLaughlin  and  Yellow-  Gage. 
^  The  efforts  of  some  trve  laxldlers  to  sell  the. 
I  Utah  Hybrid  Cliony  and  Utah  Red  and  Black 
I  Curiauts  as  new  and  valuable  varieties  of  fruit 
j  were  appropiiately  rebuked.  ITosideiit  Barky 
I  remark<xl  that  the  money  wasted  on  worthless 
I  trasli  of  this  kind  would  pay  for  a  good  de^al  of 
reliahle  pomological  information  tlorough  the 
lYess  and  rojwrts  of  this  and  olhsr  societies.  It 
is  the  duty  of  fniif^rowers  and  nurserymen  to 
I  protect  the  pubhc  fiMm  such  impositions  as  far 
as  possihh*, 
Mr.  A.  C.  iouN'OLovE  of  Vino  Valley,  on  Can- 
,  anrhiigua  Isike,  made  an  interesting  rei^rt  of 
operations,  both  successful  and  otherwise,  in  that 
valley  the  jiast  season.  Poaches  have  never 
failed  to  pi-fsiuce  a  crop  theivi,  arid  are  being  ox- 
tt.tiisively  })lantfsl.  It  takes  three  years  for  the 
trees  (o  got  into  bearing,  and  most  of  them  are 
young  yet.  Tlie  past  winter  was  very  severe  on 
grapes,  not  entirely  from  the  seventy  of  the  crjlif. 
but  because  of  the  drjTieas  of  the  earth,  whieli 
admitted  frost  to  a  groat  depth.  Grapes  were 
killed  without  regarrl  to  their  hardiness.  The 
roots  were  frozen  and  dead,  while  the  tops  at 
trimming  time  in  Alm-h  or  April  were  alive. 
.  Some  cuttings  taken  off  at  this  time  made  quite 
healthy  vines,  wlfile  the  parent  vine  died  jibout 
i  the  time  for  putting  out  ita  leaves.  These  state- 
j  mento  elicited  considwable  discitSKiou.  Mr. 
I  YoiTNoi/jvic  had  been  reluctantly  forasi  to  aban¬ 
don  the  Ootou.  The  Didawaro  was  his  main  re¬ 
liance,  liiit  he  thought  very  highly  of  lUigers’ 
Red  graives  15  and  Salem.  The  only  money  in 
grapes  for  maikct  i«  in  the  red  varietios.  All 
bl.vck  vfa-ietit:«,  excepting  (.loncord,  wluch  sells 
undi.ir  its  own  nam«i,  are  sold  by  N.  V.  conuuis- 
sion  men  as  Isal)ell.as  and  at  Isabella  prices 
j  Average  iieople  don't  seem  to  understand  that 
there  is  any  differenotf  in  quaUty  in  black  grapes. 
;  Hence  it  does  not  jiay  at  jiresent  to  grow  the 
finer  varieties.  Thei-e  would  be  money  in  a  good, 
hardy  and  productive  white  grape.  The  Rebecca 
'  is  nnrellablo  and  only  fit  for  the  amateur  who 
wants  a  few  bimchoa  for  table  use.  A  good 
'  white  grni)e  would  bring  a  high  piice. 
Mr.  Craink  ol  Lockjwrt  said  that  with  him  the 
I  Delaware  mildewed  worst  of  all.  The  Rogers 
j  grapes  escaped,  and  the  Croton  was  only  par¬ 
tially  inju)-ed.  He  suggested  that  the  Cro^» 
was  not  adapted  to  Vine  VaUi-y. 
Mr.  Younolove  made  the  almost  inciedible 
statement  that  he  could  detect  no  difference  in 
flavor  or  ajipcarance  between  the  Salem  and 
Rogers  15.  Itoth  arc  red  grapes,  and  he  liked 
both,  but  Ihouglit  tbcju  ahjiost,  if  not  entii-ejy, 
identical.  There  is  no  reason  to  doulit  Mr, 
Y^ounolove’s  word  for  this,  and  Mr.  Barry  and 
others  assured  the  Society  that  Mr.  Y'odxolove 
had  tlie  varieties  true  to  name.  We  suggest  tliat 
Mr.  Yotikolove’s  grapes,  grown  iu  the  sunny 
Vine  Valley,  are  over  rijx:  before  tasting,  and 
under  such  circumstances  the  veiy  distinct  flavor 
of  Rogers  15.  suggesting,  though  not  rcsembhng, 
]]ine  vvooil,  disappears.  'There  certaiidy  is  a  very 
decided  differenoe  in  these  varieties  at  the  time 
of  ripening  and  liofore.  Both  aio  good,  and  to 
fiur  hking  a  little  better  Ixiforo  they  are  dead 
ri]ie. 
With  regard  to  the  kilUng  of  grape  v-ines  and 
trees  last  winter,  is  it  not  probable  that  the  roots 
of  hardy  vines  and  shrubs  are  less  hardy  than 
the  brunches !  When  the  gi-ound  is  full  of  water 
this  fonus  ice  in  contact  with  the  root,  which  is 
thus  never  exixiscd  to  a  temperature  much  lie- 
low  freezing.  Dry  earth,  on  the  contrary,  can 
he  permeated  with  air  far  more  intensely  cold 
than  ice  ever  is.  I  iUst  winter  trees  and  plants 
had  no  protection  of  an  ice  mat  for  their  roots. 
Fi-ost  peneteated  to  the  subsoil,  reaching  to  the 
tip  ends  of  the  roots  and  extracting  everj-  par¬ 
ticle  of  raoistm-c.  Of  course  the  roots  died,  un¬ 
less  very  hardy,  under  such  cuxuimstanoes. 
rear  Might  w  as  only  briefly  discussed.  It  has 
been  very  prevalent  this  season,  probably  from 
injury  to  pear  route  the  previous  winter.  Vigor, 
ous  cutthig  off  of  the  blighted  portions  and 
using  diluted  carbolic  acid  on  the  healthy  ports 
was  the  treatment  re<!ommendod  as  promising 
best.  If  the  bhglit  is  a  fungoid  growth,  it  was 
suggested  that  sulphur  might  destroy  it. 
The  Codling  Moth  elicited  a  good  deal  of  ate 
tention.  Putting  bandages  of  paper  around  the 
trees  for  the  worms  to  hide  in,  and  examining 
and  destrojing  every  two  weeks,  bos  proved  an  ' 
effectual  and  cheap  remedy.  Bandages  should 
be  applied  about  the  first  of  June,  folded  several 
thicknesses  and  tied  in  the  middle.  It  is  not 
necessary  to  remove  the  bandages,  as  a  hea-vy 
flat-iron,  pressed  around  the  bandage  as  it  re¬ 
mains  on  the  tree,  will  crush  and  destroy  tlie 
worms.  On  old  trees  loose  bark  must  be  removed,  | 
else  many  of  the  worms  will  hide  under  that  and 
escajK!.  Ground  sliould  also  bo  kept  clear  of 
vveods  and  other  material  wherein  worms  can 
hide.  In  winter  thousands  of  moths  hatch  in 
I  apple  cellars,  and,  if  the  windows  are  kept  closed, 
j  may  be  destroyed  towards  spring  before  escap- 
I  ing  to  begin  their  work  of  deslruction.  Many 
I  more  hibernate  under  rough  bark  of  old  Dees  or 
‘  on  the  ground.  Scraping  the  bark  off  in  v, inter, 
and  late-  fall  or  winter  plowing  will  destroy  these. 
The  first  croi)  of  moths  in  spring  is  always  a 
small  one,  as  thousands  are  destroyod  by  wood¬ 
peckers,  and  by  wet  weather  in  winter. 
'ITio  bands  apjihed  in  June  will  kill  the  Micxjnd 
crop,  and,  after  a  few  years  of  such  treahnent. 
wc  may  expect  to  sec  this  enemy  materially  les- 
!  sened  in  numbcrii.  Scraping  loose  bark  from  old 
I  trts's  is  first  in  order,  and  should  at  once  bo  at- 
i  tended  to.  aYftcr  that,  plowing,  or  even  drag- 
j  ging  the  ground  will  be  beneficial.  A  drag  wUl 
disturb  the  dry  place  hi  which  the  w-orm  has  en- 
I  sconced  himself  as  effectually  as  n  plow,  and  once 
where  wet  can  roach  thfiin  in  cold  weather  few 
will  Burvivo.  ilossrs.  Hooker  Bros.,  on  a  few 
acres  of  old  orchard  which  has  been  bandaged 
and  the  worms  destroyed  the  past  season,  picked 
I  1,100  barrels  of  fine  apples  entirely  free  from 
I  worms,  which  sold  at  an  extra  price,  (83  porbbl.) 
j  on  account  of  their  superior  quality.  Thousands 
of  faiTuers,  whose  orchards  never  yield  anything, 
except  in  years  when  apjiles  ai-e  too  pk-nty  for 
the  codling  moth  to  desti-oy,  can,  by  «  little  care 
and  at  liglit  expense,  secure  abundance  of  good 
fruit  in  the  non-bearing  j-ears.  Tlie  misoliicf 
Booms  to  be  that  in  the  odd  years,  when  ajiples 
;  are  abundant,  worms  mcroaeo  so  largely  tJjat 
they  take  everything  the  following  season,  when, 
I  as  there  is  a  scarcity  of  aiiples,  the  codling  motli 
I  crop  is  decreased,  and  the  result  is  a  glut  of  ap¬ 
ples — many  of  them  worm-eaten — every  otJier 
year.  Tlie  codling  moth  is  responsible  for  the 
increasing  tendency  of  fruit  to  fail  entirely  one 
Bcason  and  be  ovcr-aViund.xnt  the  next. 
In  diHcussing  the  planting  of  onmmcrital  trees 
by  roadsides.  President  Barry  advised  farmers 
to  do  it  as  a  means  of  beautifying  their  honic.s. 
They  need  not  go  to  nurseries  and  buy  exjiciisjve 
'  trees,  but  dig  them  from  the  woods,  as  suitable 
j  viirbdicB  nre  found  in  almost  evtay  ncighbor- 
■  hood,  which  may  be  bad  w-ith  little  expense.  The 
i  sugar  maple  is  probably  tlio  best  one  variety  for 
a  loHg  line  of  roadside  trees,  but  other  varieties 
of  suitable  size  may  be  interspersed.  The  moun- 
I  tain  ash  is  beautiful  in  winteT  as  well  as  sum- 
j  nier ;  but  objectionable,  as  it  b.oi-bors  the  borer, 
j  and  needs  as  much  attention  as  an  apjfie  orchard. 
'  The  elm  was  recommended  for  an  isolated  tree, 
I  whore  there  is  plenty  of  room.  Ite  brandies  rise 
i  and  arch  over  buildings  iu  a  lioaulifu]  way  ;  l»ut 
'  it  is  not  suitable  in  a  line  vv-itb  smaller  trees,  as  it 
I  will  hide  the  view  of  the  othei-  and  spoil  the  of- 
fetd.  It  is  ako  unsuitable  for  planting  by  road¬ 
sides  near  cultivated  fields,  as  its  roots  inm  a 
great  w-ay,  exhaust  the  soil  and  injure  the  crop. 
Some  lower  growing  trees  witli  shorter  roots  are 
preferable.  They  w-ill  also  make  a  better  wind¬ 
break. 
QueBtion  5 — the  comparative  profits  of  fruit 
growing  and  general  farming — brought  out  some, 
interesting  and  suggestiv-c  facts,  and  sliovved  that 
Bome  men,  at  least,  knew  how-  to  make  money  in 
“hard  times."  Mr.  Woodward  of  Tsvckiiort 
said  that  Buccessful  fniit  gi-owiug  demanded  the 
same  skill  and  enterprise  us  successful  farming. 
Men  arc  not  to  think  beoauKC  they  have  planted 
an  orchard  that  they  can  leave  it  uncared  for 
and  it  will  make  them  rich  witliout  effort.  Still 
there  are  many  notable  instances  of  great  success 
in  fruit  growing.  In  Niagara  County  it  is  found 
that  generally  the  formers  with  good  orchards 
have  long  pockets,  while  those  who  depend  upon 
grain  crops  exclusively  cjtfi  hatdly  pay  their  way. 
All  acquaintance  of  his,  named  Peter  E.  Miu-br, 
bad  a  farm  of  100  acres,  with  15  acres  in  fruit. 
From  this  fifteen  ocros  the  sales  have  been  far 
heavier  than  from  oil  the  rest  of  the  farm.  Tlie 
orchard,  mostly  greenings  and  Baldwin’s,  is  now 
fairly  iij  bearing,  and  well  cared  for.  In  1872 
sales  of  apples  were  85,000,  in  1874,  82,000,  and  in 
1875,  86.200.  Mr.  WooDW-Ann,  some  years  ago, 
bought  a  farm,  at  842  per  acre,  with  a  young  or¬ 
chard  on  it,  sold  ?14,0{)0  w-orth  of  fruit,  and  sold 
the  ffuni  at  8118  an  acre.  Ho  had  sot  two  or¬ 
chards  oud  sold  them.  Now  ho  was  planting  an 
orchard  and  meant  to  keep  it.  A  peach  orchai-d  | 
in  his  neighborhood  averages  $125  iirofit  per  acre 
every  year,  counting  bad  years  with  good.  Know 
a  farm  of  17C  acres  which  has  30  acres  orchard, 
and  the  oi  obard  yields  more  profit  than  all  the 
balance  of  the  farm.  He  did  not  believe  there 
was  any  limit  to  pi-dfitable  production  of  fruit  In 
.W.  N.  Y.  Some  years  there  would  be  a  glut,  but,  i 
on  an  average,  it  would  pay.  Had  set  out  iieaohes,  j 
pears,  apples,  witliin  the  past  two  years.  L.  | 
Sharp  of  Lockixirt,  from  an  acre  and  a^half  of 
orcharding,  hi  1374,  sold  828  worth  of  fruit.  In  j 
1875  sold  8898.88.  From  a  young  orchard  of  40  ! 
acres,  planted  13  years  ago,  he  sold  9  bhls.  imt  1 
tree  this  last  year.  The  trees  are  well  cultivated 
through  the  summer ;  land  not  cropped,  and  the 
codling  moth  kept  down.  Have  trees  11  inches 
in  diameter,  one  foot  from  the  ground.  Would 
plant  newajiple  orchard  33  x  40  feet,  to  give  ! 
each  tree  plenty  of  room.  In  Niagara  County.  , 
when  a  fai-m  is  for  sale,  tlie  first  question  is;  ^ 
"How  many  acres  of  orchard  arc  there  on  it.” 
Mr.  Eathbone  of  Genesee  Co.,  reported  that  ! 
from  ten  acres  of  dwarf  pears,  planted  14  years 
ago,  the  sales  to  date  have  netted  810,694,44,  and 
interest  on  profits  amounts  to  81,992,  making  a 
totel  profit  of  812,686,44.  Tlie  profits  in  1874 
were  872.80,  and  in  1875  82,150.38.  Julian  Reed 
I  of  Oakfield,  Niagara  Co.,  sold  last  year,  from  99 
^  Duchess  pears,  81,905.  Nearly  all  these  trees 
haw?  Uken  nx>t  on  their  ow-n  stock. 
^  D.  I',.  ItuuERN  of  Wheatland,  relafixl  his  expe- 
j  rience  witli  peach  trees.  Had  a  jioach  orchard 
planted  between  row  s  of  young  apple  trees,  on 
ten  acres.  Half  of  it  is  just  coming  into  bearing, 
and  from  this  half  he  sold,  in  1874  and  in  1875. 
83,000  w-orth  of  fruit  pei-  year.  Tlie  prospect  is 
I  now-  good  for  an  equal  crop  next  year,  ikild 
lieaches  at  81  to  81.50  {icr  basket  in  Rochester 
I  markets. 
I  Fosier  Udell  of  Kweden  was  called  out. 
Grew  no  fruit  but  apples  for  nioiket,  but  apples 
were  much  more  profitable  than  ordinary  farm¬ 
ing.  Have  a  farm  of  200  acres,  with  55  acres 
orchard,  8(M)  to  1,1  KH)  frees,  have  been  planted  20 
years,  and  1,100  more  were  planted  in  1861. 
From  these  the  sales  have  Inhhi  five  times  as 
gi-eat,  for  a  mmilHir  of  years  past,  as  from  all  the 
rest  of  flic  farm.  Bellcvea  in  thorough  cultiva¬ 
tion  of  orchards,  but  without  eropphig  them. 
:  TTie  fruit  crop  pays  lietter  tlum  any  other,  and 
trying  to  grow  any  other  is  at  the  expense  of 
that.  Would  plant  trees  wider  apart  than  is  com¬ 
mon,  to  give  them  room  to  grow- 
T.  fcj.  Hubbard  of  Frodonia  gave  the  produce 
of  one  acre  of  Concord  giajswi.  jilanted  ten  years 
ago,  and  which  has  borne  eight  crops.  In  1867, 
first  crop,  1  and  2  tons,  net  8350 ;  1868,  3  tons 
net  8400 ;  1869,  5  tons  net  8650 ;  1870.  2  tons  net 
8300;  1871,  3  toim  net  8.300;  1872.  3  tons  net 
.8240;  1873,  3  tons  not  82.50;  1871,  .3ji;  tons  net 
,  8250;  1875,  2  tons  iiut  82(Kl.  Of  lute  years  the 
price  of  grapfts  lias  Ixicn  low- ;  but  they  still  .vit'ld 
,  a  good  iirolit  at  low  prices.  The  average  of  8 
years  is  8350,  with  ordinary  soil  and  no  manure. 
Dr.  Sylvester  of  Lyons,  said  (liat  20  years 
ago  lie  bought  h  fiirni  of  a  German,  who  had 
fried  in  vain  to  pay  for  it.  There  w  as  a  mort¬ 
gage  of  81.500  on  the  farm,  and  tlie  Gorman  had 
tried  many  years  to  jiay  it,  bat  could  only  make 
tbe  interest.  'The  first  year  Dr.  Hyi.vestkh  oc¬ 
cupied  tlio  farm  he  planted  1.100  ti-ees  of  vaiious 
kinds— a  good  many  peurs,  with  some  apjiles  and 
other  fruits.  The  sales  of  fruit  from  that  farm 
have  averaged,  iier  year,  more  tliau  the  piu-chase 
)irice  of  the  laud,  and  have  long  been  much 
.  above  that  amount. 
I  Pi-esident  IUkuy,  in  closing  discussion  on  this 
subject,  saiil  ho  never  doubted  that  fnut  growing 
would  ahviiys  tic  profitable  in  Westeirn  New-  York. 
It  was  w-ifhiii  twelve  hom-s  of  the  great  markets, 
and  ite  soil  and  chniate  were  better  adapted  to 
I  fruit  growing  tJiaii  tliose  of  many  other  sections. 
It  is  true  that  many  farniers  think  fruit  does  not 
j  pay,  and  no  doubt  iu  some  cases  tlicy  aie  right. 
;  A  few  trees  left  uncared  for,  and  bearing  a  few- 
barrels  of  wonuy  fruit  ouly  when  aiiplcs  arc  a 
glut,  do  not  pay ;  often  the  fruit  liurdly  pays  fur 
gathering.  Fruit  must  be  cultivated  as  a  busi- 
.  ness,  not  necessarily  excluding  othw  fanning,  but 
in  coimCi-^Uon  with  it.  A  few  acrt;s  of  orchaixl 
well  cai-ed  for  and  the  codling  motli  Jostroved 
by  careful  attention  w-ill  not  cost  a  great  deaf  of 
labor,  and  will  pay  well  on  any  farm.  Farmers 
who  have  only  a  few  barn-ls  of  apples  cannot  get 
HO  gooil  H  price  pel-  barrel  as  (hose  who  have 
large  crops.  For  one  |•caMOI1  the  fi-uit  is  rarely  of 
as  gCM>d  quality. 
It  w  as  left  optional  with  the  flomiiiittec  to  hold 
j  an  exhibition  of  Roses  next  Juno  or  not,  as  >vas 
I  deemed  best.  The  exhibition  last  siuumcr  w  as 
creditable  every  way,  but.  owhig  to  bad  weather, 
did  not  pay  expenses,  and  the  di  tieit  w  as  paid  by 
BubscripOon.  A  further  sum  of  8100  was  raiseii 
tel  pay  the  Kocretary  for  his  w-rvicos  in  getting 
out  a  Import,  a  siun  w-cll  earned  and  worthily 
liestowod. 
Mr.  D,  W'lNO  A  Co.  of  Rochester  exhibited 
specimena  of  fruit  and  Hubbard  Bqnash  excel- 
I  lently  m-oserved  by  the  Alden  pro<x'ss.  A  per- 
I  foratdl  barrel  stave  was  also  cxliibited  and 
i  attiacted  much  attention  among  fj-uit  sliippers. 
I  It  gives  the  ban-els  perfect  YOutuatkiii  and  at  an 
:  expense  of  not  more  than  four  or  five  cents  each 
—much  cheaper  ns  well  as  better  than  Wing 
bolus  through  by  hand,  as  is  often  done  m  ship¬ 
ping  perisliablc  fnuts. 
It  was  voted  that  Wosteu-n  New  York  should  be 
represented  at  the  Horticultnnil  show  in  the  Cen- 
,  tonnial  ExhiWtion.  The  following  Committee  was 
I  appointed  to  attend  tei  the  collection  and  forw  ard- 
Ing  of  fruit,  securing  spa<!e,  Ac. : 
Monroe— P.  Barry,  Chainnan ;  H.  E.  Hooker. 
E.  A.  Frost. 
Wayne— L.  T.  Y’comans,  John  M.  Maokie. 
Ontario— E.  A.  Bi-onsoii,  B.  D.  Willard. 
Chautauqua — T.  B.  Hubbard.  G.  E.  Ryckman. 
Geuosee^ — N.  Boguc,  Noi-nmn  Drake. 
Orleans — J.  W.  Gray,  V.  liogue. 
Niagara— I.  II.  BaliccHik,  J.  S.  Woodw-ard. 
Onondaga— W.  Brown  Hinith,  W.  F.  Will. 
Wyoming— H.  T.  Brooks,  E.  C.  Blionnan. 
Y'ates— A.  C.  Y'onngloTC,  Dr.  .Sjieiice. 
Steuben— T.  M.  Y’oiniglovo.  J udge  Larrow-o. 
Uvingston— E.  P.  Mack,  M.  M.  Brooks. 
Cavuga — E.  G.  Pierson. 
Ei-lc — Godfrey  Zimmeriunn,  John  P.  Long. 
Tuob,  H.  Hopw'Ood,  Janitor  of  the  City  Hall, 
lind  a  coiisei-vatory  fitted  up  in  beautiful  style 
vrith  plants  and  birds  of  various  kinds  in  the  room 
adjoining  tbiit  in  whicli  the  Society  met.  It  was 
iimch  visited  by  meinbers.  Tin-  Hocicty  voted 
tlianks  to  Mr.  Hopwood  for  his  coiii-fesy.' 
Tlie  tiiiie  of  meeting  was  changed  to  the  fourth 
Wednesday  of  Jaiiiisry,  and  about  J  I*.  M.  of 
Thursday  tne  Society  adjourned  sine  die,  having 
enjoyed  a  most  instnictive  and  profitable  session. 
