New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-15
AMERICAN poMoLoGICAI. SOCIETY.

The seventh meeting OF the American Pomological
Society was commenced yesterday morning in Mo-
zsrt Hall. The last meeting was held in Rochester
two wears ago. Representatives we're present from
seventeen States.
The Hon. MARSHALL 7. WILDER, Presidcn, OF the
Society took the chair. Delegates from other soce
ties presented their credentials and members paid their
dues.
The President read his address; give some ex.
tracts from it:
"GENTrEMEN: rise TO announce the opening Of
the seventh session oi our National Association, and
L. perform service which its Constitution de'oifes
upon your presiding officer. Ten years have CON-
peted their the organization of the Amerl-
can Pomoloecal Society, in this commercial empo-
rium Some who were active in It's formation, have
fulfilled their earthly mission aud rest from their
labors. Downing and Others have passed away; but
their names still fragrant in our memories: snd
their works still i've May they live forever to
tighten and bless their fellow men,
Z" The representative arts of ancient Egypt contain
deiueations of delicious fruitS aerward cultivated in
the hanging gardens of Nneveh, the interval lands Of
Babylon in the wales and ON the mountains round about
Jerusalem In Greece Homer sung OF the cultivation
of fruit trees: Xenophon, Cato and Virgil mention,
among other varieties of fruit the pear; and Pny IN
enumerating the fruits cultivated at Rome mentions
twcn,y y-two SORTS of the apple, eight kinds oi the
cherry more than thirty kinds of pears, large num-
her Of pums and grapes 10 which the soil OF Italy was
then and is sill specially adapted He also speaks "i
several other kinds OF fruits and OF the perfection
which the art had attained in his period; bui II i
sgpiticau, comment that perfection when he adds
that it then long time since the production oi
ANY new NarietS' ,.s...,s.s -.
,.Aampe has been followed by the establishment Of the
British Pumologica Society in London: the Socletc
ponoor6 de Beige in Brussels; ard Of other similar
organizations located at almost every point OF o'ir
Upon-al working in harmony for the attainment ri
the most reliable and important results. These arr
a,-orrratin the experience ui the Wise>t and br-l
cutiyaioys creating u taste Tor this useful and di-
vinely-appoincd ant proving what varieties are
suited to each particular locality, and VIVA, 70 genera
cultivation. These, through the influence of the Hor-
icur8 and Agricultural press, are introducing irint
culture from the CanadaS 10 McN'O, and from the Al
l,utc Ia the Pacific, bringing it, numb'rb'sS enjoy
~, Ms within the of the most humble coisgcr,
and nultipsin. the luNuri,, which crown the tables
of he cpuleni. The large, luxurious and abundant
irin, IN the state o. California, III the Territories oi
Oregon and Washington, sready rival, and in many
instances surpasS these oi older States -ujccd f
I tie countries oi Europe.
The transactions "i our lsst session haA' been
published generally BY The periodical press OF the
tuitod States. They were also translated snd pun
li-hed in oi the languages of Europe: and sour
Catalogue mas already become standard in American
pomologv. This il should be your object, at each
biennial session o revise perfect sud pronus sate rs
the best means oi preventing those numerous impo>i
lions and .rsuds which regret io say. have been
/ prac,iccd upon fellow citizens by adventurous
spectators or ignorant and INSCRIPTIONS venders.
VINO oinc' ines >t rVc'c ndHliou>. hastily AMI Jdi
ciunsv given. or snTcptou.ly obtained, grrstk 20
h- injury Of the purchaser and iint-growcr 10 ihe
dealer and nur>cryWsn. and "a the csuse OF pomoloN.
III then proceeded Ia dissu,s the question Can
Pears be .yuwn ior nisrset At profit snd N th,
colr~. of his discussion sduc.d he iolowu. couclr.
Ave isci,:
The fgui, -t;ruNcr-' Socicty oiWr-iern New ork
composed OF gentlemen oi deserved integrity sud
l,britv some of whom this hoor. and colGpe-
tent 10 defend their report. furnish the following in.
stances from that section ~ he state.
Three White Dnycnue pcsr-irccs. owned hy NJ.
Phinnev of Csnsndsigus, one oi them small produces
SJn Ia $tD worth If tine fruit.
a tree Of the ,sme variety, owprd BY Judge How
ell Of same psce 20 Of age, has not failed
good crop for 10 wears averaging for the last ~ wears
% bushels snnusly aud -old the tree at So per
year. This tree has produced for the Ncw-fork mar
ke, i3..0 worth of pears.
"Thrre larg. trees owned hy Judge Tsylcr, OF
ssm- kind welded in 1891. II barrels and sold for
SI5.
"A Young orchard owned by Mr.. Chspn. OF four
hundred ,rees, eight years from planting. which pro-
duccd in 1853 fifteen barrels. selling IN Aew-iork Tor
iour hundred and fifty dollars, and in 1891 hity burrrs,
yielding him one thousand dollars.'
Sniiar results have hesu r,cised IN ta- state OF
Massachusetts,.