Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-07-16
The Ohio Pom logical Society--Annunl
Meeting to he held In PainssviIIe.

At the meeting of the Ohio Pathological
Society held in Toledo, last January, an
invitation was given by Mr. SToRRs, in be-
half of the people of Lake county, for the
Society to hold its next meeting in Paines.
ville; and at recent meeting of the Off
GERS of the Society the Invitation was &C
cepted, and he time set for December IL b
TO l4th. 1854. 1t was thought that as
this section of the State is very favorable
for Fruit-growiDg, aud many of the people
more or less engaged in that business, the
meeting would be largely attended, and
prove highly interesting and useful. -ap
This Society was organized in 1S41 and
is virtually State Horticultural Society
| although con6ning its attention 10 Fruits
Its annual meetings are held in different
sections Of the State, and its published
Reports have been the means OF dissent
mating much valuable information on Fruits
and Fruit Culture. These Reports are
now embodied in the ANIMAL Reports OF
the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, be-
sides issued in pamphlet form by the Soci-
ety.. The Eleventh Report is now just
printed, containing the proceedings of the
past year, with the discussions aud essays
at the Toledo meeting Persons wishing
to obtain the reports aud becoming mem
bers of the Society, can do so by paying
ST. 90 Annually to the Secretary, M. b..
BATEHAM, Painsevllc.
The object of Pathological Societies are
thus set forth by President WARDEN, in
bis address at the last annual meeting;
"The mission Of these institutions has
been to dilfuse knowledge of horicultu-
raj pursuits, to cultivate and re6ae the
taste, for good fruits, aud more especially
to point out to the tree-panter the best
varieties and the lest methods of treating
sdeni Before We had these consultations
of fruit-growers. ,an enterprising farmer
who desired TO plant an orchard either col
lected annmbersof Seeding trees, maHy
which would prove nearly worthless, or j
there were any spurserymen within reach
he would consult them, and take such va
rieties as they had to offer, and which they
might recommend as grated or improved
But even these were not aiSay
satisfactory, because, for want OF sun ;lea'
consultation lamong themselves, taoda com
EpsrisoDs of The fIuits which they we're
/ Epropagatipg ito ofteR happened that q va
riety which had been introduced into ooz
en- differeutHoeighborhoods was euiuVa'ee
under as many differept names so thas
might occur tosihe most enIerprislng ofen
ard planter that withsa ist OF twenty
names in his hand che would ascertain al
Ter wears of labor and patience, lhst %
had an ofehatd of bat two or three sa,ie
ties Then came the blessings upon TO-
4 devoted abeads of the nurserymenya atne.
{ we're blamed for this disapponlmene---su
4 irwas not altogether their iaolt-Ssushsrff
4 suits could not then be avoided nNo6 8
now; with the advance OF Pomaiogys W.T.
Eaceumulateds light ofocontnnedh ohservs
dlioo,s acquitted 10 these consult ations,ran
4 which no Dorsesywan ord orchardist capaa
aLforti 10 be6wiihoatp aud withathe iucfease
a keo vile dge of the business, aand With grea'
u err tact ino notieiag ahe smallest diiferencs
s. 10 lest and bark, ,eand bad, isudebabls,
!, his Young trees, our modern nnrserynea-
? of course q member Sofl some. Pomologic'
D Society, can usveriiong cultiystes any var
b cay under its Synonyms Sithont detsclln