, 1866-08-21

American PomoloEIcal $ocIety-Breah-
ing of Prnlrte in Winter and EARLY

From Our Own Correspondent
CuANFAl6N, H., August II, 1s6

CuA1FA1eN, H., August II, 1865.
AMERICAN roMo1oG1cAL SOCIETY.
To the orchardist the meeting Of this So
cicty is the great event ofthc year. The So
cfcty meets this year at ST. Louis. on the 9Th
day OF September, TO continue in session four
days. Eighteen years ago this Society was
Organized and presided ever by the lau1cnted
Dr.. kennicott- It holds biennial sessions,
one Of which has been held at Cincinnati, and
all the others east of the mountains. It is
tribute to the West to hold one OF its sessions
on the shore of the Father Of Waters We
need no better proof that the star OF empire
is pressing westward; and that the progress
ofthc age is planting orchards. vineyards and
gardens beyond the Atlantic slope.
Chicago has become eminent as the great
est grain mart In the world: and second to
added that Of fruit The great fruit belt
lies Just to the south, stretching eastward
aud! westward. the products Of which arc
| gathered by the great lines Of railroads to
the 1 hes ia e seaea en and aistbnie the
| to the north by lake and the south By rail:
1 The immense country to be supplied with
fruits north Of the natural fruit line, must
make Chicago greater centre Of dlstEihu-
tion than New York, for that has no country
| north Of It destitute Of fruit to be supplied
! It hiss no thousands Of square miles Of lun-
bcr region, no thousands Of square miles Of
mining regions to be made happy with
lucious peaches, melting pears aud juicy
These supplies Of fruit must come mainly
from south Of the forty-dF parallel-iu
fact all the shipping supp1ics-the peaches
south Of thirty-nine, and the best winter ap-
Here, then, is strip Of country some three
hundred miles in width, commencing at the
east end Of Lake Ontario and running west
to the plains Of Kansas, that Is deeply inter-
! estcd in the meeting to take place al St.
: Louis. THIS strip of country Is interested
| not only lor its home supply, but as CONNER
i cia1 growers for points north and SOUTH This
Is The great fruit belt ofthc United States, and
from which the main shipments mnst come.
interested, for though most Of the fruits are
: less certain, they are Of no small importance
as supplying In part or In whole the local de-
mand. Miehi@an, Ohio, Indiana, Northern
: Kentucky, Northeastern Missouri, and South
$ western lows are interested IS commercial
, orchardists, while Wisconsin. Minnesota.
. Northern Iowa, Sonthwes Missouri and
:. Kansas will be benefited as amateurs. It Is,
! ! therefore, reasonable to expect from all the
Z Z States named very large attendance.
THE DIRECTS OF TIE MEETING
+ These are first, TO correct the fruit list
: go as to make up more perfect list for the
Eeve1al States. For this purpose Illinois I:
4 divided into three sections, Northern, Cen:
nomenclature of fruit, SO that each variety
q shall be Known throughout the whole coun
trv under one name The opportunity TO
y y this viii be veg great foE ssnple ts
Eill be present fs1F Cen ~ Psfts 81 3nas ~
ie the the' dealer a aud ND shi pper. Suppose tzul
q dealer in Chicago should ehira hundred bal
: rels Of Wanderers from Northern OHIO 70
>. the order is repeated. This time the ChicaS
OF dealer orders Ills supply from Indians. Th
- apples arrive IL St Paul under the name {
ns Vaudeyers, but unlike the former Ther
ne purchasing Of Illinois orchardists, but agai1
1g The St. Paul dealer is disappointed Here 81
an three different and distinct varieties Of Applt
'le grown under the same name i1 the thrt
\; States, and in some Of them all IN dlnerei
he localitIes-at leaet they are in Illinois No
on each section has the Fandeyer, and would |
for stoutlr stand By it as did the knights Of q
ny who fought over the silver and gold shiel
70 We will suppose that these three Fandex
nd should be brought to this meeting, when Il
OF mystery will be solved abont as follow
ss- The one from Ohio may prove to be the Va
SO deyer Of New York, or Newtown Spite
~ burgh the one from Indiana, the sandes :
ne Of Pennsylvania, also known az the Whi
ax- dever of Indiana the one from Illinois. t
u.s. Tandever Plppin, or Bic Fandeyer: Inc 81
the son ofthe first is from October to Februar
Gu OF the second from October to January, a
lE- of the tl1fQ September Lo EepI4 I4h45-
far This is bnt q sample Of hundreds Of 9
eT apples, to say nothing Of other fruits 7
ith labors Of the Society IN this respect VIII
hat Of vast importance, and to receive the Il
ing benefit parties shou1d attend In person. 80
ion to BECOME {amiliar with the facts Thil
osds wi1 be the planting and culture Of the
ich cha1d, and fourth, how to prepare for m
tae ket-
and THE DUTY or ILLINOIS
At the last meeting Of the Illinois ST
e9nt Horticultural Society committee Wss
oeds pointed. whose duty 1t IL to see that the fr
low Of all parts Of the State are fully reptese
the ed. The committee consists Of one meml
ohs, from each Congressional District IS io9os
are Il. Emer1. M Chicago; ID, E Donglas, Waakeg:
are ID. A. Il whitley, Franklin Groves 5th+ J.
HE Stewart, Qu1ncy+ bth, Arthur Bryant Ptdneet
thn | 6th. O. RGa1nshs, Iiahon: Tth. E naGgey>
eoe cois: sth o. 81. Colemsn, Bloomington: 9Th.
than Oycr1nau Canton; 10th, ]. higgins. VIC
., burn; l1th. Ufiah Mills. Salem; 17th. ]. Il. II
DIS sop, Alton; 13th. ]. f. Baker. Sonth Pass-
pres The Chairman of the committee giSes
act following directions to those who desilt
was forward fruits:
dent ..Pntties who do not attard In person ehc
ada, I serd epec{meus to the member Of the comnt
a & frora 1helr district These thou1d be each =
70 ned in q separate piece Of waste paper. with
the name plain1s written on s1lp Of white papeF
or - placed inside Of the wrapper; Kany further
ock- t1s1 1ari+ts add II to The saua siip. VIXEN
lions whole package l. made up. makc d9piicsfe {
law. The eeyeral slips and hana 1t With The 1xR
.1,fch EEeu these packages Of .tutt ez1i7e al