Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-03
ALEXANDRIA, GAZETTE AMI Y
Fruit G RoWERs' ASSOCIATION. -

Potomac FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION
A regular monthly meeting OF the Potomac
Fruit Growers Association was held in Wash
ipptop, Yesterday, the President, Mr.. }. r..
Snodgrass. in the chair, and j. T. Brsmha !
Secretary.
The Secretary produced number Of syec-
mems OF apples, giving history Of them, where
crown, their names, DC. Mr.. Burr saii that his
rf,xpcricnce with the Baldwin apple WAS that II
did not do well in this latitude, it failing 40
early in the season to keep we'll
MIR. Munson, from Virginia, SAID that ms *
| nariepce of northern fruit was that they did not
hold on TO the trees until maturcd. Hr.
Saunders said the climate had great deal to uo
| With this. Mr.. Burr said the trees procured
from tina northern nurseries did rot hold on 50
late as the trees procured hero. Mr.. Jno. II.
King gave his experience with trees, saying that
he found no difference whether thu tree came
from the north or were raised here. Mr.. j. Il
Hunt said that the winter apples At tn" noli'
became fall apples in this climate from tn oil
ference in the climate. Mr.. Hines. {" lIr"tnlA,
said that he differed somewhat with the gentle
man from his experience. lie TN ought The s'.!'
had as much TO d) with the fruit a. the climate
lie thought the native trees were the hest Tor
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known that some OF the worthless klndSot IraIE
in New York became good fruit when raised in
This vicinity Mr.. Burr would like gcnlIc!ncn
to name the kinds OF apples which would he'd
ON the trees too long. Mr.. llinc though! II
would be we'll 10 make this subject IN, special
business for some future day.
Mr. WIN. II. peasants then read ~ lni'r
cs.ing paper IN grape culture in the border
States
BRIGuT STAR.-At this particular time
Venus is conspicuously brilliant IN the " est
ern sky, and Star-gazerH ncrcapOut> say sue re-
presents reconstructed Virginia. ohe Ia" al
WAYS been tavorte planet with astronomers
and nocts alike, whether as the Shepherd ; star,
as the Ncsper orb OF eve, or as bright iuci'cr,
Son OF the Morning. At present she Is the
evening star, and is passing from her superior
TO her inferior conjunction with the sun, an 4
, every evening sets earlier Shcls approaching
the grand solar center, and on the .:3l OF eb
ruary she will reach her inferior conjunction,
and turn her darknncd side towards Us. REAP
Fearing on the Western side OF the sun rs q
morning star. She is alternately q moTnln-
and evening star for period OF two hundreI
and ninety TWO days, although her annual ravo
luton takes only two hundred and Twenty-Five
days, but rs the earth moves in the same dIFec
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the sun and Venus TO come into the sani3 20
| stion regarding each other. The approaching
trap,its Of Venus lend her additional lEt2rt5'.
The last ono occurred in l1Gl, and The next &C
cur in 1874 and lSo2, These events Az anti"i
patcl with profound interest by astronomers
a. they will enable them 10 verify he distance:
Of the sun from OIL. p!aact. This vast pro3.Hn
is of the greatest consequence, and Their - III
admitted error in he computed distance. -
during thi, month Venus will be unu,laI.S
bright ard Interesting - >;ar g&2 E'ch
n'oaH Eaq.
WASHINGTON ITEMS. The comman!art @
the Navy Yard has sued an order To tie clerk
of the several bureaus to ch"c; oprrsl" tn
name: OF aiI employee, o! lhr yalI teXcri'
mechanics and !aborrrsJ the amount OF iuc"nI
tax due on their salaries lin rxce-a OF - ,"m
to tc dcductcd from th'ir pay.
The first State dinner given by the President
to the Diplomatic Corps took pIac? ut o clock
Yesterday. The State dining. room va! han!
somciy tasnoncd with green leaves and ll'wrr-,
while small American flags We're dl$I!aycd At
various parts Of the room.
The VIII. OF the coOrcd Senator from M>,i*
>ipp, was in the Senate gallery yesterday.
Senator's Sumner and Upton lrit The chamLcl
were introduced by George L. Downing.
Captain Hall the Arctic explorer, accom- pan
led bv +. pier br~, lis vile, and their daughter,
the ESquimauX fanny, called at the EsrcWi"r
Mansion Yesterday and the President rcccTrd
them in his private Office: they were there near.
" halt an hour, during which inc he conv"racd
with the parly and expressed his great P.nasGlC
10 meeting such Intelligent representatives. 81
| their race.
| LYNCuEURG AND DANTGiLE RAILROAD. ca
The Board 81 Directors OF this road he'd n
mcctIr" in Alexandria last wrck, IN wc learn,
that nothing definite was concluded upon re-.
sprcting either the location Of the roai, ~ lh''
time al which it. will be put under contract.
The Board visited Baltimore: Tor the purpose CT
conIrrrnr with the Council OF that city. The
Board, from c)nvcr>ation with members 81 the
Council, and with prominent citizan+, wcic
encouraged to hope that the desired ald will be
extended to them.
Another meeting Of the Directors will be hr!d
Is soon as all the surveys are complete! iy
Mr. Nandcgri!t, which will be within the n"Xt
two or three weeks, when the location Will %
decided upon, and measures lnaIgurat"I TO
commence he construction Of the T6ad.--
LmchL"rg Nr,rs.
| a MAGISTRATES DECISION Just Trck !
warrant case came up before one OF General
| Canby' conrrd iusicrq in the county OF Cum
bcrlanl, in which The controyortci "um Was
some $40. The counsel for the defence moved
TO have the casc transferred 10 the county court,
reading the constitutional provision hal where
thcsn in controversy exceeded $50 the right Of