, 1875-09-18
NATIONAL, poxoL0GtCAL CONGRESS-.

hruiup!u has lce On unlawful, nnchr!aau crusade.
NATIONAL pOMOL0GtC.AL CONGRESS.
Its Recent Hcnston IN chtch0o-sn'
or tho EnborH Of This A#aoclnst0n-
6;1,1pnbIe Nexlpct Oil tho Rtsrt oF Our
city Authorities
To The Editer a} The Chi.ddo TrfGHe:
CHICAGO, Sept. 17.-1t IA probable that only
emal} proportion OF the readers OF TIE DA11.Y
InlHusE lavc any Just conception Of the objects Of
tho Congress OF f1uit-growers VINO assembled Liant
weak in Chicago To tho average citizon, who
knows and cares nothing about frntt-culturo bo.
you'd tho final results Al thoy appear In the form
Of lusc,ons peaches, pears. apples. p!uns grapes,
.kc., in tue Market-stalis, it iR gumewhas
iucomprehensiblo thss body Of Soma
900 very Intelligent mou, comprising Delegates
from every State tn tho Union, As we'll ~ from
lie british Provinces, BllouId assemble evorv
swo wears to d1scusb tho merits Of the dfIurenk
varieties Of cncal, and decide, l,y tasting ami tho
testimony OF practical c1tttiyatnra. Which OF tho
lnu1nerabso yariotios can be safely racommeH1-
cd. II tho sad citizen buys q country residence,
with land enough for garden, nnd attempts to
ntock it will fruit, he will lNGin to got bis
fiiEs perception Of tho want which these
gentlemen are lhhoriiE to supply. lto
e. e;''o or perhaps rasibafres. % p'1I' strawberries,
grapes, or biackuerrics but on gliug to a
lra.ry, he discovers, to his dislnsy, illat ho has
got to soloct from n list comprising perhaps
hundreds OF Varieties, ard. amidst tho ondcss
list Of mines, lo ID utterly le}p1ese and l,ist,
porforcc. intrt1At the selection to tho Nursory-
nun. lie rlants the trees thus chosen Tor him,
mud after waiting years for tbs fruit he dis
ctyerH perlas, TINT it is itEinsIcallv wortileHA
or that t IL not ada} ted to tho ao and situation
or that It is 80 deficient in productive powor
that it IL uttarly incompetent 10 sup
ply tho demanda Of hla tabee; aud
no realizes that his tlmo and labor arc lost, and
It woud have beon better economy to have paid
teu times much lit Tho first place for such tn-
formation in regard to best vatiotioB and their
cututo AZ would hayo gavod lin all this loas md
annoyance. Every ono can reniize hoH great
this annoyance m,ist bo, even to tho amateur
who gtows fruit ouiy for lis OWN table. aud eau
Judge from tt1at basis Of the vital importance 10
tboao who make a business Of growing fruit for
market, OF securing sich varieties rs arc OF tho
! best quality nud most productive dharactor,
Tho commercial value Of tho otc!ari-producta
| Of tho United 8tat0s amounts to $50 900 U00 ror
| nnuum, mud millions OF frnit-trocs arc annually
| planted. Now varlot1os OF fruit aro continually
| being produced by Intentional or accidental
| hybrtdizing; and as a eanRlo nav variety, II
roaity Of superior quality, niny prove msuo Of
waaltA to its poasosnor, tho temptation IT, Of
course, vcry great to claim, SUCH merit
for auy now variety, aud dispose OF tho
Ereat quantities, before its true quality is known.
| For it muat bc remembered that, howoyor gupo.
rior In beauty, eize, and flavor, campe Ut frnit
| NAV b. It may DO 80 unproduchiye, or 40 liablo
to injury from insects, blight, or other causes,
| OF ruquite such care and attention for It's sue.
| oessful culture, TINT 1t may be worthless as
\ masket-fruit. And 1t Will ba obvious, Ga . mo
nenta reflection that tho testimony Of oven
tho most reliable cultivators, whose obaerya-
tlon Inns beon limited 10 snglo locality.
OF oven augfo State. would POSSESS but little
| valve 10 reteIence 20 tbs aupetien OF reaeraJ
cultivation.
Il was the consciousness OF the necessity o,
accurate information upon all these points which
first led to tho formation Of national orEauiza-
I tion for tho puruosa. Ncarly thirty yAara nro.
I Couyention waa called together 81 Now York,
| by tho lealiuY horticultural societios Of tho
au,t waa tho formation Of tho National
! IomoloBlcnl CoAHfeBst WHICH Aaa elnco 40G