THE

WESTERN NEW YORK

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FIFTIETH ANNUAL MEETING,

HELD AT ROCHESTER, N. Y.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, JAN. 25 AND 26.

CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE I. This Association shall be entitled the "Fruit Growers' Society of Western New York," and its object shall be the advancement of the Science of Pomology and the Art of Fruit Culture generally.

ARTICLE II. It shall embrace in its sphere of operations the counties of Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus, Orleans, Genesee, Allegany, Monroe, Livingston, Steuben, Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates, Seneca, Chemung, Tompkins, Cayuga, Oswego, Tioga, Onondaga and Cortland.

ARTICLE III. Any person may become a member of the Society by paying into the treasury the sum of one dollar annually. The payment of ten dollars or more at one time will constitute a life membership.

ARTICLE IV. Its officers shall consist of a President, Vice-President, a Secretary and Treasurer, all of which shall be elected annually by ballot.

ARTICLE V. The following standing committees shall be appointed annually: An Executive Committee, a Committee on Nomenclature, a Committee on American Fruits, and a Committee on Foreign Fruits, to consist of five members each, and a general Fruit Committee, to consist of three members from each county represented in the Society, with a general chairman of the whole.

ARTICLE VI. The officers of the Society, together with the Executive Committee, shall constitute the Council, which shall have the general management of the affairs of the Society during its recess, and of which seven members including the President or one of the VicePresidents, shall form a quorum for the transaction of business.

ARTICLE VII. This Constitution may be amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at any regular meeting, notice of the proposed amendment having been previously given.

BY-LAWS.

I. The Committee on Nomenclature shall collate and decide the standard and synonymous names of all fruits known to the Society, with the authorities for each, and report so far as practicable at each regular meeting.

2. The Committees on American Fruits and Foreign Fruits shall in their respective departments, examine, test and classify such new fruits as may, in a natural state, come under their notice, and report at each regular meeting. The Committee on American Fruits will, in the consideration of new seedlings, be guided by the rules of Pomology as adopted by the New York State Agricultural Society.

3. The General Fruit Committee shall carefully and thoroughly investigate the subject of fruit culture in general. Each local committee of three shall collect such useful and interesting information in relation to the subject as may be in their power, and embody the same in a monthly report to be made to the General Chairman, such report to be by him examined and embodied in his annual or semi-annual report.

4. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on the fourth Wednesday in January of each year, in such a place as the Council may appoint, at which time the annual election of officers shall be held, an exhibition and discussion of fruits take place and other business transacted.

5. Other meetings may be convened by the Council at such time and place as they may appoint.

6. No member who is in arrears for dues shall be eligible to any office, or serve on any Standing Committee; and any member who shall neglect to pay his dues shall cease to enjoy the privileges of membership.

*Name changed in 1870 to "The Western New York Horticultural Society," by a vote of two-thirds of the members present.

Name changed to "New York State Horticultural Society" in 1887.
The name adopted in 1870 was resumed in 1889.

President:

WM. C. BARRY, ROCHEster.

S. D. WILLARD, Geneva.

Vice-Presidents:

ALBERT WOOD, Kent.

J. S. WOODWARD, Lockport. GRANT G. HITCHINGS, Syracuse.

Secretary-Treasurer:

JOHN HALL, Chamber of Commerce Bldg., ROCHESter, N. Y.

Executive Committee-C. M. HOOKER, Rochester; HENRY L. WHITE, Brockport; DEWANE BOGUE, Medina; I. H. DEWEY, Rochester; WILLARD HOPKINS, Youngstown.

Botany and Plant Diseases-PROF. F. C. STEWART, Geneva; DR. L. H. BAILEY, Ithaca; Albert PERKINS, Rochester; C. H. STUART, Newark; WILLIS T. MANN, Barker; H. E. EUSTACE, Geneva.

Chemistry-DR. L. L. VAN SLYKE, Geneva; DR. S. A. LATTIMORE, Rochester; PROF. I. P. ROBERTS, Ithaca.

Entomology-Prof. P. J. ParROTT, Geneva; Prof. M. V. Slingerland, Ithaca; PROF. E. P. FELT, Albany; J. F. Rose, South Byron; J. Jav BARDEN, Stanley; LEWIS HOOKER and DR. CHAS. T. HOWARD, Rochester.

Foreign Fruits-GEORGE ELLWANGER and IRVING ROUSE, Rochester; I. H. BABCOCK, Lockport; FRANK E. RUPERT, Seneca; JOHN CHARLTON, Rochester; GEO. H. MoODY, Lockport; H. J. Peck, Brighton. Flowers and Bedding Plants-C. W. SEELYE, Rochester; CHAS. J. MALOY and JOHN A. CHARLTON, Rochester; DUNCAN RHIND, Canandaigua. Garden Vegetables-ABRAM FRANKE, Irondequoit; O. M. TAYLOR, Geneva; L. D. WELCH, Pittsford; EDW. H. MUNT, Le Roy.

Grapes and Small Fruits-Edward H. PRATT and GEO. S. Josselyn, Fredonia; Laurence J. Farmer, Pulaski; Delos Tenny, Hilton. Legislation-S. D. WILLARD and O. D. CHASE, Geneva; C. M. HOOKER and WM. PITKIN, Rochester; ALBERT WOOD, Kent; H. S. WILEY, Cayuga.

Native Fruits-W. C. BARRY, Rochester; DR. L. H. BAILEY, Ithaca ; PROF. S. A. BEACH, Geneva; C. H. PERKINS, Newark; D. K. Bell, West Brighton; L. WOOLVERTON, Grimsby, Ont.; A. EMERSON BABCOCK, Brighton.

Nomenclature—PROF. S. A. Beach and S. D. Willard, Geneva; W. J. EDMUNDS, Brockport; Wм. C. BARRY, Rochester; PROF. John Craig, Ithaca.

Ornamental Trees and Shrubs—C. C. LANEY, Rochester; Nelson Bogue, Batavia; THEO. J. SMITH, Geneva; CHAS. J. MALOY and JOHN DUNBAR, Rochester.

COUNTY COMMITTEES.

To visit orchards in their respective counties, and report at the annual meeting such facts in regard to their culture and management as may be of interest to the Society; also in regard to the progress of fruit culture and the sale and shipment of fruits.

Cayuga-H. S. WILEY, Cayuga; D. M. DUNNING, Auburn.

Chautauqua-WM. HART and LEWIS ROESCH, Fredonia; JOHN W. SPENCER, Westfield.

Erie-EUGENE WILLETT, North Collins; C. D. ZIMMERMAN, Buffalo ; T. GREINER, La Salle.

Genesee-I. W. WHITE, Byron; W. S. PAGE, Linden; ORVILLE E. Slater, Elba; W. L. BRADLEY, Pavilion.

Livingston-Geo. A. Sweet, H. R. MCNAIR, JOHN B. MoreY, JR., Dansville. Monroe-C. G. HOOKER and P. C. REYNOLDS, Rochester; LUTHER COLLAMER, Hilton; I. W. HALLAUER, Webster.

Niagara-S. WRIGHT MCCOLLUM, Lockport; WILLARD HOPKINS, Youngstown; MONT. JAQUES, Newfane; HIRAM GREGORY, Lockport.

Onondaga-G. G. HITCHINGS, Syracuse; SAMUEL J. WELLS, Fayetteville. Ontario-C. K. SCOON, Geneva; FRANK E. RUPERT, Seneca; W. H. PILLOW, Canandaigua; CHAS. DARROW, Geneva; GEO. P. Reed, Honeoye.

Orleans-ALBert Wood, Kent; VIRGIL BOGUE, Albion; H. L. BROWN, Carlton; HENRY MILES, Waterport.

Oswego-L. J. FARMER, Pulaski; GEO. A. DAVIS, Mexico; IRA PEASE, Oswego.

Seneca-NELSON C. SMITH, Geneva; E. C. PEIRSON, Waterloo; BUDD & KENYON, Hector.

Steuben—H. O. FAIRCHILD and L. D. MASSON, Hammondsport.

Tompkins-D. R. PEASE, Trumansburg; PROF. I. P. Roberts and GEORGE H. Hook, Ithaca ; T. H. KING, Trumansburg.

Wayne-BYRON J. CASE, Sodus; C. W. STUART, Newark; J. H. TEATS, Williamson; C. H. PERKINS, Newark.

Wyoming―J. D. SHERMAN, Castile; BENJ. BROOKS, Pearl Creek; JOHN GRIFFITH, Attica.

Yates-W. A. ANSLEY, Milo Center; F. B. SWARTHOUT, FRANK KIPP and TIMOTHY COSTELLO, Penn Yan.

GREETING.

PRESIDENT W. C. BARRY: Members of the Western New York Horticultural Society-Ladies and Gentlemen,-On this occasion, the fiftieth anniversary of the formation of this Society, I might, with propriety, devote some time to a review of the achievements of the organization during the years of its existence, but as the programme for the meeting is long and interesting I shall not occupy your time except to offer briefly a few words of congratulation.

The work of the Society speaks for itself. I thank you heartily for the generous support you have extended to me, and I am especially grateful to the gentlemen who have so many times presented valuable papers and delivered instructive addresses at our meetings. To them in a large measure, is the Society indebted for its success, and I now officially thank them on behalf of the organization. Our Secretary has been indefatigable in his efforts to promote the interests and welfare of the Society, and I wish to give public recognition of his efficient service and to express the sincere appreciation of it by the Society.

I will make one recommendation. It is with regard to the membership. I believe that we should have at least 1,000 members. Will you not, by personal solicitation, endeavor to accomplish this result? If each member will secure a new one the membership will reach the desired number. This question of membership is worthy of serious consideration. Sometimes we are apt to look at it as if it were unimportant, but I beg of you as individual members to make a personal effort to increase our membership. In the State of New York, where the fruit interests are so great, we ought to have at least a membership of one thousand. The Secretary cannot accomplish this alone. You are probably acquainted with many who should be members of this Society. If you will extend an invitation to them they will undoubtedly be glad to join. It may be advisable to tell them some of the advantages to be derived in belonging to this organization ; you may have to make some explanation, but I think under the circumstances, with the good record which this Society has, you can recommend it with confidence.

Having filled the office of president of this Society for nearly fifteen years, I feel that the present will be a proper time to make a change. You know how much I appreciate your kindness in honoring me as you have. Your friendship and co-operation I value beyond measure, and I ask for my successor the same loyal support which you have ever given to me. I wish also to congratulate the new Society upon its rapid growth and development. We will do our utmost to contribute to its success.