This Society embraces some of the most intelligent fruit and plant growers of the Western States, whose observation extends over a country rich in fruits of all kinds and soils of almost every description. We read their transactions with pleasure, and here and hereafter propose to extract more or less from them. In reporting on the hardihood of varieties of the peach to withstand frost without injury to the bud, the Large Early York was first, Oldmixon free next among the white-fleshed sorts, while of the yellow-fleshed varieties the old red-cheeked Melocoton and Smock were the winners.

In remarks on cultivation of orchards, Mr. W. C. Flagg said that a healthful growth was necessary to insure good fruit, but that no cultivation should be given after July, as late cultivation induced late growths and rendered the trees less hardy and capable of enduring the extreme changes of temperature in winter. He objected to planting potatoes in orchards, on account of the late stirring of the soil.