This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
This meeting was held on the 5th of February. The following officers were chosen for the ensuing year:
President - J. J. THOMAS, Macedon.
L. Wetherell, Rochester; H. P. Norton, Brockport; R. G. Pardee, Geneva; Mr. Jeffry, Canandaigua; Samuel Shadbolt, Wheatland.
J as. Vice, Jr., Rochester.
H, EL Hooker, Rochester.
James H. Watts, Rochester.
On Fruits - P. Barry, H. E. Hooker, John Donellan, J. W. Seward, E. S. Hay-ward, L. A Ward, J. W. Bissell, H. N. Langworthy, Lb B. Langworthy, Zera Burr, Geo. Ellwanger, Alonzo Frost.
W. A. Reynolds, Wm. Webster, R. Donellan, W. King, Joseph Frost, C. F. Van Doorn.
L. Wetherell, J. W. Seward.
John Donellan, James Vick, Jr., Horace Hooker, James Buchan.
L. Wetherell, Francis Trentman, Moses Long, Chester Dewey, G. H. Smith, P. Cooney.
John J. Thomas, L. Wetherell, J. Vick, Jr., J. H. Watts.
J. J. Thomas, L. Wetherell, P. Barry, W. A- Reynolds.
There was a very nice display of winter apples and pears; and some of the best preserved Isabella grapes we have seen were presented by Mrs. M. Jewell, of Rochester. Among the apples we saw none so remarkable as Newtown Pippin*, the largest and fairest we have seen shown, by Mr. R. H. Brown, of Greece. The committee report as follows:
Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, Mt. Hope Nurseries, exhibited 33 varieties of pears and 24 of apples. Jas. H. Watts, Rochester, Northern Spy apples. R H. Brown, Greece, 22 varieties apples. Messrs. A. Frost & Co,, Genesee Valley Nurseries, 18 varieties apples. H. White, Rochester, 8 varieties of apples. S. Miller, Rochester, St. Jermain pears. Mrs. M. Jewell, Rochester, Isabella grapes in a most beautiful state of preservation Messrs. Bissell & Hooker presented a new and promising variety of apple-name unknown to the Committee.
 
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