The Fruit-Growers' Society Of Western New York held its seventh Annual Meeting at the Court-house, in the City of Rochester, on 8th and 9th January, 1862. For an account of its proceedings, somewhat condensed, we are indebted to Secretary Bissell and the Rural New Yorker. The meeting was one of the largest ever held. At eleven o'clock a. m. of 8th, the President, E. Moody, Esq., of Lockport, took the chair, and after the usual forms of organizetion, Committees were appointed to nominate officers for 1862, end to report subjects for discussion.

The Committee upon Subjects reported eleven questions, of which the following six were dis-cussed, and five, upon the culture end pruning of the Peer, were passed over for want of time. The Society held four sessions; the attendance was very large, and the dismissions upon each subject very interesting and somewhat protracted.

Apples

Question 1

Dwarf Apple-Teem - What is the beet stock for Dwarfing the Apple, and what are the comparative merits of Dwarf and Standard Apples?

Question 2

Select lists for family use - Which are the best 24 varieties? Which of the 24 are the best six summer varieties, two for the table, one for baking, and one for cooking 1

Question 3

Which of the 24 are the best six fall varieties as above?

Question 4

Which of the 24 are the best twelve winter, to embrace two for stock feeding, two for baking, two for cooking, and ten for the table?

Question 5

What is the best form of an Apple-Tree? and what is the time for pruning?

Grapes

Question 6

What are the beat six varieties of Grapes for family use, and which are the best two for vineyard purposes?

Pears

Question 7

What are the best eight varieties for market, and on what stock should each be cultivated?

Question 8

What are the best ten varieties for family use, embracing a succession through the year, and on what stock should each be cultivated?

Question 9

What is the best form of pruning the Dwarf Pear? and what the best for the Standard, and the best season for doing it?

Question 10

What are the advantages of pinching?

Question 11

What is the cheapest and best method of cultivating the Pear?

The Committee to nominate officers for 1862 reported the following named gentlemen, who were unanimously elected:

President, Hugh T. Brooks, of Wyoming; Vice Presidents, John J. Thomas, of Union Springs; John B. Eaton, of Buffalo; S. N. Holmes, of Syracuse; Secretary, C. P. Bissell, of Rochester; Treasurer, W. P. Townsend, of Lockport.

Upon motion of H. EL Hooker, Esq., a vote was unanimously passed, thanking C. P. Bissell for the very able manner in which he has performed the duties or Secretary of this Society for the past four years, and the vote ordered to be entered upon the records.

Upon motion of William Brown Smith, of Syracuse, twenty-five dollars were voted to C. P. Bissell for his services for the past year. This sum Mr. Bissell peremptorily declined. Upon motion of D. W. Beadle, of St. Catharines, Canada, it was voted to expend this twenty-five dollars in some suitable testimonial to C. P. Bissell, with a suitable inscription, expressing the kind regards of this Society. Mr. Bissell positively refused to accept the office of Secretary unless the Society reconsidered these votes.

Mr. Smith then moved to reconsider his motion, and to withdraw said resolution, and instead thereof moved that the Society create Mr. Bissell a member for life, and present to him a parchment certificate of the fact, as a testimonial of our appreciation for his past services. Mr. Bissell thanked Mr. Smith for these resolutions. saying, " By this resolution you will honor me more than by any other course you could possibly take, thereby doing credit to the disinterestedness of my motives in laboring for the good of fruit-growing, and to my love for the society of gentlemen like yourselves".

The Committee upon Fruits, which was D. W. Beadle, of Canada, George Moody, of Lock-port, and J. Salter, of Rochester, reported fifty-eight varieties of Pears, fifty-one of Apples, and several of Grapes, Ac., upon exhibition.

The discussions were opened with:

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Mr. Hooker said the Pomme Royal is of poor appearance, greenish white, often specked. Twenty Ounce is one of the best market apples, excellent for cooking, hangs well on the tree, and is a good bearer.

Mr. Moody believed the Ducheese of Oldenburgh to be one of the best autumn apples, and a very early bearer, often bearing in the nursery; one of the tenderest table apples. Fall Pip. pin, after the Gravenstein, is the next best cooking apple.

Mr. Fish said it is generally, admitted that the Fall Pippin is of good quality, but he could never get many of them.

Mr. Holmes, of Syracuse, had not heard the Hawley mentioned, and would like to get the opinion of members as to its quality.

Dr. Sylvester said the Hawley is one of the best fall apples, but is not considered very productive.

Mr. Beadle had the Hawley in cultivation some years, but of late it is not only water-cored, but water-soaked, and about worthless. It stands in a rather low place in the orchard. and this may be the cause of the trouble.

Mr. Hoag found it the same at Lockport.

Mr. Herkington had the same difficulty with it in Macedon on high ground.

Mr. Hooker could not get along without the Porter for family use.

Mr. Ellwangrr said, as it seems to be understood that the list is to be increased to six au-tumn varieties, he wished to add the St. Lawrence. He also spoke well of the Porter.

Mr. Corey, of Penfield, considered Maiden's Blush a very fine apple, Mr. Anthony said Maiden's Blueh is always fair, productive, and excellent. Mr. Barry said it is remarkable to notice the changes in the character of apples. Only twelve years ago the Hawley was extremely popular, and it was an excellent apple. Now it is subject to the defect noticed by several gentlemen, and is about discarded.

Mr. Hooker found the St. Lawrence a very perishable, unreliable fruit. The crop generally is poor and wormy.

Mr. Beadle thought the St. Lawrence had got too far south. In Canada, the further north it is grown, the higher-colored, the finer, and the more perfect the fruit. It is always large, fine, and the tree productive.

Mr. Lay, of Greece, found it to ripen unevenly.

Mr. Smith said this is the case in Syracuse, but considers that this variableness in ripening makes it the more valuable for family use.