Washtenaw Pomology

At the meeting of the Washtenaw Pomological society, last Saturday, it was reported that no agent had been secured to receive and sell fruit for the members, and the whole tnatter of transportaron and BhippiDg was left to Prof. Niohols. The Ann Arbor preserving and pickling company exhibited strawbenies and gooseberries, canned by a new process icvented by E. H. Morgan. The berries were in a neat open glasé jar, and tasted delieious. The fruit aroma by this procees is well preserved. The company have expended considerable money in erecting buildings and suitable mscrrnery. Their work is done by steam. Mr. Hungerford, lately from India, a very cheerful looking Englishman, is a member of this enterprising firm. He attended the meeting for the first time and made a very favorable impression. . Apples from Leelanaw county were on exhibition. They were natural fruit, and looked very welf kept. N. B. Covert exhibited specimens of apples and pears attacked by the coddling moth in different stages. He is a close observer and does very useful work in entomology. As there was very bad spelliüg of my June report by some of the newspapers, which was generally copied by the press all over the state, and far beyond, I would say now in regard to the pear prospect in my orchard : The early pears like Doyenne d'ete, Rostiezer, Bloodgood and especially Giffard, Olapp's Favorite and Bartletts, promise a large yield of fine fruit, while Flemish Beauty, D'Anjou, Lawrence, Bosc and other late varieties do not promise so well. The Kieffer looks very healthy and [shows its Mongolian origin, when compared with my pear tree, "Transit" which the late astronomer, James Wation, had the kindnessto present to me on his return from northern China where he had observed the transit of Venus. Winter Neus, my best winter pear, is promising. ü'Aremberg never fails.