Port Tobacco Times, And Charles County Advertiser

Convention of FRUIT GROWERS.--There is to be a National Convention of Fruit Growers and Pomologists, at Judson's Hotel, New York, on the 10th of October next. We learn from the Newark Advertiser that the objects of the Convention are to compare fruits from various sources and localities, with a view of arriving at correct conclusions as to their merits, to settle doubtful points respecting them and to assist in determining the synonyms, by which the same fruit is known in different parts of the country, and generally to elicit and disseminate pomological information, and to maintain a cordial spirit of intercourse among the horticulturists. Persons attending the Convention are requested to bring with them, carefully labelled, specimens of all fruits grown in their vicinity that may be worthy of notice and if possible a small branch of leaves of each variety. Agricultural and Horticultural Societies are invited to send delegates and transmit at an early day a list of their delegates to T. B. Wakeman, Secretary of the American Institute, New York.