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Mr. Dickinson. — My experience is that orchards on slopes with a southern 



inclination are more liable to injury from severe winters than those with a 

 northern or western inclination. I think a northern inclination the best for 

 any orchard. 



The committee appointed to recommend a list of apple trees suitable for 

 cultivation in Kent county, in view of the cold winters of lt>^2-:> and 1874-5, 

 made the following report, which was accepted and adopted : 



Mr. President — Your committee appointed to recommend a list of apple 

 trees suitable for cultivation, beg leave to report that they have given the mat- 

 ter due consideration, and herewith present two lists for the consideration of 

 the Society, — the first for market purposes ; the second for amateur culti- 

 vation : 



FOR MARKET— WINTER APPLES. 



Red Canada 30 in 100 



Ben Davis 10 in 100 



Jonathan 10 in 100 



Northern Spy 10 in 100 



Wagener 10 in ]00 



Peck's Pleasant 20 in 100 



R. I. Greening 10 in 100 



AUTUMN APPLES FOR MARKET. 



Autumn Strawberry 10 in 100 



Gravenstein 15 in 100 



Lowell 10 in 100 



Maiden's Blush 25 in 100 



Twenty Ounce 20 in 100 



Beauty of Greece.. 20 in 100 



SUMMER APPLES FOR MARKET. 



Red Astrachan 20 in 100 



Duchess of Oldenburg 20 in 100 



Golden Sweet . 10 in 100 



Keswick Codling 10 in 100 



Primate 20 in 100 



Sweet Bough _ 10 in 100 



Early Harvest _ 10 in 100 



FOR AMATEURS. 



The committee recommend the cultivation of the following varieties by ama- 

 teurs for summer, in the proportion named: Early Harvest, 2; Duchess of 

 Oldenburg, 2 ; Early Strawberry, 2 ; Golden Sweet, 2 ; Keswick Codling, 2 ; 

 Primate, 4 ; Sweet Bough, 2 ; Sops of Wine, 2. 



Autumn Apples: Pomme Royal (Dyer), 4; Autumn Strawberry, 4; Fall 

 Pippin, 2; Snow, 4; Gravenstein, 4; Lowell, 4; Maiden's Blush, 2; Beauty 

 of Greece, 4; Twenty Ounce, 4; Chenango Strawberry, G; Fall Jenneting, 4: 

 Hawley, 6. 



"Winter Apples: Baldwin, 2; Jonathan, 2; Golden Pippin, 4; Hubbard s ton's 

 Nonsuch, 4; Lady Apple, 2; Mammoth Pippin, 2; Northern Spy and Weg- 

 ener's, C; Peck's Pleasant, 6; Canada Red, 4; R. I. Greening, 4; Seek-no- 

 further, 2 : Talman Sweet, 2 ; Lady Sweet, 2. 



Mr. Merriman, at the May meeting, read the following valuable paper on the 



POMOLOGICAL AND HORTICULTURAL USES AND BENEFITS OF PLASTER. 



The results that we know r are produced by the use of plaster either upon our 

 farms or in our gardens and orchards, are too widely known and too obvious 



