STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 191 



President Dunlap — The rules of the Board of Management of 

 the State Experiment Station provide that one Director shall be 

 appointed by the State Horticultural Society. It will, therefore, 

 be our duty to-day to appoint some one to this position, and I 

 think we should also outline the work that we desire to have 

 done. 



Mr. Dennis — I want to see the questions of the effect of stock 

 upon scion, and of seed from perfect and imperfect fruit, upon 

 the hardiness of trees, thoroughly tested. It will take time to 

 secure results, and I should like to see the work begun at once. 

 Another valuable experiment would be to graft some varieties of 

 poor quality, say Ben Davis into Duchess, Wealthy, Grimes' 

 Golden, Jonathan and Priors' Red, to decide whether it will im- 

 prove the quality of the fruit, or hardiness of the tree. 



Mr. Browne— I should like to have seed selected from a long 

 keeping, hardy variety, like Priors' Red, from a long keeping 

 tender variety like Smith's Cider, from an early hardy variety 

 like Duchess, from an early tender variety like Red June, from 

 the Wild Crab, and from defective apples. Grow them sepa- 

 rately and graft all to Ben Davis. When they come into bear- 

 ing we would readily see whether seed and stock had any influence 

 on the keeping qualities or flavor of the fruit, or hardiness of the 

 trees. 



Mr. Jackson— I think we should work on general principles 

 until we get the work well under way, but there are some special 

 lines that seem to demand immediate attention. Among these 

 are spraying fruit trees for insects, and investigation of the black- 

 berry rust. 



Mr. Dunlap presented the following elaborate diagram of a 

 plan of experiments that he thought might be advantageously 

 adopted. He said it would take years to complete this series of 

 experiments, but we should lay the foundation deep and broad, 

 with an eye to the superstructure that was to be reared thereon 

 in the future. 



