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chards look young and thrifty, while the apple orchards were old, 

 broken and twisted. 



In at least one respect I found the people there just the same as 

 at home, they were willing to buy Russian apples and budded trees 

 (that never die, and bear always, because usually they won't start), at 

 seventy-five cents to one dollar and a half. Chase & Bros, getting a 

 large part of their spare cash. The Baldwin and Rhode Island 

 Greenings being the standards, while they are buying largely of 

 Duchess, Red Astrachan, Utter's, Walbridge, Peewaukee, and the 

 humbugs with names long enough to kill them. 



About the only other matter that impressed me very much was 

 on the way home. In the southern part of Canada was about twenty 

 acres of the finest peach orchard I ever saw; the peaches looked of 

 fine varieties, and many trees were breaking down under their loads. 

 I think if orchardists here would have to work and wait for results 

 as they do there, horticulturists would be scarce. I saw many or- 

 chards that had been set from eight to ten years, that would not 

 exceed one-and-a-half inches in diameter, with the first few scrawny 

 apples that would not begin to compare with the Plate Book. 



An informal talk was then indulged in by the Society, which 

 was very interesting, but no new facts were brought to light worthy 

 of being reported here. 



On motion of A. C. Hammond, the lady members of the three 

 Floral Societies of Hancock County — Warsaw, Monte-Bello, and 

 Carthage, were invited to a representation at the meeting of the State 

 Society, at Princeton, for 1887. 



