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Mr. Bade — Do you think that the general destruction of forests 

 has had any evil effect on the growth of apples ? 



Mr. Barrv — I think not. 



Mr. Shearman — It seems to me very apparent that the great cause 

 of failure has been w^ant of adaptation of soil to the variety. Now 

 with all due deference to our friend here, who says we should plant 

 a new orchard every twenty years, the oldest trees planted in our 

 county were planted by Dr. Haskell as long ago as 37 or 38 years. 

 There are certain varieties he planted there, and there is no such 

 thing as failure in them. I think the healthfulness depends on plant- 

 ing the right variety. 



Mr. Huggins — I was born and brought up in New Hampshire, and 

 I remember that in my early boyhood we had seedling apple trees, 

 and plenty of fruit. I came to this country 35 years since ; there 

 was then plenty of fruit in New Hampshire. Eeturning about three 

 years ago I was struck with the stunted appearance of the fruit 

 orchards that I had seen so many years ago, and I saw the trees were 

 covered with bark lice. On all sides I saw a lack of care and atten- 

 tion. Each one would tell me the same story — "we cannot raise it, 

 but over j-onder there is one man who always has fruit." I remem- 

 bered in my youth that that family was a thorough working family. 

 I visited their orchard and I saw the reason for the fruit ; the orchard 

 was well taken care of, thrifty and in good condition ; there were no 

 bark lice. 



AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION, ETC. 



Mr, Flagg offered the following amendments to the by-laws, which 

 were adopted : 



AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS. 



III. The Secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Society, have charge of 

 its papers, books and reports, and prepare its reports for publication; and shall receive 

 for so doing his necessary expenses for postage, stationery, printing, expressage and 

 office rent, and the sum of three hundred dollars per annum. He shall render an 

 annual account in detail of such necessary expenses, which shall be referred, with the 

 Treasurer's report, to a special auditing committee. 



