STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 137 



Set your orchard trees as far apart as you intend them to stand 

 when fnlly pjrnwn. Don't make the mistake of settin^^f close to^jether 

 with the iiitentiuu of cutting out when tliey get too ck)se, for before 

 you are aware your trees have grown together, and you let them stand 

 "just this year" until your orchard is ruined. If planted far enough 

 apart the grass will grow and the ])asture can be utilized for hogs, 

 calves or sheep. Small fruits can be set in the orchard if thought 

 desirable, but I prefer to have them in a place b}' themselves. 



Strawberries should be set in rows, three to four feet apart, and 

 from one to t^vo feet in the row. 



Raspberries and currants in rows eight feet apart, and four feet 

 in the row. 



Blackberries and gooseberries the same as raspberries. 



Apple trees should be planted not less than two rods each way. 



Pear and peach trees might be set between the apple trees, as 

 thev usually die before the apple trees attain a size sutKcent to in- 

 terfere. 



I would recommend the following list of fruits for this section 

 of the country: 



Strairberries — Crescent, Wilson and Charles Downing. 



Baspherries — For red. Turner; Blackcap, Gregg and Mammoth 

 Cluster. 



Blackberries — Lawton and Snyder; the latter most hardy and 

 free from rust. 



Currants — Large Cherry. 



Clierrij — Early Richmond on Morello stocks. 



Pears — Tyson, Flemish Beauty. Seckle and Sheldon. The Tyson 

 pear has not been known to blight in our locality where it has been 

 planted for twenty years. It ripens about the last of August and is 

 in quality next to the Seckle or Sugar pear. It also is a good bearer. 



AvPL^s.—Sionmcr — Red Astrachan, Codlin and Benoni. 



Fall — Maiden's Blush, Stanard and Snow. 



Early Winter — Grimes' Golden. Jonathan. 



Winter — ^omc Beauty. Rawles' Janet, Minkler and Ben Davis. 



It is well to have the Ben Davis in a list for family orchard, for 

 some years they will bear when other varieties fail, and they will do 

 to eat when thore is nothing else. When there is a crop of the other 

 varieties the \^q\\ Davis will sell to best advantage. 



In place of B(dlflower T have substituted Grimes' Golden on ac- 

 count of its better bearing qualities. 



The above list is for family use. 



Upon motion of Parker Earle it was 



Besolrerl, That this Society recognize its many obligations to 

 the agricultural press of the State for its long-continued services to 



