536 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



WAYLAND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



OFFICERS. 



President — A. A. Abbott. 

 Mrst Vice-President — H. B. Nash. 

 Second Vice-President — Asa Newman. 

 Secretary — C E. Davison. 

 Treasurer — W. L. Heazlit. 



The interest in the society meetings the past season has not been well sus- 

 tained and they have not been as well attended as the individual interest of 

 tiie members demanded. The organization of the society and the distribu- 

 tion of the State society reports have done a good deal towards creating an 

 interest in fruit growing in this vicinity. Orchards are receiving more atten- 

 tion and quite a number of farmers are adding a few choice varieties of 

 grapes to the neglected and abused Concord of the past, and still others are 

 putting out some of the newer varieties of strawberries and black caps. Those 

 having favorable locations are talking ''peach" strongly and already about 

 8,000 trees have been set, nearly half of which gave a fair yield the past sea- 

 son, the most profitable varieties being Alexander and Hill's Chili. About 

 a thousand bushels were shipped from this township this season. There are 

 but two vineyards in bearing condition, one four years old, the other ten years 

 old or more. The yield of Dr. Byrd's was 1,500 pounds, that of Mr. Newman 

 about 5,000 pounds. The dry season was very favorable to the grape, but 

 berries and other small fruits were nearly a total failure. The apple crop 

 was full average in quantity but very wormy. Unless spraying the trees with 

 London purple or Paris green is resorted to the codling moth will eventually 

 consign all our apples to the evaporator man. 



