380 state Horticultural Society. 



buds swell in sprinj:;^. The best scions are iiuulc from one or two-year- 

 old wood of thrifty bearing trees of the varieties desired. The selected 

 wood should be smooth, bright and average about the thickness of an 

 ordinary lead pencil. Do not use water sprouts if they can be avoided, as 

 they are usually long in bearing, but well-ripened shoots from the upper 

 portions of the trees. They may be cut in lengths of eight to ten inches, 

 properly labeled and buried in the soil on the north or shaded side of a 

 building until wanted, covering the soil with a board to keep out exces- 

 sive wet. They may also he packed in dam]\ not wet, moss or sawdust 

 and kept in a cool building or icehouse to retard the ])uds ; in short the\- 

 must be kept cool and prevented from drying out until the stocks are 

 ready to graft. Probably the best time to graft the apple, is when the 

 leaf buds are beginning to open, provided the scions arc quite dormant. 

 — The Rural New-Yorker. 



BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



From the President's report. 



.Ml these past years, it has strug"gled along doing what it could to 

 help its own members ; and not being selfish, it has, through the generosity 

 of the press of our city, published its proceedings and sent them broad- 

 cast throughout Northwest Arkansas, and also to some extent in Mis- 

 souri and elsewhere. The State of Missouri has one of the best and 

 largest State Horticultural Societies in the United States, and its printed 

 reports are second to none. We are proud of the fact that for several 

 years past our Society has been honored by quotations from our proceed- 

 ings being printed in their annual reports, showing that we arc "not with- 

 out honor" at least in Missouri. We are grateful to the Missouri Society 

 for this recognition, and especially are we thankful for a large number 

 of its annual reports sent us gratis for several years past, as they arc 

 full of the best instruction and knowledge on all Horticultural subjects. 



I. Hentiiorn. 



From the Secretar}"s report. 



The Society made the necessary apptiinlmenls to set the Fruit hair 

 in motion and on the 19th, 20th and 21st of October, 1904, a Fair was 

 held that was successful in every respect. This Fruit Fair seems to be 

 well established in Benton county and too much praise cannot be given 

 to the business men and farmers who pay the bills, and the men and 



