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account that the orcliards are younger in this section than in 

 many portions of the State. 



The President then read the following letters : 



'• Newburg, Orange Co., N. Y., Oct 30. 



"Our visit to Michigan was a pleasant and instructive one, 

 and the portion of the State we visited seemed well adapted 

 to fruit-growing, and, from all that I could learn, is one of the 

 most profitable to the land-owner. The apples especially were 

 fine, of good size and color, fiiir, and abundant. I observed, 

 however, the codling moth beginning to show itself consider- 

 ably, and it would be well for your fruit-growers to be on the 

 alert and destroy them before they become too numerous. 

 The best remedy I have seen is the shingle invention of D. 

 B. Wier of Lacou, Illinois. Swine and cattle are also a help 

 where they can be allowed to run in the orchard, and where 

 not, the fruit should be picked up and given to them. This 

 codling moth is becoming a serious drawback to fruit-growing, 

 and if not checked will prove a great loss to the community, 

 in a commercial point of view, as well as of a useful and 

 healthful luxury in the family. 



" The peach orchards around Spring Lake and other sec- 

 tions seemed vigorous and healthy, and appeared to be at 

 home in the light sandy soil of that region; but while going 

 through the orchards I was impressed with the notion that 

 they were planting too largely for the demand, and of course 

 would not be remunerated for their labor, unless they adopted 

 some other modes to dispose of their surplus stock. 



" When I was visiting the peach orchards of Delaware and 

 Maryland, last August, I found at one place one of Alden's 

 Fruit Preserving Machines, where they dried eight bushels of 

 peaches in an hour, keeping two sets of hands working day 

 and night. It requires four hours to dry them. It is simply 

 taking out the water, leaving all the fine flavor in the fruit; 

 and when the fruit is wanted for use, add water and sut^ar 

 auEBcient to be palatable. The fruit, when so dried, can be 



