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Invincible, Stanton^s seedling and a number of others far better 

 than the old kinds were in their best days. 



A new idea in horticulture is to drive strong stakes twenty 

 feet apart in the raspberry row, fastening a smooth wire to them 

 two feet above ground, to]5ping the new canes a little above the 

 wire, which will send out laterals on either side the wire and save 

 the destruction so common by high winds. 



Another is to set a strong post beside the trunk of the tree and 

 from the top of the post suspend the loaded breaking branches with 

 a smooth wire. 



Some new ini'plements in horticulture deserve special note. 

 The potato digger, the tree digger, the wheel hoe, the fruit parers 

 and evaporators are revolutionizing the horticultural world. I 

 pared and cored on a new machine a few days ago one bushel, or 

 two hundred and forty-two apples in twelve and one-half minutes, 

 and comparing the evaporated fruit with that dried the old way is 

 conclusive evidence that the neiv in horticulture is an important 

 subject. 



Yet " all that glitters is not gold," neither are the glowing 

 advertisements and over-drawn descriptions of the new to be relied 

 upon. Eternal vigilance is the watchword of every intelligent 

 horticulturalist. Be careful what, and where, you buy, and buy 

 sparingly of the untried netu. But never condemn a thing until it 

 is proven worthless ; not because it is new. 



In conclusion I name a few of the most valuable acquisitions 

 that I have thoroughly tested. The Snyder and Taylor's Prolific 

 blackberry, the Souhegan, Hopkins, G-regg, Cuthbert and Hansell 

 raspberries, and the Bidwell strawberry. 



Discussion"; 



F. Holsinger — Would differ from the chair in saying that the 

 curculio is the most destructive. The Gouger is a thousand times 

 more destructive than the curculio. The Round Head Borer is 

 also more destructive than the codling moth. Found the codling 

 moth filled a sponge placed in tha forks of the tree. This matter 

 will come up in the report* of the committe on entomology. 



Da7i. Carpenter moved that the chair appoint a committee to 

 memorialize the state legislature to appoint a state entomologist ; 

 carried unanimously. 



Adjourned until 9 o'clock. 



