376 STATE HOKTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



GEEENVILLE HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



PREPARED BY SECRETARY TAYLOR. 

 OFFICERS. 



Presidejit — Dr. John Avery. 



Secretary — John E. Taylor. 



Treasurer — Mrs. J. "W. Belknap. 



It has been our misfortune to have appointed each of our regular meetings 

 upon a rainy day, therefore we have not, from theoretical papers or random 

 talks, revolutionized any of the accepted practices in horticulture. The 

 horticultural resources of our vicinity are gradually developing, and the apple 

 traffic has recently received an impetus which far surpasses the expectations of 

 a few years ago. It is of interest, perhaps, to know that this increased traffic 

 is but the natural result of the production of sufficient quantities of apples to 

 attract the attention of shippers. When our orchards were small, we had but 

 few apples ; there was no demand beyond the home market, and farmers, 

 considering the $20 or 130 proceeds of their 4 or 5-acre orchard but poor 

 interest upon their investment, cried out against fruit-raising. This season 

 Mr. B. S. Bigley of our society (from what fruit-growers would call a small 

 orchard) marketed over $200 worth of apples, and people generally now 

 believe in the orchard. 



