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road facilities as this statu has got, a ghit of fruit is impossible to occur. 

 The way to make good cider is as simple as it is supposed to be 

 that of making good bread by the good housewife. Take good, sound, 

 ripe apples, wash them, grind and press and store into clean, sound bar- 

 rels. If barrels are new, they should be soaked well to draw the tannic 

 acid out of the wood. Before filling, clear the cider by repeated rack- 

 ing and exclude the air from the cider all the time. 



Respectfully Yours, 



HARRY KEENE. 



Mr. LaiigJilin — Is it not true that fruit of quality as good as is 

 grown on young trees can be grown by cutting back old, neglected trees, 

 and inducing a fresh, vigorous growth by means of fertilizers and culti- 

 vation. 



The Secretary spoke of the care necessary for success in commercial 

 orcharding, advising the planting of commercial orchards, forcing them 

 into bearing, getting all the profit possible and then, when they com- 

 mence to die, to cut them out. The cost of planting and growing new 

 orchards is but little, and if orchards are planted so as to come on and 

 take the place of the old ones, the most profit can be obtained, 



Mr. Wm. Ent stated that some varieties, as the Large Romanite, 

 could be cut back, and would renew itself and do well for a number of 

 years. Others, like the Janet, could not be cut back to advantage, there- 

 fore considerable knowledge of varieties was necessary in order to be 

 able to renovate orchards judiciously. He then read a paper on " The 

 Cultivation of Orchards," by Wm. Ent, Savannah. 



Mr. N. F. Murray used to like the Grimes Golden, but now finds 

 that they are dying. He believes that the extremes of heat and cold 

 account for the damage. The long, fine autumn fall weather causes the 

 trees, which have formed their terminal buds and stopped growing, to 

 make a new growth. Some merely swell the buds, but even this seems 

 to cause them to winter kill. Recommended that the short-lived varie- 

 ties should be by themselves, and, when they are going to decay, they 

 should be cut out. Regarding reconstructing old trees, he liked judici- 

 ous pruning, fertilizers and cultivation. Did not like to cut out the water 

 sprouts, as they are the effect of nature to repair damages. When bran- 

 ches are laden down with fruit, the sap vessels become cramped and 



