The Bulletin. 



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ORCHARD DEMONSTRATION INSTITUTES. 



During the past year 14 Orchard Demonstration Institutes were 

 held in the counties of Alexander, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson, 

 Jackson, Stokes, Surry, Swain and Watauga, as follows : 



Orchard Demonstration Institutes. 



County. 



Alexander- Wilkes 

 Alexander- Wilkes 



Caldwell 



Caldwell 



Haywood 



Haywood 



Henderson 



Henderson 



Jackson : 



Stokes 



Surry 



Surry 



Swain 



Watauga 



Location. 



Brushy Mountains 

 Brushy Mountains 



Lenoir .. 



Lenoir 



Waynesville 



Waynesville 



Dana 



Dana 



Sylva 



King 



Mt. Airy 



Mt. Airy 



Bryson City 



Blowing Rock 



Lecturers Supplied by the State. 



Sherman, Shaw. 

 W. N. Hutt. 

 Sherman, Hutt. 

 W. N. Hutt. 

 Shaw, Clapp. 

 W. N. Hutt. 

 Shaw, Clapp. 

 W. N. Hutt. 

 Shaw, Clapp. 

 Sherman, Shaw. 



Sherman, Shaw. 



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W. N. Hutt. 

 Shaw, Clapp. 

 W. N. Hutt. 



These institutes were held to show the best methods of priming 

 and spraying fruit trees. The meetings were held right out in the 

 orchards, where the demonstrators could actually do the work and 

 have the trees to illustrate what they were talking about. 



The orchards in which the demonstrations were given were selected 

 beforehand, on account of convenient and central location. The trees 

 used in the demonstration were generally near a road, where they 

 could be under observation throughout the season, so that the results 

 of the demonstration could be noted. 



PRUNING, BY W. N. HUTT, HORTICULTURIST. 



The demonstration of pruning proceeded about as follows : 



1. The fruit growers present were taken through the orchard, and 

 the best forms of trees for commercial orcharding were noted. 



2. Those present picked out a tree which they desired to see pruned. 



3. The demonstrator outlined the method of growth in trees and 

 explained the reasons for pruning. 



4. The origin of fruit buds and their development were explained 



