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HORTICULTURE 



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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The report of the thirty-first session 

 of the American Pomological Society, 

 held at St. Catharines, Ontario, at the 

 Invitation of the Provincial Fruit 

 Growers' Association, is now being dis- 

 tributed to its members. This national 

 society numbers in its membership 

 about six hundred persons, having 

 horticultural interests, either as ama- 

 teurs or professional fruit growers. 



The report, as usual, contains a 

 large amount of information of the 

 greatest value to present or future or- 

 chardists and gardeners. In its 350 

 odd pages, there are chapters on the 

 following subjects: Orchard manage- 

 ment; the latest on lime-sulphur 

 sprays, being a symposium on this sub- 

 ject; a discussion of the adaptation of 

 varieties to soils and climates by ex- 

 perts on soil and pomology: the pecan 

 and chestnut by pioneers in these in- 

 dustries; gooseberry culture, with spe- 

 cial relation to methods of growing the 

 English varieties; grape varieties of 

 the East and the West: and a very im- 

 portant chapter on co-operation in the 

 marketing of horticultural products. 



In addition to these live topics, the 

 volume contains a report of the Gen- 

 eral Fruit Committee, which is, in ef- 

 fect, a summary and statement of the 

 developmental condition of fruit 

 growing in different parts of the 

 country. This gives the status of 

 fruit-growing projects, the trend of 

 the industry, in different sections, and 

 the outlook. To the person consider- 

 ing the question of engaging in horti- 

 culture in some of its forms as a life 

 work, this part of the volume will be 

 of great service. 



This society is non-sectional, non- 

 partisan, working only for the ad- 

 vancement of the fruit-growing inter- 

 ests of the country at large. The 



president of the society is L. A. Good- 

 man, Kansas City, Missouri; secretary, 

 John Craig, Ithaca, New York; treas- 

 urer, L. R. Taft, East Lansing, Michi- 

 gan. 



NEW JERSEY FLOR ICU LTU RAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The N. J. F. S. held their regular 

 meeting at Orange, N. J., Nov. 11th. 

 There was a fine display of roses, car- 

 nations and chrysanthemums and the 

 quality of the exhibits was excellent. 

 Nomination and election of officers 

 will take place at next meeting. Wm. 

 Reid, gardener for S. M. and A. Col- 

 gate will read an essay on the care 

 of apple trees. The following awards 

 were made by the judges — Messrs. D. 

 Kindsgrab, Edw. Persson and James 

 McManus: A. F. Larson, roses 95 

 points; Frank Drew, roses 93 points 

 and certificate of merit; Wm. Reid. 

 carnations 95 points, chrysanthemum 

 plants 98 points and cultural certifi- 

 cate and Dracaena Lindenii 90 points; 

 Max Schneider carnations 75 points; 

 Lager & Hurrell orchids 85 points: 

 Fritz Bergland chrysanthemums cer- 

 tificate of merit. 



WM. REID, Sec'y. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



At the annual election of officers of 

 this society on Saturday, Nov. 19, the 

 following named gentlemen were 

 chosen as officers for the year 1911: 



President Charles W. Parker; vice- 

 president (for 2 years), John K. M. L. 

 Farquhar; trustees (for 3 years), Er- 

 nest B. Dane, John A. Pettigrew, 

 Stephen M. Weld, Wilfrid Wheeler;' 

 nominating committee, Francis H. Ap- 

 pleton. Frederick W. Damon, Harry 

 E. Fiske, Charles W. Hoitt, Josiah B 

 Shurtleff. Jr. 



A NEW TRADE SOCIETY IN LON- 

 DON. 



On Nov. 1 a meeting was called in 

 London for the purpose of starting a 

 society for the Metropolitan florists 

 and fruiterers. It is estimated that 

 the number coming under this descrip- 

 tion in London totals about 7,000. The 

 new association was inaugurated un- 

 der very promising conditions. There 

 are certain matters upon which the 

 new organization will be able to effec- 

 tively protect the Interests of the 

 members. For instance, there is now 

 a new Shop Hours Bill under discus- 

 sion. As at present drafted this 

 measure will seriously hamper the 

 trade, whose exceptional conditions 

 prevent it being regulated in the same 

 manner as businesses handling non- 

 perishable goods. It is also intended 

 to deal with the grievances which 

 harass the trade owing to the carrying 

 out of the Factory and Workshop 

 Acts. The association, among other 

 things, will seek to secure: Guaran- 

 teed weights in wholesale measures; 

 regulation of charges on empties; the 

 taking of legal action on behalf of 

 the members on all points of general 

 trade interest; the arrangement of In- 

 surance on favorable terms to the 

 members; generally to deal with all 

 points affecting the retail traders' in- 

 terests, and to formulate and push 

 forward by all means reforms which 

 from time to time may be considered 

 necessary for the well being or pro- 

 tection of the trade. W. H. ADSETT. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



P. M. DeWitt, Bridgewater, Pa., sub- 

 mits for registration, new carnation 

 Pennsylvania (Boston Market x Har- 

 lowarden.) Color cerise, a little light- 

 er than Mrs. Lawson. Size of flower 

 2i._, to 3 inches. Free from all disease. 

 Vigorous in growth. Long wiry 

 stems. Blooms all winter and seldom 

 splits the calyx. Very fragrant and 

 one of the best keepers. 



A. F. J. BAUR, Sec. 



