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annual report, being in the hands of members, of 

 which a good representation was ])resent, was taken 

 as read and duly adopted, and calls for little com- 

 ment beyond that, with the statement of accounts 

 submitted, it was generally considered satisfactory. 

 Perhaps those most keenly interested in the 

 society's work and welfare felt a little disap])oint- 

 ment in finding the membershii) had not yet 

 reached Jive hundred, but <hey have some reasons 

 for hoping that this will be attained in the ensuing 

 year, as with the publication of the " Record of Pro- 

 ceedings " after each show, coi)ies of M^hich are 

 issued to members free, fvu-ther inducement is 

 afforded for sui)porting the society in this direction. 

 A brief analysis of the year's finance discloses 

 a much larger amount disbursed in cash prizes, 

 more than £350 having been spent in this way, 

 whilst the cost of medals awarded is practically 

 double that of recent years. In spite of this the 

 year's working shows a small balance to the good, 

 which added to the balance shown previously 

 brings the society's assets to £300. Grateful 

 acknowledgments are made in the report to those 

 who have by donations so considerably helped 

 the prize funds, to the Royal Dublin Society and 

 to the Dei)artraent of Agriculture for grants in 

 aid of, and for facilities afforded for, the spring 

 and winter shoAvs. Forecasting another year's 

 work it is stated that the spring show w^U be 

 held at Ballsbridge on similar lines to those of 

 the last four years, the usual autumn show will 

 be held dxxring horseshow week, and a summer, 

 or Rose show, will be held in July. On a ballot 

 being taken for the vacant jiractical member's 

 seat on the council, Mr. A. Campbell, St. Anne's 

 Gardens, Clontarf, was dcelared as duly elected. 



Winter Spraying of Fruit Trees. 



THE folhnving extracts are from the 

 " Si^raAdng C-alendar," given by Professor 

 Pickering, M.A., F.R.S., Director of the 

 Wobvu-n Experimental Eruit Earm, and E. V. 

 Theobald, M.A., ^'ice-Principal, South Eastern 

 Agricultmal College, Wye, Kent, in their very 

 usefid handbiKik, " Eruit Trees and their 

 Enemies." (Copies of this book can be had jjost 

 free for Is. 9(1. each.) 



" Apart from the consideration of the direct 

 action of a winter wash in destroying various 

 pests which are probably [)resent, moss, lichen 

 and dead bark nuist always accumvilate, and the 

 freer trees are kept from these the healthier they 

 will be, and the less will be the opi)ort unities 

 afforded for insects to flourish on them." 



" Erom .January to March. — Spray tree with a 

 caustic paraffin emulsion for cleansing them of 

 dead bark, and destroying moss, lichen, mussel 

 scale, small apple, ermine jnoth, gooseberry and 

 currant scale, gooseberry spider, currant shoot 

 and fruit moth, pear leaf, blister mite, and 

 possibly other insects." 



Winter spraying is now resorted to by 

 l)ractically every up-to-date fruit grower. The 

 formula most recommended for Winter Spraying 

 Emulsion is as follows : — Soft soap, i lb ; 

 paraffin (solar distillate), 5 pints ; caustic soda, 

 2 to 21 lbs. ; water, 9i gallons. The necessary 

 articles for this and all other Spraying and 

 Fumigating Mixtures can be had, with directions 

 for mixing, from D. M. Watson, M.P.S., Horti- 

 cultural Chemist, 61 South Great George's 

 Street, Dublin. Phone, 1971. 



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