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IRISH GARDENING 



NOVEMRER 



ness has extended, but is by no means t.eitain 

 th:it they would not be more suLcessruI it they 

 were to combine to_i^eth>.i- tor the joint pro- 

 duction ot" a special brand o\ their own, rather 

 than attempt to sell various qualities. 



At the Cork Kxhibition in K)oj, the Depart- 

 ment y^iwe demonstrations in tVuit bottlinj,"-, 

 an industry not then practised in this country. 

 Sul-isequently two factories were stalled and 



condition can lie successCnlly bottled for home 

 consumption. Some ol tlie coimties have 

 provided lhemsei\es w ilii an ecjuipmeiH suited 

 to demonstrations ot the kind — work which 

 may be commended to those counties which 

 have not so far taken up the subject. 



Let me conchide by thaiikini^, on behalf of 

 the Department, all those who have sent 

 exhibits to tiiis show . B\ s^row ini,'- ami sending 



JAP.VN. 



transferred to private individuals, who are still 

 carrying- them on. In developing this class of 

 work, the Department sadly miss the late Mr. 

 James Harper, whose j^enius for initiating- 

 industries of this nature was so universally 

 recog-nised. 



Finally, references must be made to the 

 efforts of county instructors in encourag-ing- 

 small farmers and cottagers to bottle and pre- 

 serve their small fruit. Enough has been done 

 already in this direction to show that a great 

 deal of the fruit grown in small gardens for 

 which a market cannot be found in its fresh 



such splendid fruit they have earned the 

 gratitude of all who have at heart the welfare 

 and reputation of this country, and particularly 

 those of us who are striving for the develop- 

 ment of fruit growing. No one, I am sure, 

 would be more gratified at the results than 

 Sir Frederick .Moore, who has, we all know, 

 done more than any one man to assist in 

 developing the industry. His absence, which 

 is regretted by all to-day, is due to the very 

 reason that brings us here, for he is now 

 returning from a visit to Canada, where he has 

 been collecting information for the Department 



