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Mr. Burrard. — In Prince Edward. 



Mr. President Dempsey. — In the little trip I was speaking of, last fall, with Mr. 

 Young, we visited one orchard which was in grass, and it was surface-manured. It was 

 rather a light soil, and the man had made an effort to take a crop of beans off a small 

 portion of the orchard. I presume the percentage of orchard occupied by the beans 

 would not amount to a tenth of the whole area ; and there was more fruit on that little 

 spot that was occupied by the beans than there was on the whole of the rest of the 

 orchard. I concluded that that was quite an argument in favour of the cultivation of 

 the orchard. There were portions of that orchard where the trees were actually shedding 

 their leaves before the fruit was ripe. I visited the same orchard last year and found 

 the trees loaded with fruit — an immense quantity of Seek-no-furthers ; and we found 

 those Seek-no-furthers, early in October, lying on the ground already. The leaves had 

 not only matured but the fruit also. Mr. Dempsey told you about his orchard of 

 Col verts. He had one hundred Col verts which were planted in 1863 or 1864. Those 

 hundred Colverts, or what he has left, produced 237 barrels the year before last ; and 

 those sold for $2.50 per barrel. I never could make any money out of a Col vert yet ; 

 but he does. We live close together too. 



Mr. Beadle. — Mr. Mallory succeeds in growing fine trees and fine crops of fruit in 

 a very low, wet soil. I do not want any gentleman present to go away with the idea, 

 however, that that is the way to plant out an apple orchard. I do not know what the 

 secret is there ; but I know from years of experience and observation that apple trees or 

 fruit trees of any kind planted in a cold, wet soil where their feet are wet and cold all the 

 time, will in a little while die. 



Mr. Arnold. — I think the gentleman told us the trees are only ten years old. I 

 think, if we come down here ten years from now, he will tell us a different story. 



Mr. Mallory. — I did not wish to leave the impression that that soil was a good 

 one on which to grow apples. The water goes away quickly after the frost comes out. 



At half-past twelve o'clock the meeting adjourned until two o'clock. 



Upon the opening of the afternoon session the President appointed a committee to 

 examine the fruits and flowers on exhibition, consisting of Mr. Bucke, Mr. John G. Peck, 

 and Colonel McGill. 



PROFITABLE VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRIES. 



The next topic, "What varieties of strawberry are most profitable? " was introduced 

 by a paper by Mr. A. M. Smith, which was published in the Canadian Horticulturist, 

 vol. 5, pages 196-198. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FRUITS EXHIBITED. 



City Hall, Trenton, July, 1882. 



The Committee on Fruits exhibited at the summer meeting of the Fruit Growers 

 Association of Ontario, have the honour to report : — 



strawberries. 



Mr. A. M. Smith, of St. Catharines, showed a number of varieties, amongst these 

 were Late Cone, Glendale, Windsor Chief, New Dominion, Early Canada, Sharpless, 

 Bright Ida, Belle, Little's Seedling (No. 5), Arnold's Pride (No. 23), Miner's Prolific, and 

 some mixed varieties. 



Little's Seedling, No. 5, is a peculiar berry, of an exceedingly deep red color, with 

 much indented seed pits. 



