262 ANNUAL REPORT 



Mr. Smith, I don't believe the passage of this resolution 

 would be of any particular credit to this Society. I am aware of 

 the feeling in regard to this matter; but I don't think that we as 

 a Society can afford to take any action in that direction. 



Mr. Fuller moved to amend the motion by referring the matter 

 to the legislative committee. 



The motion as amended was then adopted. 



QUESTION BOX 



The following questions were then read: 



''Do you think the twin city press could be an important fac- 

 tor in awakening an interest in the State Horticultural Society, 

 and by advancing their interests forward their own?" 



Mr. Dartt suggested the question be passed by. 



"Can cranberries be grown without overflow!" 



Mr. Pearse. No. 



Col. Stevens. Yes; I know they can be grown. Our Presi- 

 dent himself has taken up the wild cranberry and they have 

 borne without being overflowed at all. 



President Elliot. It can be done successfully. 



Mr. Wilcox. It seems to me the cranberry ought to have 

 about ten minutes of this Society's time. I would say I have 

 had several acres under cultivation for several years where it 

 was impossible to overflow them and have grown them with ab- 

 solute success. 



Mr. AUyn. In what condition was the soil? 



Mr. Wilcox. It was a marshy place away down in old Ver- 

 mont where they have been cultivating them — not very much 

 cultivating either. The kind of cranberry Col. Stevens refers to 

 is the native wild variety. We have no other variety here, al- 

 though there are as many varieties as there are of apples, and 

 the best varieties prove very successful under cultivation. 

 There are many advantages in having a location where the bed 

 can be overflowed, but it is not at all essential; their successful 

 culture does not depend upon that requisite. 



Mr. Pearse. I live in a section where they grow wild by hun- 

 dreds of acres, but they never grow them without overflowing 

 from the fact there is an insect that destroys them. They can't 

 be grown successfully in this country without overflowing; I 

 don't know what was done in Vermont. 



