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will not detail now. But I tried in many ways to combat it; I 

 tried in part the methods that are offered by the Department of 

 Agriculture at Washington for this purpose; I sprayed the vines 

 with several different preparations containing sulphate of copper. 

 These preparations are used as a preventive and not as a cure. It 

 was too late in the season for me to try it as a preventive, and I 

 could not see that it was any good as a cure. I have read with a 

 great deal of interest all the reports that have been put out by the 

 Department of Agriculture. The report of the year before last 

 was very favorable; and the last report, which I received a few 

 months ago, of what was done the year before last, is still more 

 favorable. They have tested various solutions for checking mil- 

 dew in a great many places in the United States and the results as 

 far as downy mildew is concerned seem to show that almost every- 

 where it may be controlled. If they can use this remedy sucessful- 

 ly in places where the climate tends to aid, rather than to repel 

 mildew; we may hope for some very good results from it here. 

 Our climate is such, that we need not expect to receive as much in- 

 jury as they do in the East and South. We have not seen here 

 any of the black rot which devastates so many of the vineyards and 

 almost ruins them; so I doubt if we shall ever be seriously troubled 

 with the grape rot. We want to be wide awake however. This 

 mildew pest is something we must fight up here, and we don't want 

 to let it get the start of us. 



QUESTION BOX. 



"Has this society ever held its annual meeting in the month of 

 February within the last twelve years?" 



Mr. Harris. I don't think it ever has. 



"Where can small evergreens be bought in this State by the 

 thousand?" 



President Elliot. If there is no one here in the State that has 

 them, I would recommend Robert Douglas & Son, Waukegan, 111. 

 Mr. Lathum recommended David Hill, Dundee, 111. 



"What variety of crabs would be considered the most likely to 

 succeed in Manitoba?" 



Mr. Lathum. Mr. President, I would say in answer to that 

 question, the most "crabbed" variety. 



President Elliot. I think the large, red and yellow crabs are 

 the two varieties that will succeed there if any do. 



"Mr. Barrett in his report of the Lakeside Horticultural Society 

 said that crab apples had done well in that section. What kind 

 of crabs were mostly grown?" 



