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been dry; all the conditions were par- 

 ticularly favorable for the development 

 of mildew and rot. The applications 

 of eau celeste saved both fruit and foliage 

 in an almost perfect condition. Mr. 

 High says in so many words that he 

 does not believe there is a vineyard of 

 Catawbas on North Bass or Put-in-Bay 

 Islands which has not lost by rot and 

 mildew from 1-4 to 1-3 or more of its 

 crop, while on his eau celeste treated 

 vines the loss will not amount to one 

 per cent. 



Cost of material per acre for each 

 application, was 30 cents : 



2 lbs. sulphate of copper 1 Amount used 

 I qt. of liquid ammonia per. ac; vines 

 56 gallons of water ) planted 6 x 7 ft. 



The Barrel pump and sprayer cost $35 

 — exclusive of freight. No price given 

 for labor ; but with the apparatus used 

 two men and a horse were required, 

 the spray being applied just as fast as 

 the horse could walk through the rows. 

 Mr. High concludes his report by 

 saying that " had we applied the eau 

 celeste to our entire vineyard, it would 

 have been hundreds of dollars in our 

 pockets." 



The American Pomologieal Society. 

 The twenty second Biennial Ses- 

 sion of this important Society will 

 will be held at Ocala, Florida, Feb- 

 ruary 2o.h, 21st and 22nd, 1889. We 

 very much regret that the change of 

 dale causes that meeting and our 

 Winter Meeting to occur at the same 

 time, because our Association ought to 

 have some delegates at the meeting in 

 Florida. The Executive Committee 

 have tried faithfully to arrange our 

 meeting for an earlier or a later date, 

 but difficulties presented themselves 

 on all sides, so that it was found 

 impossible to make any change — a 

 great disappointment to the writer, 

 as well as other members of our society 

 who had counted much upon the trip 

 to Florida. 



The following is a copy of the pre- 

 liminary circular : — 



At the last meeting in Boston, the 

 Society unanimously accepted an in- 

 vitation from the Florida Horticultural 

 Society to hold its next meeting in that 

 State. 'J'his will be the first time that 

 a meeting has been held in the ex- 

 treme South. The enthusiasm with 

 which the proposition to go to Florida 

 was received, and the extensive pre- 

 parations being made by the Pomolo- 

 gists of the South for the reception of 

 their Northern friends, give promise of 

 the most successful meeting ever held. 



The session will open at 10 o'clock, 

 on Wednesday, February 20th, and 

 continue three days. It was expected 

 to hold the meeting at Sanford, begin- 

 ning February 6th, but it has been 

 found necessary, owing to lack of time 

 for suitable preparation, to postpone it 

 until the 20th, and at the request of the 

 Florida Society, to hold the session at 

 Ocala instead of Sanford. Ocala is 

 located in the central part of the 

 Peninsula, in the midst of the Orange 

 Region, nine tenths of all the oranges 

 grown in the State being produced 

 within a radius of eighty miles. The 

 climate is salubrious and healthful. 

 No cases of yellow fever have occurred 

 in that region, and the direct railroads 

 leading to Ocala from the North pass 

 through none of the districts where it 

 has existed. No fear, however, need 

 be entertained of visiting any portion of 

 the State on this account. Since the 

 occurrence of severe frosts the last 

 quarantine, that of Jacksonville, has 

 been raised, and the tide of winter 

 travel has now set in. 



Among the attractions offered by the 

 people of Ocala, as inducements to 

 hold our meeting there, are the Florida 

 Intel national and Sub-Tropical Ex- 

 position, which opens in January, the 

 commodious buildings of which are 

 tendered for the use of the Society. 

 The leading places of interest in the 

 State are easily accessible from this 

 point, and the local attractions include 

 the famous groves of Lake Weir and 

 Dunnellton, and the wonderful Silver 



