DOINGS OF OTHER SOCIETIES. 



overcrowding is greatest, because there 

 is the greatest demand for space. Yet 

 this is the very time when apples should 

 be placed on the market in the best 

 possible condition, for when fruit is 

 cheap it goes to many parts of Great 

 Britain not usually reached, and if the 

 fruit is good, these new customers will 

 buy again the following year, even 

 though the price be considerably ad- 

 vanced. 



Another point emphasized by Mr. 

 Starr and others who spoke on this sub- 

 ject, was the importance of shipping 

 each variety in its season. Do not hold 

 back Gravensteins in the hope of get- 

 ting higher prices, and then ship them 

 when the market calls for Kings and 

 Ribstons. The result is disastrous to 

 all concerned. 



Mr. Henry Shaw, of Waterville, gave 

 an account of some very interesting 

 results obtained by him in irrigating his 

 orchard. He has irrigated for the past 

 two seasons. In 1896, in common with 

 those who did not irrigate, he had a 

 full crop. In 1897, on trees thoroughly 



irrigated the previous year, he had ano- 

 ther full crop. Trees which had re- 

 ceived a scant supply of water gave a 

 half crop, while those which had re- 

 ceived no water gave practically no 

 fruit. The outlook for 1898 shows 

 corresponding differences. The trees 

 not irrigated, after a year's rest, promise 

 a fair crop ; but those which received 

 some water promise a better crop, while 

 those thoroughly watered (though they 

 have borne two full crops in succession) 

 now give promise of the largest crop of 

 any trees in the orchard. These results 

 are certainly important, as throwing 

 some light on the vexed problem of 

 how to produce annual crops of fruit. 



Other important subjects discussed 

 were : — " Spraying," " Cranberries,," 

 " Black-knot," " Pruning " and " Cold 

 Storage." 



The following officers were elected : 

 — J. W. Bigelow, Wolfville, President ; 

 Peter Innes, Kentville, Vice President ; 

 S. C. Parker, Berwick, Secretary ; Geo. 

 Munro, Wolfville, Treasurer. 



F. C. Sears. 



CoBOURG Horticultural Society. — At 

 the annual meeting of the Cobourg Horticul- 

 tural Society it was decided to continue in 

 affiliation with the Fruit Grower's Associa- 

 tion of Ontario, and to arrange for several 

 lectures on fruit and flower life by eminent 

 experts to be given this winter. The treas- 

 urer's report showed a cash balance of $25 at 

 the end of the year, after paying all expenses. 

 We give the following extract from the sec- 

 retary's excellent report for the year 1897 : 

 During 1897 the work of this society was de- 

 voted mainly to the introduction and distri- 

 bution of choice varieties of plants, shrubs, 

 bulbs and trees, for the decoration of home 

 grounds — for garden propagation and orchard 

 cultivation. Of these new varieties the largest 

 quantities were distributed as follows : Fruit 

 trees, 75 ; roses, .300 ; hydrangeas, .50 ; can- 

 nas, 300 ; clematis, 100 ; gladioli. 5,000 ; hy- 

 acinths, etc., 500 ; lilacs, 25 ; lillies, 50 ; be- 

 sides anemones, chrysanthemums, altheas, 

 hibiscus, spireas, deutzias, syringas, golden 

 elders, honeysuckles, ampelopsis, etc., in 

 smaller quantities. Who can estimate the 

 embellishing and beautifying effects produced 

 by the successful culture of the foregoing 



splendid varieties of fruit and flower in Co- 

 bourg ? We regret that we are unable to give 

 secretary Snelgrove's excellent report outlin- 

 ing the work and aim of the Horticultural 

 Society in full, but join with him in hoping 

 that the commendable work of beautifying 

 home and town, which this society inaugur- 

 ated so successfully in 1897, will be carried 

 on even more systematically in 1898. — Co- 

 bourg World. 



Kincardine. — At the annual meeting of 

 this society in January the election of offi- 

 cers was carried by one motion, after which 

 the annual meeting adjourned, and a meeting 

 of the directors was at once convened, when 

 on motion it was resolved that several ladies 

 be appointed honorary directors of our so- 

 ciety, when 14 were selected and the secretary 

 instructed to notify same of their appoint- 

 ment. It was predicted that this addition to 

 our directorate of the ladies insure our society 

 a most successful exhibition of flower plants, 

 etc., sometime during the year of 1898. It is 

 to be hoped that the action of our Board in 

 trying to secure a hearty co-operation of the 



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