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Conrath. two Golden Queen, and the fifth about 

 evenly di\nd€d between Cuthbert, Marlboro. Miller, 

 Shaffer and Loudon, with a half dozen Kansas. 

 The rows are eight feet apart, and the Conrath and 

 Shaffer about three feit apart in the row, while 

 the ether are about a foot apart, as it is my inten- 

 tion to grow them in a hedgerow about two feet 

 wide, keeping ddwn weeds by a hea\y mulch of 

 short seaweed or cut straw. I planted a row of 

 strawberries between esch row of raspberries, 

 which is now about four feet wide, but I will nar- 

 row down the row to two feet rext spring by tak- 

 ing up plants for m\- spring planting. I pinched 

 the black-caps when abr.ut 18 inches high They 

 sent out laterals ver^- \-igorou>ly, and when these 

 were about 2i feet Icng I pinched them also. These 

 laterals have in turn sent out from three to five 

 laterals or branches each, which are row from a 

 foot to three f^et long. Instead of star. ding uj>- 

 right like the plant illustrated in Fig. 97. thej- are 

 sprawling over the ground, forming a solid hedge- 



row about two feet high and about five feet wide. 

 Some plants that did not receive the sec* nd pinch- 

 ing have laterals 8 feet long, traiUng like a Dew- 

 be^^3^ 



Now the question arises, how am I gting to 

 prune thc-e plants so as to get them into shape for 

 thf trellis illustrate d in Fjg. 89? As these plants 

 wi 1 be cuveri d with three or foiir feet of snow will 

 jiot the laterals be stripped cli. the main stem ? 



The Golden Queen ard Cuthbert are about five 

 feet high, with an occasional plant six feet high. 



What is the usual j-ield per acre for Blackcaps 

 and Cuthberts or other R aspberries ? 



How does the Lucretia Dewberrj^ compare with 

 Taylor's Prolific Blackberry in flavor? 



XVliat do you consider the best early Strawberry- ? 

 .Also the best late. Soil is a .sandy loam. I have 

 over forty varieties under test to fruit next year, but 

 this is no g^de for next spring's planting. 



Aitkens' Ferr}-, P. E. I. D. J. Stewart. 



Omi^ l^jjlWk^^i ^©(godtods. 



Port Dover.— The reg^ar autvxmn exhibition of 

 fruits, plants and flowers of the Port Dover Fruit 

 Growers' Association took place in the Town Hall 

 on Thursday evening week. There was quite a 

 large attendance and much interest was manifested 

 in the beautiftil display- of fine fruits and flowers. 

 The latter was especially good and the interest and 

 care displayed by the ladies is deser%-ing of great 

 credit. The plants and flowers were banked along 

 the whole front of the stage and were most taste- 

 fiilly and beautifully displa}-ed. The fruits were 

 also well arranged on tables, apples predominating. 



Good mu-sic was furnished by the orchestra. 

 President Sj-mington occupied the chair, and after 

 some suitable remarks called on Secretary' Carpen- 

 ter to read the annual report, which .shows the so- 

 ciety in a flourishing condition. Pleasing addresses 

 were then deUvered in tiun by Mr. L. G. Morgan, 

 P. Lawson, Esq., and Rev. Mr. Robertson. Mr. 

 Morgan especially lorged the members to endeavor 

 to still further extend its usefulness, as apart alto- 

 gether from its value to the town and siirrounding 

 country in a moral and aesthetic point of \new, a 

 most tangible result of its organization was the 

 building of the evaporator, which now employed a 

 large nimiber of hands and put considerable money 

 in circulation among the fruit growers and towns- 

 people. But for the formation of the society it is 

 probable the evaporator would not have been built. 

 Mr. Robertson thought that- while we could not 

 grow f)eaches or grapes as well as some other local- 

 ities, our apples, pears, etc., were equal to any 

 grown elsewhere, and he advocated our banding 

 together to capture the British market and that 

 societies as such should make special displays in 

 these markets. Mr. Lawson advocated the holding 

 of meetings monthly and moved that the next meet- 

 ing be held on the second Thursday in November. 

 On motion of Mr. Morgan, seconded by Mr. John 

 Waddee, a hearty vote of thanks was tendered the 

 ladies for their valuable assistance. The meeting 

 closed with the national anthem. 



The following is the Secretar\-'s report : " It is 

 needless for me to say that we have a horticultural 

 society established in Port Dover. This is well 

 known to some, since the 7th day of Februar^^ 1896, 

 when some seventeen gentlemen met in the Town 

 Hall to take into consideration the adv-isability of 

 establishing such an institution. We have, as some 

 of you well know, had an existence since that time. 

 By the ist day of Sept., 1896, we had sent in to Mr. 

 L. Woolverton 39 names for the Horticultvuist. In 

 the evening of Jan. 13 th, 1897, as per statute gov- 

 erning horticultural societies, tt e officers were elected 

 and the society received the name of ' ' The Port 

 Dover Horticultural Society " in affiliation with the 

 Pro\-incial Society. By the ist da)' of Sept., 1897, 

 we had a membership of seventy, and received a 

 grant of $30, which grant was based upon the mem- 

 bership of the pre\ious j-ear. At the present time 

 our membership is eightj^-one. Included in that 

 mmiber we have six lady members. We hope for 

 the year 1901 that that mmiber may be doubled. 



All who have attended the meetings dirring the 

 past three years cannot but realize that this institu- 

 tion has been a great educator in the management 

 of fruit trees and flowers. During the j'ear i8g8 

 this society gave to its members (who saw fit to 

 avail themselves of the gift) a present of 50 cents 

 worth of trees, flowers, shrubs, etc., which came 

 from the following sources: trees from Grimsbj' 

 Nurser)% gladioli and cannas from H. H. Groff, 

 Simcoe. The society' gave that year through its 

 secretary, apple, peach, plum, pear, cherry, g^pe, 

 etc., running through the whole catalogue of fruits, 

 representing a cash value of $67.55. This year we 

 have gfiven 30 apple, 105 pear trees, 30 cherrj', 74 

 plum, 66 peaches, 25 grape, 1,084 strawberry, 108 

 raspbeny, 65 currants, no gooseberry', 25 black- 

 ben^', ornamentals, 2 althea, 2 weigelia, 3 crimson 

 rambler roses, i spiria, i white fringfi, 2 clematis, 4 

 English walnut, 30 cannas, 8 gladioli, at a costr 

 of $94.15. This year our government grant is 

 #47.00. In conclusion I wish to thank the members 



