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REPORT OF FRUIT INSTITUTES HELD IN PRINCE 



EDWARD COUNTY 



BY E. LICK, OSHAWA, DOMINION FRUIT INSPECTOR 



THE fruit interests of this county are 

 very large. Owing- to the peculiar 

 form and varied character of the 

 soil, together with the proximity of water, 

 there is perhaps no part of the Province of 

 Ontario better situated for the production of 

 apples. 



The special mission of this series of n^eet- 

 ings was to illustrate thinning, and talk 

 about packing and the Fruit Marks Act. At 

 many of the meetings the growing of fruit 

 came in for a share of the time. Fifteen 

 meetings were held in all, beginning at Al- 

 bury on the north side of the county, and 

 ending at Consecon at the west end. The 



meetings were held in the forenoon anct 

 afternoon, except in the case of one day, 

 when only an afternoon meeting was 

 held. 



The first meeting, at Mr. S. Dempsey's, 

 was most largely attended, fifty or sixty 

 being present. The attendance at most of 

 the other meetings was from twelve to 

 twenty. Mr. Lick had the assistance of Mr. 

 Carey, of Cobourg, and later Prof. Loch- 

 head, of Guelph. It was to be regretted 

 that many were detained from attending by 

 backward haying and ripe rye or fall wheat. 



Among the important points emphasized 

 were the following, viz : 



