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summed up the results are somewhat as follows : no large 

 sized apple has yet appeared that can be safely recommended 

 for general planting-, that fair success can be had with certain 

 varieties of crab apples grown in favorable localities, and 

 that only by wise selection our native plum can be greatly 

 improved. That grapes require winter protection, and that 

 they must be of an early ripening variety, and trained on a 

 wall with a southern exposure. 



Mr. Stevenson then goes on to say that thousands 

 of dollars go annually out of the country for fruit stock that 

 is only useless trash here. I say beware of the man who sells 

 wonderful new things at extravagant prices. In spring he 

 works the ambitious novice who is anxious to get some of the 

 novelties before his neighbor has thought of it, for instance 

 tree raspberries and strawberries, with great names and great 

 expectations. In the fall he may be seen unfolding his lovely 

 colored plates to some solitary farmer whose mouth is water- 

 ing for the luscious fruits of his early days in the Eastern 

 Provinces ; somebody is quoted as saying so and so. After a 

 season the world gets tired of its old truths and hungering 

 and thirsting for a good lie will swallow anything. 



I wonder if that is the reason people take so kindly to a 

 canvasser of unheard of horticultural novelties. The far fetched 

 and dear bought theory is the biggest humbug in the world 

 when applied to trees. 



Might I suggest that there is a capital opportunity pre- 

 sented here to our Society to step in and do their best to lessen 

 this evil. 



DISCUSSION. 



Question. What size should the boxes for tree protection be ? 



MR. A. P. STEVENSON. 4 inches square inside would be plenty for 

 two year old trees. 



Question. How high should they be ? 



MR. A. P. STEVENSON. Just to where the branches start. The 

 rabbits are very destructive, and I find it advisable to train on a sing-le 

 ste:n instead. 



