TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING. 175 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The final session of the annual meeting opened at 1 :45, 

 with \'ice-President Drew in the chair. 



The contents of the Question Box and questions from the 

 program hst were taken up for discussion. 



Vice-President Drew: A gentleman has just handed 

 me this questoin: "Why should 90 per cent of a 400-tree 

 apple orchard be barren after blossoming full, and the next 

 orchard over the fence be bearing fine?" 



Prof. Gulley : You mean full of blossoms? Did the 

 gentleman see the orchard after they bloomed? 



Mr. Eddy : Yes. 



Prof. Gulley : Both the same varieties ? 



Mr. Eddy : No, dififerent varieties. 



Prof. Gulley : There might be a dozen difi:'erent 

 reasons. If one of them was scabby the year before that 

 might account for it. To my mind you might have a storm 

 or wind on your farm, and on the next orchard not severe, 

 and that wouldn't surprise me at all. Simply because the two 

 farms adjoin, I hardly ever like to make a diagnosis. We 

 know that one part of the orchard not being thoroughly 

 sprayed might make considerable difference. Then it is a 

 matter of setting of the fruit. The varieties might make some 

 -difference. It would be very hard to tell about all the condi- 

 tions. It w'ill happen in all sorts of orchards. Full blossom- 

 ing doesn't mean a setting of fruit always, by any manner of 

 means. 



Vice-President Drew : We have still quite a number 

 of questions on tli€ program list that haven't been taken up 

 yet. Possibly some of these you are interested in, and if 

 someone will suggest some of th.ese questions we will take 

 them up for discussion. 



A Member: Xumber 21 : "What new apples are worth 

 planting ?" 



