36 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1914-15 



among the many floral gems, lending a subtle beauty to the 

 effect of the regions. The alpine rose, one of the most 

 common of alpine flowers, was one of the attractive flowers 

 he photographed. 



David L. Fiske of Grafton Reports on Fruit Confer- 

 ence IN Washington 



The third of the series of lectures conducted by the Wor- 

 cester County Horticultural Society was Thursday after- 

 noon, January 15, in Horticultural Hall. The speaker was 

 David L. Fiske, Grafton, who was a delegate for the society 

 at the recent fruit conference of the American Pomological 

 Society in Washington. 



After his talk, questions w^ere asked by members regarding 

 the growing of different fruits. Mr. Fiske said in part: 



''G. L. Tabor, vice-president of the society and president 

 of the Florida State Horticultural Society, showed 82 

 varieties of citrus fruits, from tiny kumquet, size of marbles, 

 to the shaddock of 15 pounds' weight. The Japanese per- 

 simmon is Mr. Tabor's special pride of which he exhibited 

 37 named varieties, with trees in fruit and methods of 

 propagation. 



''W. P. Macoune, dominion of Canada, horticulturist, 

 responded for the North and claimed preference for a cold 

 country, mentioning that Canada had for three 3^ears 

 received first prize against all comers for the best bushel 

 of wheat; told of the immense areas of land especially 

 adapted to horticulture. 



'^Ontario and British Columbia grow all kinds of fruit, 

 peaches and apricots, wonderfully fine. The people of 

 Canada use what they can, but the United States and Euro- 

 pean markets take most of the Canadian fruit. Apples are 

 packed in boxes, the minimum size of which is 10 inches 

 deep, 11 inches wide and 20 inches long, inside measure. 

 Quality marked best are of uniform size and all perfect; 



