THE GOOD WORK IN PRINCE ED WARD ISLAND. 



Charlottetown which we all hope may 

 materially strengthen your hand in 

 obtaining this boon. 



The discussion which followed the 

 reading of valuable papers at the differ- 

 ent sessions of our Association meeting 

 turned very often on suitable varieties to 

 plant. A great diversity of opinion ob- 

 tained. Like the owner of a good horse 

 who is ever ready to aver him the best 

 in the place ; so each possessor of a 

 good variety would have to head the 

 list, as the best apple to grow. A con- 

 siderable number of things was taken 

 down by the secretary ; and Jno. Robert- 

 son, Inkerman Farm, D. P. Iwing, 

 Cherry Valley, and the undersigned, 

 appointed a committee to take into con- 

 sideration all the circumstances — 

 growth, productiveness, vigor, quality of 

 fruit and price fetching in England, etc., 

 — and classify a sufficiently extensive 

 list that could be recommended to the 

 people as worth planting. After much 

 deliberation we agreed to recommend 

 for the Inland trade, Duchess and 

 Gravenstein, for fall use ; and Wealthy, 

 Baldwin and Ben Davis for winter and 

 late keepers. For export we made a 

 list in the order named, Alexander, Ben 

 Davis, Wealthy, King, Golden Russet, 

 Ribston Pippin, Nonpareil, Mann ; our 

 list was unanimously accepted by the 

 association. It will be seen at a glance 

 that the money-making feature is kept 

 well to the front in this export table. 



Of those different varieties in particular 

 as suited to our Island, we may have 

 something to say in a later issue. 



This article has out-grown proper 

 limits and therefore we shall simply give 

 you the names of our new officers, state 

 that we are expending our grant in top- 

 grafting good varieties on unprofitable 

 orchards and going to work in earnest 

 to emulate the example of your splendid 

 Ontario Association, in so far as restrict- 

 ed circumstances will permit. And after 

 our esteemed governor there is nothing 

 to which we owe more for our present 

 prosperity than to your grand associa- 

 tion and its live and learned secretary. 



Officiality for 1 899-1 900: — Patron, 

 Governor Howlan ; President, Senator 

 Ferguson j Vice President, H. A. Stew- 

 art, Hamilton ; Secretary, P. McCourt, 

 Charlottetown ; Treasurer, J. Wise, Mil- 

 ton. 



Directors. Prince County — Rev. A. 

 E. Burke, Alberton ; C. R. Dickie, 

 Muddy Creek ; R. Carruthers, Cape 

 Traverse. 



Queen's County— J. H. Gill, Little 

 York ; John Johnston, Long River ; J. 

 G. McCallum, Brackley Point. 



King's County — John Robertson, 

 Inkerman ; J. D. Stewart, Lower Mon- 

 tague ; G. E. Goff, Woodville. 



With fraternal greetings to the fruit 

 growers of Ontario. 



A. E. Burke. 



PATCHING UP THE LAWN. 





This, too, is the time for sowing grass 

 seed, so these filled spaces should each 

 have a handful of seed sprinkled over 

 them, raked in lightly, and then firmed 

 with the foot or spade. All through 

 spring, when we can work between 

 showers, we are patching up the uneven 



or the bare places on our lawn in this 

 way. If the old turf is dead, it must be 

 removed or have some fresh soil scat- 

 tered over it. We sprinkle these patches 

 every few days if the clouds are not 

 obliging. — Vicks Magazine. 



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