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heritage of those forests which came down to us. Now I 

 want to say just this word. We believe that is a great thing 

 to accompHsh. We are in dead earnest about it. We are 

 going to bring all the force we can bring to bear upon our 

 Legislature, and we are going to take the subject forward as 

 we have never taken any other subject forward in this direction, 

 and we are going to do it because we believe the future 

 prosperity of a great section of our state depends upon it. 

 Now I just want to say this: if you are going into a fight 

 against the San Jose scale, and it is necessary for you to 

 obtain some legislation in order to carry that on successfully^ 

 go into it in the same spirit and I believe you will win. 



"I thank you for your extreme courtesy since I have been 

 here, and I wish you would all come up to Michigan and 

 see how I look when I am at home." (Applause.) 



Another veteran horticulturist present, Mr. Charles Black, 

 of Hightstown, N. J., was introduced and spoke briefly. 

 Several vases of fine seedling carnations, presented to the 

 Society by Mr. Black, graced the president's desk. 



The President: "We will now have a paper by Mr. 

 Ethelbert Bliss, of Wilbraham, Mass." 



Mr. Bliss: "Mr. President, and members of the Society: 

 It gives me great pleasure to come to this meeting. I have 

 not come before this meeting to tell you any great story of 

 how we grow peaches up in Massachusetts, or how we culti- 

 vate them, but I came here, as I did two years ago, to learn. 

 I wish more of our Massachusetts fruit-growers would take 

 the time to go to such meetings. They would learn very much, 

 and it would be money and time well spent." 



ORCHARD CULTURE, BEST TOOLS AND METHODS 



I have wondered why your secretary should ask me to come 

 before this Society to give a talk on orchard culture. 1 



I realize only too well that I am among fruit men of large 

 experience, who have given years of careful study in the different 

 lines of fruit culture. Some of you have very extensive orchards 

 and have spent valuable time in their cultivation, looking after 



