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L. F. Kinney suggested a compromise of a strip of turf along the 

 line of the trees, and the central portion ploughed, cultivated and 

 fertilized. Mr. Hinds, whose peach orchard was awarded the first 

 prize by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1895, prac- 

 tises the latter method. 



Ninth Question : What is the best way to exterminate the canker 

 worm? — Paris green applied at the rate of one pound to one hun- 

 dred gallons of the Bordeaux mixture is thecheapest and best remedy. 

 Application should be made just as they are beginning to hatch 

 out, on average seasons about May 10, and then again in from five 

 to ten days. If tar and ink bands are used, the coating must be 

 kept soft from the middle of October to the middle of April, when- 

 ever the frost is out of the ground and the nights are moist and 

 warm. The ink method is simple, cheap and effectual, if properly 

 attended to. 



Tenth Question : The best make and form of spraying j)umj) to 

 purchase for general use? — Prof. J. W. Clark uses the Douglas 

 pump and Vermorel and McGowen nozzle. Prof. S. T. Maynard 

 suggested that there are many good pumps, but it is best to buy 

 one made near home, in case of breakage of parts. The Douglas 

 Pump Company are thoroughly reliable, and have been in the 

 business of manufacturing pumps for fifty to sixty years. 



Mr. J. H. Hale, the speaker of the afternoon, now appeared and 

 spoke on " Progressive horticulture." He said that growing choice 

 fruits is one of the fine arts of agriculture. Fine fruit appeals to 

 the higher natures of the people. Fruit must be of fine quality, 

 and put up in attractive packages. The best place to grow fruit 

 is where the market is. In New England we have the soil and 

 conditions for the growth of all the hardy fruits to the greatest 

 perfection, and in our markets the demand is ahead of the supply 

 for fine fruit. To produce fine fruit, one must have a real love for 

 the work. Let the dollar be the last thing in consideration, and 

 it will often be the first. At all events, that enthusiasm which 

 forgets every tiling but the necessary condition for the production 

 of the finest product possible will be sure of a liberal reward. 

 Cultivation, fertilization, pruning, thinning, spraying, packing and 

 the package are the most important points to consider. There is 

 no profit and can be none in the production of eighty per cent 

 damaged goods, as is often the result of our fruit growing. The 

 manufacturers of cloth who produced even ten per cent of dam- 

 aged goods would soon become bankrupt. Of small fruits in New 

 England there are now grown one thousand acres where there was 

 one thirty or forty years ago. Our markets are at our doors, and 

 we must do what we can to supply them, or others will do it for us. 



