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beginning to hatch out, on average seasons about May 10, 

 and then again in from live to ten daj's. If tar and inlv 

 bands are used, the coating must be kept soft from the mid- 

 dle of October to the middle of April, whenever the frost 

 is out of the ground and the nights are moist and warm. 

 The ink method is simple, cheap and etiectual, if properly 

 attended to. 



Tenth question : The best make and form of sj'iraying 

 pumj) 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 Puni]i 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 ap- 

 peared and spoke on " Progressive horticulture." He said 

 that growing choice fruits is one of the fine arts of agricult- 

 ure. Fine fruit appeals to the higher natures of the people. 

 Fruit must be of fine quality, and put up in attractive pack- 

 ages. 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 everything but the necessary condition for tho 

 production of the finest product possil)le will be sure of a lib- 

 eral 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 damaged 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 Avill 



