54 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The following volumes of reports have been received, since the 

 last annual meeting, to wit : 



Proceedings of the eighteenth session of the American Pomolog- 

 ical Society held in Boston, September 14th, loth and IGth, 1881, 

 from Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, President 



Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for the 

 year 1882. Part 1. from Robert Manning, Secretary. 



Eleventh annual report of the Secretary- of the State Horticultural 

 Society of Michigan, 1881. 



Seventh report of the Montreal Horticultural Society- and Fruit- 

 growers' Association of the Province of Quebec, for the year 1881. 



The following paper was then read and followed b}- discussion : 



ON THE RAISING OF HEALTHY AND HARDY ORCHARD 



STOCK. 



BY J. E. BENNOCH, OF OROXO. 



The subject that I have selected for this occasion is one which I 

 think of great importance, and one that is hardly ever thought of, 

 except by a few. Until within a very few years past, one seldom if 

 ever heard the question asked concerning the raising of hardy trees, 

 but of recent date inquiries come forth in regard to the causes of so 

 many tender and worthless varieties, or generall}' of trees of any 

 variety, and this has become a topic of much discussion and study. 

 All know that in all orchards or grounds contai>iing fruit trees, there 

 are more or less tender and d^-ing, when all ought or should be in a 

 healthy and vigorous condition. In this state of things, time, labor 

 and money are wasted. There is a cause as a rule in nature for 

 all things, and there must be a cause for this deterioration, as I can 

 place it under no other term ; and I shall endeavor to show to a 

 great extent, if not full}', where the error lies, and the causes that 

 produce this national waste and misfortune. I think the problem 

 can be solved that will finally exclude and do away with degenerated 

 and tender fruit stock, or at least in a measure. 



Many are the disappointments in purchasing trees for hardy 

 varieties, after a few seasons of care and trouble in watching their 

 growth and waiting for promised results, to find that they are in a 



