go STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Carr. I think that heretofore we have not taken the 

 care that we ought with our orchards. I have had quite good 

 hick in raising fruit. The plate of Baldwins which I brought 

 here this morning were taken from a barrel without any 

 special effort to get the best, — right up from the top of the 

 barrel. I also brought some Winthrop Greenings. Every- 

 body knows that the last day of February is late for Winthrop 

 Greenings, but I venture to say they will taste as fresh now 

 as thoy would have tasted in October or November. 



The President. I wish to inquire of Mr. Carr, if he has 

 practised plowing his orchard ? 



Answer. I do sometimes. 



Mr. Foster. I will ask Mr. Tinkham if he is troubled 

 with borers where he pastures his orchard? 



Mr. Tinkham. I was troubled badly, but a copper wire 

 and a good jackknife is enough for them. 



Mr. Carr. How long does it take a borer to grow ? 



Answer. They develop in a very short time. 



Mr. Floyd. I defy an}^ man to go over an orchard of 100 

 trees and get every borer the first time. 



Mr. Atherton. I agree with Mv. Floyd. Let a man go 

 through an orchard, I don't care how many times, some will 

 escape his vigilance. I went over an orchard of 280 trees as 

 faithfully as I knew how to, examining every tree, scraping 

 the bark freely with the back of a knife, and some eluded me. 

 I generally take with me a piece of wire. Hoop skirt wire 

 is the best, I think. 



Mr. RoBBiNS. In regard to the borers, I think June, July, 

 and even August and the first week of September, is the 

 proper time to kill them. 



Mr. Longfellow of Winthrop, was called upon for some 

 remarks, and begged to be excused. Mr. Carr remarked 

 that they (the Longfcllows) had more apples in their cellar 

 than all the rest of the orchardists of Winthrop, and enquired 

 of Mr. Longfellow in re«:ard to the number of barrels of fruit 

 he had and the condition they were in. 



