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ductive pea. rifth^.tlmt grand old pea, Champian of England. If it 

 was not for- its- rank growth and its sometimes being liable to mildew 

 in very hot weather, it would have no superior in its season. It ripens 

 about tlie sani43 time as Hayes' Dwarf Mammoth. On good rich soil, 

 and sticks it generally bears good crops. 



Mr. Saunders was an admirer of Mr. Arnold's pea. Mr. Jarvis 

 favored the Champion of England. He had not. had good success with 

 dwarf peas. Mr. Beall thought Mr. Arnold's pea was a very fine one.. 



A general discussion Avas then entered into^on various subjects. 



Mr. Orr, of Wentworth, spoke on the subject? of peaches and straw- 

 berries. He said it was likely peaches would fail them, and he wished 

 for information concerning strawberries. The Secretary pinned his 

 faith on the Wilson strawberry. The President, wlio is a large straw- 

 berry grower,, cultivates the AYilson almost exclusively for market. 



The Secretary moved a resolution that it is the opinion of the 

 Association that it is desirable that the- law protecting birds be so 

 iiM)dified as to permit fruit growers to shoot such birds as the robin 

 and cherry bird, when their crops are invaded by them. Carried. 



Mr. Beall had believed an open umbrella fi.Ked near the fruit an 

 excellent thing till he tried it; an visiting tliis scarecrow, however, he 

 found a doizen or so robins roosting under it. He thought, therefore, 

 that this plan was a failure. 



The President believed that live cats tied to a string at intervals 

 would act as a good scare; he tried it, but the dogs scared the cats more; 

 than the- cats did the birds. 



KASPBERRIES. 



The President found in his part of the country that the Philadelphia 

 berry was the most hardy. Herstine did very well. The Secretary 

 said that the great defect of the Philadelphia was a peculiar dingy 

 bloom on them which gave strangers the idea that they were mouldy. 



PEACHES. 



Mr. Orr, when he first starteii fruit growing, had intended to lay 

 0'Ut twelve acres- with peaches. He did not then know anything of" 

 the yellows. He had since been much discouraged by this disease. 

 In his district the majority of orchards around were much affected by 

 the yellows. He was told that clay land was preferable to sand. The 

 Xarly Canada was a line peach and doing splendidly; it was not^, 



