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time, and is literally loaded with fruit, all the brg,iiches being fuHy 

 as well and some much better loaded than the branch sent. 



The Secretary stated that he only regretted the branch had not 

 been received a little later, so that he could have brought it to 

 this meeting, for it was certainly the most profusely covered with fruit 

 that he ever saw. The cherries, though not very large, were of line 

 size, and seemed to be quite firm fleshed. They were hardly ripe 

 enough to enable him to judge of the flavor. He should think that if 

 any variety of cherry would be profitable as a market sort this 

 certainly would take the lead. 



He also exhibited to the members the photograph of the Weeping 

 Napoleon which he had received from Mr. Dougall, which was taken 

 last year, and remarked that the fruit sent him from this tree had 

 become mouldy in the transportation, and that he could not speak of 

 its quality. The fruit did not seem to be as large as that of the 

 Windsor, and was darker in color. 



Mr. Dougall states in his letter that the origin of the weeping 

 variety was a side shoot from the stem of a Napoleon Cherry, that 

 grew out below the graft and bent down to the ground. Some trees 

 were budded from the shoot, one of which being worked up high grew 

 to be quite a large tree, the others being budded at the ground never 

 jcould be got to grow into a tree. The one from which the photograph 

 was taken was budded subsequently at nearly six feet high, and shows 

 .a most perfect and beautiful weeping habit. 



The Secretary also read a letter from Mr. A. Hood, Barrie, in which 

 he regrets his inability to send to the meeting some fruit of a cherry 

 tree growing in the grounds of Mr. J. E. Cotter, of Barrie, which he 

 describes as being a forest growth, though the fruit bears no resemblance 

 to the common wild cherry, and as being perfectly hardy in that 

 climate and productive. He thinks the tree worthy of attention, 

 because the fruit is superior to anything else that is equally hardy, 

 healthy and vigorous. 



Mr. Hood states that he thinks fruit will be a failure in his section — 

 plenty of blossoms, but little fruit. Plums in particular, from some 

 cause or other have set very little fruit, and the curculio has put in 

 tis mark on what little there is. 



The meeting expressed th^ir th^iUks to Messrs. Dougall and Hood^ 



