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Mr. Thos. Beall, of Lindsay, writes that an attempt is being made in that 

 town for the formation of such a society, and he says the plan proposed is as 

 follows : 



" A declaration in the form of schedule B. to the Agricultural and Arts Act will be circu- 

 lated for signature, and as soon aa 50 names are obtained the *' declaration " will be for- 

 warded to the Minister of Agriculture, who will then cause a notice to be inserted in the 

 Ontario Gazette, see Sec. 61 to 64 " Agricultural and Arts Act." We shall then receive 

 from the county society, at the proper time, our proportion of the grant to the county, 

 which will be, perhaps, $50.00 or more. The Society will be called, however, a Horticul- 

 tural Society, and not a Fruit Growers' Association. But this will make no difference to 

 us, as the main object will be attained, and;money will at once be sent to the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association sufficient to make each member of our Society a member of the 

 Association, and you may observe by Sec. 38 and its five sub-sections, that the object of 

 the Horticultural Society is identical with the proposed branch of the Fruit Growers' 

 Association. 



WINTER MEETING--II. 



UR old friend, Mr. Fred Mitchell, of Innerkip, was present at the 

 .Wednesday evening session. An enthusiastic rose grower, he was 

 brought to his feet by an able paper on Rose Growing, which had just 

 been read by Mr. Webster, of the firm of Webster Bros., Hamilton, and 

 which will appear in full in the annual report. Mr. Mitchell gave the 

 following choice of roses, one of each color, for the amateur's garden. 

 Prince Camille de Rohan (dark), General Washington (red), Paul Neyron 

 (pink), and Coquette des Alps or Madame Plantier (white). 



A discussion arose upon which is the best paying red grape. Two promi- 

 nent grape growers, Mr. Carpenter, of Winona, and Mr. Orr, of Stoney Creek, 

 gave their opinions. The former pronounced the Lindley as the most profitable, 

 and the latter the Delaware. In reply to the question as to whether 

 Moore's Early succeeded in heavy soil, Mr. Orr said that it had done 

 well with him in such soil, but Mr. Tweedle had not found it nearly so produc- 

 tive as the Worden. 



Prof. James, of the Agricultural College, Guelph, gave a very interesting and 

 instructive address upon Fertilizers. He stated that the leaves of trees are too 

 valuable to be wasted, and should be kept upon the ground beneath, and there, 

 in their decay, they will return a certain amount of potash to the soil. A large 

 amount of the litter of pruning can also be used in a compost, and in this way is 

 more valuable than burnt to ashes. Fruit draws verj' heavily upon the element of 

 potash in the soil, and for this reason it is important to supply it liberally in fer- 

 tilizers that are applied, Mr. James showed by a chart the great value of wood 

 ashes as fertilizers for our fruit orchards, and this chart will be published in our 

 report for 1891. 



