SECTIONAL TRANSACTIONS.—M. 387 
3. The knowledge of the relative order of flowering of the different varieties is of 
considerable economic importance, because nearly all varieties fruit better where 
two or more are in flower at the same time. 
4. In planting orchards or fruit plantations, two or more varieties which flower 
at approximately the same time should be chosen in order to give the best chance of 
cross-fertilisation, and varieties which are inter-sterile should not be planted together. 
5. Suggestions as to which varieties to plant together (based on orchard experience 
and experiment), and, in the case of existing orchards in which cross-pollination is 
defective, how to remedy by regrafting. 
6. Observations on the insect visitors to the flowers of the different fruits, and 
the importance of keeping hive-bees where a large area of one kind of fruit is grown. 
AFTERNOON. 
Excursion to the Botley Fruit Station. 
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