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There are, of course, few, if any, orchards existing at the 

 present time containing fruit which would fulfil all the above 

 conditions. It is, therefore, highly desirable that in each of 

 the counties contributing to the Institute such orchards should 

 be formed. It is not necessary that the whole of the orchard 

 -should contain fruit ripening at one and the same time. It 

 might, if thought convenient, be divided into three sections of 

 early ripening, mid-season ripening, and late ripening fruit, but 

 the trees in each section should consist of the three classes — 

 sweet, bitter-sweet, and sharp — already mentioned. The 

 Committee ; therefore, suggest that arrangements should be 

 made for forming such orchards by means of the trees now 

 available for distribution. 



2. Where the trees are planted on the land of private owners, 

 the owners should enter into a legal agreement to plant and 

 protect them properly, and to permit the horticultural instruc- 

 tors and other persons authorised by the county councils to 

 have free access to them in order to view their condition and 

 treatment, prune, or give demonstrations in pruning them,, 

 spray or dress them if necessary, and make use of them for 

 purposes of instruction or demonstration. 



3. The Governors of the Institute should have the option,, 

 when the trees begin to bear, of buying at market 

 price as much of the fruit as may be required for experimental 

 purposes, and they and anyone authorised by them should have 

 permission at all reasonable times to visit and inspect the trees 

 for the purpose of noting their condition and progress, and of 

 making and recording such observations thereon as may be of 

 service to persons engaged in the fruit-growing and cider- 

 making industries. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have received the 

 following report on small fruit culture in Lower Normandy, 

 France, which has been prepared , by 

 Fruit Culture in Mr. Vice-Consul Hettier : — 

 Normandy.* The district of Caen, and the Depart- 



ment of Calvados are principally agri- 



* Some further information as to Fruit Culture in France will be found in an 

 article on Fruit and Vegetable Production in Germany, France, and Holland, in this 

 Journal, September, 1908, p. 414. 



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