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THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XII. No. 6. 



SEPTEMBER, 1905. [NEW SERIES.] 



THE NATIONAL FRUIT AND CIDER INSTITUTE 

 AND ITS WORK. 



Rather more than a year has elapsed since the National Fruit 

 and Gider Institute started its work, and it is now possible to 

 give some account of the nature of the work which it is 

 carrying on. Particulars of the origin and the objects of the 

 Institute have already been published in the Journal of the 

 Bath and West and Southern Counties Agricultural Society, 

 and it is not proposed here to make more than a brief mention 

 of them. The Institute may be said to owe its origin primarily 

 to the experimental work on cider carried on at Butleigh in con- 

 nection with the Bath and West Society, aided financially also 

 by grants made by the Board of Agriculture. The question of 

 the advisability of an extension of this work led the Board to 

 take a lead in the matter. After the interest of many of the 

 County Councils of the West and South of England had been 

 enlisted, it was resolved to establish an Institute where experi- 

 mental work on cider and perry should be conducted and edu- 

 cational work connected therewith undertaken. It was also 

 deemed desirable to include among the objects of the Institute 

 investigations and demonstrations of the best methods of culti- 

 vation of all kinds of fruit and vegetables, the improvement of 

 the present varieties and the introduction of new varieties, and 

 the promotion of the general interest of farmers, fruit-growers 

 and others connected with the growth and use of fruit and 

 vegetables. 



The Institute has been established at Long Ashton, near 

 Bristol, this locality having been selected on account of its 



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