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weevil my experience is that good and liberal manuring, and 
carefully removing by hand all infested buds, is the most effec- 
tual remedy. There are a host of other enemies to the fruit 
grower, but those mentioned are the most general, requiring 
plenty of energy and perseverance to conquer. 
Discussion. 
Mr. J. Wbight said the subject of fruit culture was a far 
too serious matter for anyone who had but a little money to take 
up, without technical knowledge to carry it through ; but, when 
everything was well considered, and a thoroughly practical man 
could be put in charge, the work would give a good return for the 
labour and capital invested. If they read this paper and the 
other prize essay, they would have in a small compass the most 
valuable production, the most sound instruction, and the safest 
guide on the subject which had ever appeared in the English 
language. Although Dr. Hogg had been precluded from attending 
that meeting, that gentleman had authorised him to say that he 
would give a large silver medal to Mr. S. T. Wright and to Mr. 
Lewis Castle, the writers of the Society's two prize essays. 
Mr. Lee Campbell said he was very proud to tell them that, 
by careful work on the part of his gardener and himself, he had 
risen to the top of his profession. He started fruit growing as 
an experiment, but, after a very long residence on the Continent, 
he was sure that we were far ahead of the foreigner. He was, 
however, sorry to say that the foreigner had got more than the 
thin end of the wedge in, and he was afraid it would take a 
great deal to drive it out. Whether we could ever succeed 
thoroughly in that direction was doubtful. He had proof that 
our English fruit was not inferior in any respect to fruit pro- 
duced abroad. A short time since he wrote to his salesman, Mr. 
John Mills, of Manchester, asking him to give him a faithful 
and candid opinion of how his fruit compared with that of the 
foreigner. Mr. Mills wrote as follows : — 
" With reference to your inquiry, I can confidently state that 
your varieties of Apples realise at least 80 per cent, more on an 
average than any other ICnglisli varieties of Apples sold in this 
market, and that you arc by far the best grower of Apples in 
