PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 163 urer, Richard Burke , ; directors: Queens county— J. H. Gill , Little York , Al¬ fred Dewar, Lot 48, R. Burke , ; Kings county— John Robertson , George E. Goff . Woodville . D. J. Stewart . Aitken's Ferry; Prince county— Rev. A. E. Burke , Alberton, A. K. Henry. Granville, 1). A. Sharp , Summerside . A number of those names will still be found in the reports of annual meetings; many of them have given to the association thus established a great amount of valuable work and the hearty and loyal support which has enabled it to perform such eminent serv¬ ices to bland horticulture. In 1898 this association was duly incor¬ porated. Mr. Edward Bayfield , the president of that term, on motion of Rev. A. E. Burke , seconded by Richard Burke , being empow¬ ered to obtain such act of incorporation from the Provincial Parliament,, then in session. This he was able to do without cost owing to the meritorious nature of the work it was doing. Of this act, clause second, says— "The object of the said Association shall be the advancement of the science and art of fruit culture, by holding meetings for the exhibition of fruit and for the discussion of all questions relative to fruit culture; by col¬ lecting, arranging and disseminating useful information connected with the same and by such other means as may from time to time seem advisable." Faithfully and well have those conditions of incorporation been complied with. On the matter of the adaptability of Prince Edward Island to horticulturad pur¬ suits there can now be no question. Expe¬ rience has convinced us all of this. From the fact that not an acre of it is ungrateful soil from end to end—a marvelous thing to say of any of the political divisions, large or small, of this or any other continent, it has been termed the "Garden of the Gulf ," by some penetrating spirit, and the "Million Acre Farm " by Governor Howlan . As ex¬ pert testimony to the Island's claims as a fruit area, we have the late Dr. Dawson 's assurance to Senator Robertson , when mak¬ ing his geological survey here, that not on this side of Devonshire had he seen such soil for apple growing. And more recently Prof. Macoun , dominion horticulturist, gave ex¬ pression in Charlottetown to these words: "I believe Prince Edward Island to be one great site for an apple orchard; almost the whole province is suited for orcharding and the rest of it will do for cranberry growth. I think with these two industries the whole country should be covered." The placard placed by the General Gov ¬ ernment high up on the towers of the Cana¬ dian horticultural exhibit at the World's Fair, St. Louis , Missouri , in 1904, read thus: " Prince Edward Island—the Island Province of —has Already Demonstrated that the Best and Longest Keeping Apples are Successfully Grown Within Her Limits." The art of horticulture properly prose¬ cuted, there is nothing in the-whole range of apple distribution, which cannot be pro¬ duced and well produced on the Island. ' It is not advisable for any but experimental¬ ists, however, to attempt the culture of too many varieties. The fruits for home and foreign markets of the class which do well here, some especially so, are given concisely in the following table published by the Fruit Growers' Association in its annual report: