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apples in my orchard at five cents apiece, not on trees that are 

 thoroughly sprayed. 



Mr. Gilbert : Or any other orchard this year? 



A. Well, no, I have seen v^ormy apples this year. I can take 

 you right into my orchard on some trees that were not sprayed 

 and show you lots of wormy apples. They are very free from 

 worms as a rule, that is true. 



Mr. Breed : Mr. President, I see that the speaker is in rather 

 an embarrassing situation and some of us are not getting what 

 information we would like to have. I see he is very chary about 

 giving us that information. He does not tell us the name of this 

 preparation. 



Mr. Phinney : I hoped, Mr. Breed, that that question would 

 not be asked. I did not come here to talk shop — for spraying I 

 use Pvrox that is manufactured bv the Bowker Chemical Com- 

 pany. It may be a little more expensive than the home made but 

 it is more convenient. 



Prof. Maynard : I would like to ask the speaker how much 

 fertilizer he uses per acre. He has given us the formula but not 

 the amount. 



Mr. Phinney : The first application I made on this orchard 

 was about 1500 pounds to the acre. I am using now not over 

 500 pounds to the acre and that seems to force the trees all that 

 is necessary with the tillage that is given them. I have here a 

 picture of a tree from which I took 13 barrels of Spies this year. 

 If you could visit my orchard today — all the leaves are on that 

 tree now and I think it is admitted that is an indication of vigor 

 in a tree, and further than that I think it would show that it has 

 made a reasonable growth notwithstanding this great load of 

 fruit. I don't believe you want to use too much fertilizer and 

 drive the trees too hard. 



RESULTS from the USE OE BARN MANURES. 



Mr. Gilbert: For fear that we might leave the impression 

 that there was no further use for barn manure, or that barn 

 manures were not good for orchard culture, we introduce one 

 of our associates who has had some experience with barn 

 manures in making orchards bear. 



V. P. DeCoster : I feel very much this afternoon as the man 

 did that was called to the sick bed of his wife. She said "Before 



