34S STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



J. F. Tayloj;: I have a iiiiinl)er of times done Juno bnddinn' and seen 

 the tops of sneh trees winter-kill, but this may be a\"oided by taking them 

 lip in the fall and heeling in. They may then be set in the spring and cut 

 back to one bud above the stock, with fair results. Still, I never got good 

 trees. There is not enough root growth in one year to start and well 

 establish a bud. 



G. AV. GiaFFiN: I have found June-budded trees a failure. As to 

 dwarf pears, half of those ol)tained from Rochester are not worth setting. 

 They have too much of the quince stock, of Avhich there should not be 

 more than eight inches. 



J. G. Eamsdell: I found that a large proportion of a lot of pear trees 

 was on Orange quince stock, and great loss ensued. Only the Angers 

 quince should be used, and even these are useless if the stocks are long. 



Mr. Hamilton: Some sorts of pear will not unite well to any quince. 

 So, too, some peaches will not unite to the plum. I do not think many 

 dwarf pears are set on the Orange quince, because when such stocks are 

 large enough to bud they will sell as high as two-year pears. Many do, 

 however, bud too high on quince stock. 



Prof. Bailey said if he were to set a pear orchard he would have all 

 dwarfs and allow no roots from the pear itself; and he described the dwarf 

 i3ear orchard of T. G. Yeomans of Walworth, New York, now thirty-six 

 years old, all dwarfs on the quince, and yearly yielding enormous crops. 

 But there must be a perfect union between stock and bud; always good 

 cultivation and drainage; and the tops kept so low as never to overbalance 

 the root. Cut back each sjjring two thirds of the growth. The pear bears 

 fruit on spurs two years old, so the cutting does not atfect the crop of the 

 year in which it is done. Angouleme. Anjou, and Louise Bonne are kinds 

 Avhich more easily make the union with the quince. Mr. Yeomans uses 

 l)arnyard manure when he can get it, but otherwise phosphates. 



Mr. Eamsdeel : Mr. Yeomans for years cut back to two buds only, each 

 season, and has not been known to have a failure of crop. 



Mr. Adams explained to Mr. Lannin that extreme lengthening of 

 branches, under this process was prevented by occasional renewal from 

 sprouts near the body of the tree. 



Mr. Steakxs: Heavy crops of peaches do not interfere with growth of 

 wood, because the latter is completed before draft on the tree for maturing 

 the fruit begins. 



Mr. Hopkins: In 187P> the Yeomans orchard yielded nine hundred 

 barrels of pears, Avhich sold for ^1 to $28 per barrel. 



Prof. Bailey: Its area is ten acres and eight luindred barrels was the 

 crop last year. The trees are ten feet apart each way, liut Mr. Yeomans 

 says were he to set again he would put them twelve feet apart. 



Eesolutions were first in order, Friday morning, the several reports 

 made and adopted being as follows: 



ItErOET OF THE COMMITTEE OX FHUIT. 



"Y our committee on fruit found on the table twenty- two varieties of apple, contrib- 

 uted by W. B. Andruss of Allegan and two varieties by L. H. Bailey of South Haven, 

 all of which were in excellent condition. We also found twigs cut from bearing trees 

 representing the many kinds of fruit grown about South Haven. These indicate a fair 

 crop of peach and a full crop of some fruits. 



The twigs cut from bearmg peach and plum trees from Oceana county, sent by W. 

 S. Gebhardt of Mears, to this society, are an evidence that Oceana county will have a 



