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Mr. Tracy: The original growth may be replaced, for young trees of 

 the same species are planted and flourish. I believe even the old ones 

 may be preserved by proper care. 



Mr. Rice: Young trees will strike their roots deeper than did the 

 original trees, which mainly fed at or near the surface. They accommo- 

 date themselves to the changed conditions in ways the old trees can not 

 do. An old oak can not bear civilization, but we all know how young oaks 

 flourish everywhere. 



PLUMS FOR A COMMERCIAL ORCHARD. 



Mr. Graham asked what varieties of plum should be placed in a com- 

 mercial orchard. 



Mr. Sessions: I change my mind on this question every year. I like 

 now many of the Damsons, and would set the German Prune; late varie- 

 ties are preferable; I would plant many kinds, so as to have a succession, 

 but no Japanese varieties, nor Wild Goose; I would have some yellow 

 sorts. 



Mr. Kellogg: There is most money in Lombard, Bradshaw, Coe's 

 Golden Drop; from all others I get only a few fruits instead of a full, 

 paying crop. 



All agreed that the Wild Goose and its kind are not desirable for 

 Michigan. 



COLD storage of APPLES. 



Through the secretary, Mr. S. B. Smith of Grand Rapids asked these 

 questions: 



What is the best method of storing from 5,000 to 10,000 bushels of 

 apples? What is the best method of cold storage for a fruitgrower who 

 has a crop of from 3,000 to 6,000 bushels of winter apples? 



Mr. Morrill: Better store apples close to the market where they are 

 to be sold and consumed, for when they are taken out of cold storage they 

 must be used very quickly or they decay. So, cold storage on the farm is 

 not practicable, as a rule. Better send to the large storage houses in Chi- 

 cago, if that is the market, where there are ample and perfect facilities for 

 keeping and handling the fruit to best advantage. 



Mr. Slayton: Mr. Smith puts his apples into bins in the basement of 

 his barn, five or six feet deep, and sorts and sells them in the spring. He 

 has grown mostly Ben Davis, but is now grafting to other varieties. 



Mr. Kellogg: The Ben Davis is about as good as cork soup, now; but 

 it is a spring apple, is pretty good then when there are no other apples. 



