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now old enoujj;h to boar a crop. They bloomed, but we lost the crop. 

 If we can retard the blooming it will be practical. 



L. A. Goodman — There are two causes of difference in the time of 

 our peaches blooming. The trouble is not to find a peach-tree that is 

 hardy enough. We have plenty of them. We want a peach with a 

 hard, firm wood, that will retard the tree in blooming. One week's 

 difference in the time of blooming often makes the difference between 

 success and failure. Some varieties ripen their wood thoroughly* 

 Some varieties scarcely ripen at all. We can make some difference by 

 cultivation. For instance, one week's later cultivation in the fall will 

 sometimes start the buds enough to lose the crop in the fall, while an 

 orchard not cultivated at that time would stand the winter. Peaches 

 sometimes stand 18° below zero, and we have had peaches; but to da 

 this they must be in good condition. 



Mr. Murray — Among the hardier kinds I would name Oldmixon 

 Free, Hale's Columbia, Picket's Late, Druid Hill and Mt. Rose. I 

 would like a little further discussion of varieties, cultivpting and 

 pruning. We have men here from Michigan and Illinois who can tell 

 us something. 



Mr. Goodrich — In Illinois we are still searching for the hardy 

 peach. Crosby succeeds in Massachusetts, but does not succeed in 

 New Jersey. Will it succeed in Illinois ? Do you think there is any 

 promise in Mr. Budd's Russian and Mother China importations ? 



Mr. Waters — There is a suggestion in a paper upon irrigation to 

 be presented here that bears directly upon this subject. By keeping 

 up a continuous growth the tendency of the sap to rise late in the 

 season would be shut off. The wood would ripen at the proper time. 



Mr. Murray — I once had a fine crop of many varieties when the 

 thermometer had been 21° below zero. I had a number of trees cul- 

 tivated till winter. These trees were killed. Never cultivate after 

 the first of July. About this tying up trees, we can't get moisture 

 enough. We have no trouble here in Missouri with the yellows. We 

 have no yellows west of the Mississippi river, though I believe the 

 Rural World did report yellows in Missouri last year. 



Editor Longman — The government report is responsible for the 

 statement. 



J. C. Evans — The government is often responsible for things which 

 are not responsible. 



SPRAYING. 



Mr. Gilkeson — I sprayed my apples twice. They were quite clear 

 of moth. Another man in my vicinity had an orchard of 1200 bushels 

 of apples. He sprayed well, and had hardly a moth. Another orchard 



