Summer Meeting. 99 



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Can peach trees be grafted? If not, why not? 



Yes, with tolerable success by experienced hands. ^lany use a bit 

 of 2-year-old wood at the base of the scion to form the union. 



Peach scab? Prevent it? 



Spraying will help, but not sure. Danger of burning the foliage of 

 peach. • 



Quince culture? 



Use low, rich, moist soil and the best of cultivation and mulching. 



How to remove the apple crop ? 



Pick and pack at once in barrels. 



Selection of orchard sites. 



Good porous subsoil more important than all else besides. 



Way of knowing the value of apple crop before selling, say, Septem- 

 ber 10? 



Cannot tell. All estimates and reports are onl}^ guesses as to what 

 weather and demand will be. 



Average crop of apples more profitable than same of corn, wheat, 

 oats, hay ? 



Yes ; much more so. 



Varieties of fruits recommended by the Society for profit, for table, 

 for experiment and the locality of party recommending them? 



Society only gives individual experience. 



Will it pay to set strawberries in the fall? 



Yes, if weather is right and ground is in good shape. Mulch at 

 once after planting. 



Is spraying profitable to a person when others fail to spray? 



Codling Aloth, no. Canker Worm, yes. 



Dust versus Spray? 



Comparative value is not yet determined, but the prospect for good 

 results are very favorable. 



Hardy evergreens for Southwest Missouri? 



Red cedar, Norway spruce, Scoth pine. 



Sun scald and Woolly Aphis kill more trees than all other troubles? 



The borer and root rot are equally as bad. 



Can the raspberry be successfully treated for Anthracnose? 



Not yet proven. Bordeaux is the best known. 



Spraying or the moth catcher, which is best? 



Spraying a hundred times more successful, because you can spray 

 for diseases and canker worm at same time. 



Can apples be grown successfully on ridge land where hard pan 

 is near surface? 



No ; they cannot. They will bear for a while and then die. 



