iV infer Meeting. 313 



•^^ 



]\Ir. Tippin : I will answer the question. For three peaches I 

 would say the Champion, Elberta and Emma. 



Mr. Evans : I have been asked orally and by letter a number of 

 times within the last few months a question, and if that question is 

 answered it will probably satisfy other people. I have been asked the 

 question, what is a nectarine? 



Judge Wellhouse : A smooth peach. 



Mr. Evans : What is the origin of a nectarine, or is there any 

 such thing as a nectarine originating from anything else but a peach 

 seed? 



Mr. Murray : I have known the nectarine to originate in our 

 county from peach pits, but I never knew nectarine to originate from 

 anything else. 



Mr. Jenkins : I wish to say I have a peach on the table that ripens 

 at the same time identically with the Salway, and looks exactly like 

 Vi, but a cling. I want to know what it is. It is a yellow peach. 



Major Holsinger : I have 49 seedling Salways growing from 

 pure Salway seed on the Olden farm. Xine of these Salways are 

 clings, and I presume that is what 3'ours is. 



Question : Would you advise pruning Dewberries, and what 

 length? 



F. H. Speakman : Dewberries for best results should be cut back 

 to 2^ feet on very strong canes and 13^ feet on weak ones. This 

 pruning should be done late in winter or very early in spring — before 

 growth starts. 



Question : What is the leading commercial winter apple today 

 in Alissouri? 



Answer: Ben Davis. 



Question : What should be done with water-sprouts, where they 

 are very thick in an apple orchard that has been neglected for two or 

 three years? 



Secretary: If the trees are old it is best to leave most of the 

 water-sprouts to help the tree renew. 



ORCHARD LANDS OF THE STATE. 



(By Edw. S. Butt, Mayview, Mo.) 



It can hardly be expected of a general and stay-at-home farmer 

 and orchard man to treat this subject exhaustively. In fact, it j;eems 

 to me it ought to be discussed by representatives from all parts'of the 



