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stiff, you could not by bu//i/>i/ii^, shake ii. W'itli this improved machiiic, 

 you can with your mallet tap the limbs effectually and without injury — 

 the work is about as hard as with the old machine, but a great improve- 

 ment upon it. 



Mr. Earle — How high must the trees be trimmed, in order to 

 work under them with tiie L"ui< ulio i:atcher? 



Thk I'rksiukn f — i would say, two or three feet high, not more. 



Mr. Klagg — The Doctor took me around through his orchard, and 

 showed me his manner of workiii;.f it. 1 consider the new machine a 

 great improvement. 



Mk. Phknix — Why can't you use it upon low trees.'* 



Mr. Hears(^n — You can, 1 have used it upon trees trimmed 

 "boot-leg high," and so can any man who is not afraid nor ashamed to 

 get down upon his knees. 



l-'oice — But in going out before breakfast, do you not get wet with 

 the falling dew .' 



Mr. Pearson— What of that. It will make cabbage heads grow, 

 and ot/ur /uai/s too — (laughter). 



Tut President — I wish to say lluit I, with others visited Dr. Hull's 

 place in July last, when the Alton Horticultural Society met at his house, 

 and I must say I was very much pleased with what I saw ; — his peach 

 orchard was a model for clean culture, and good treatment. 



Mr. WiER recommended Holbrook's Plow —" the only one-horse 

 plow that you can run \ery close to trees without injuring them." 



DISCUSSION ON THE DISEASES OF THE PEACH. 



Mr. BuRRiLi. — 1 have been very much interested in looking up the 

 cause of the rot in the peach, and that it is caused by a fungus, 

 which is readily disseminated from one peach to another. 1 hnd that 

 where this fungus is spread upon the dry surface of the peach, no harm 

 is done; \n\{ where it comes in contact with the wet surface of the 

 peach, or if tlie peach is bruised, the disease at once attacks the fruit 

 and in a few hours will show itself. 1 speak quite positively about this, 

 for we can see the operation. 



Mr. Wier — 1 have examined this rot, and find that the same causes 

 rot both the apple and the peach. We know what will destroy the fungus — 

 lime and sulphur. Lime is sometimes used to keep apples from decay — 

 Why not use the same in the orchard, and for the same purpose ? Mix 



