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President Hammond expressed the opinion that the injury was occa- 

 sioned by the October freeze, and is what is termed sap-blight. 



The Secretary suggested that it may have been occasioned by too close 

 and too severe root-pruning in the previous fall. 



Mr. Grover — As to discarding those standard varieties, as recom- 

 mended in the Essav, I think it is too soon vet. To be sure some of them 

 are doing badly. Red June for two or three years has scabbed badly in 

 most orchards; but has read that high culture will probably remedy that 

 defect. Early Harvest is reported as doing well till within a year or two. 

 Is a showy apple, and sells well. So with several others of our most 

 reliable apples heretofore. Probably high culture will remedy their defects. 

 But I think it is too soon to give them up.' As to grafting, shall go into 

 it cautiously; shall top-graft a few only at a time. 



Mr. Hathawav — Nearly all varieties scabbed to some extent last sea- 

 son in my orchard; Yellow Bellflower the worst. I thin out many of 

 the small branches in the spring, thus thinning the fruit, and securing larger 

 and fairer fruit, and of better quality. 



The President inquired of Mr. McCune concerning the Bellflower on 

 his farm — the old Dr. Griswold place. 



Mr. McCune — My Bcllflowers have borne two good crops since I 

 have owned the orchard; do not know how much they had done before. 

 They are top-worked trees. Some of them are planted in a body together, 

 and some are scattered among other trees in the orchard ; and I notice a 

 fact for which I am unable to account, that those planted together do 

 better than those scattered about. 



President Hammond — Those Bellflowers of Mr. McCune's are prob- 

 ably the best bearers of that variety in the country, which I ascribe to the 

 fact that they are top-grafted. 



Mr. McCune — The year before I came to the place Winesaps bore 

 a heavy crop; next year a light crop. Last fall they scabbed badly, 

 and 1 got none worth saving. The size is also an objection to the Wine- 

 sap; -it is too small. They will not sell as well as a larger, though a poorer 

 apple. My best selling apple last fall was the Lyman Pumpkin Sweet. 

 Pryor's Red is healthy, hardy, and profitable; Red Canada, perhaps, the 

 most profitable. 



Mr. Homer D. Brown, of the Montebello Nursery, pi'esented a num- 

 ber of specimens from his nursery of the wood of diflerent varieties of 

 apples, showing the efi'ect of the past winter, some of them being very 

 badly injured, and some only slightly. Those specimens were cut from 

 his one and two year old b-ees. 



Of his one year trees, they rate as follows: 



Ben Davis, VVinesap, and Rawles' Janet, uninjured. 



Red June, Red Astrachan, Early Harvest, Vandevere, Little Roman- 

 ite. White Winter Pearmain, badly injured. 



Willow Twig, Rambo, and Maiden's Blush, very badly; the last 

 worst of all. 



Of two year trees: Ben Davis, Winesap, and Rawles' Janet, were 

 sound; while Little Romanite, Early Harvest, Red June, Pearmain, 



