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trees are fertilized. Where we get a crop every year, we like to fertilize 

 about every other year, and sometimes every year. Ground bone has been 

 used in considerable quantities. We have not used any form of potash, 

 except such as we obtain in wood ashes. Upon our sandy lands, in par- 

 ticular, we find stable manure a good fertilizer, but it is considered ob- 

 jectionable by some, especially to some varieties. 



The matter of spraying has been gone over thoroughly, so I will not 

 say very much about that. 



The leaf curl, some seasons, is very troublesome; but we find by tlie 

 application of spraying we are able to control that disease effectually, 

 and sometimes only one spraying is necessary. Sometimes the disease 

 is very bad and talies the entire crop in some sections, but one spraying 

 is ordinarily all that is necessary. For this spraying we use a copper sul- 

 phate solution, one pint to twenty gallons of water, and apply it in tlie 

 spring before the growth begins. Some have tried winter spraying with 

 quite as good results. We have not had any very bad attacks of leaf curl 

 since we have tried spraying. Last year we sprayed some in November, 

 and we found a little more curl on them fn the spring than if we had 

 sprayed in the spring. 



Late spraying does not do nearly so much good as it does three or four 

 weeks before the buds begin to open, and at that time there is more time 

 for such work than there is later in the season. Bordeaux mixture has 

 been recommended for early spraying, but the copper sulphate solution 

 is not so much trouble. 



As to the cover crops in the peach orchard— what was said by the 

 speaker who preceded me. Professor GofC, about the plum orchard, applies 

 very well to the peach orchard. Oats is one of the best cover crops we 

 have. We have used crimson clover a good deal, but it is diflicult to get 

 it to catch; it also kills out; but if you get a good stand in the fall that 

 winters over all right, it will make a good growth in the spring and is a 

 good cover crop. 



Professor Latta: Have you tried drilling clover in light soil? 



Professor Fulton: We have not tried drilling it. Our plan is to broad- 

 cast it and work it in with a spike tooth harrow. We have in some 

 instances drilled oats with crimson clover. 



Member: Do you think there is anything in getting soil inoculated 

 with the bacteria, where crimson clover has grown? 



Professor Fulton: Yes, I think it might help the case considerable to 

 get some soil upon which clover has been grown and use that for inocu- 

 lating soil upon which you sow it. 



Professor Latta: Have you had some good catches? 



Professor Fulton: We have had some fine ones. 



