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to business, laying thcit eggs, and do not eat very inuch after that time". 

 The object of the insect is to deposit its eggs and after they begin that 

 "Work I do not thinli they eat very much, and of course die off as soon 

 as they have accomplished their object. I do not thinly spraying with 

 Paris green will do much good to catch curcnlio after they begin their 

 work. 



Mr. Thomas: I wish to emphasize all the gentleman said in his paper 

 about planting peaches on elevation. I have not many peach trees, per- 

 haps 100, and this season they bore for the first time. The rows are 

 planted east and west, the west end runs down into level land, and the 

 east end is on high ground, but not more than eight feet difference in 

 elevation. At the east end, the trees were full of nice peaches, while 

 trees in lower ground had scarcely a peach on them, although twice as 

 large as on higher ground. As to pruning, I have been trying to head 

 in and make a flat, spreading top of the tree as much as possible. 



Mr. Hobbs: As to the matter of soil, he speaks about poor soil being 

 necessary to highest development of the peach. The soil may be poor 

 in elements that go to produce wheat or corn, but must be rich in ele- 

 ments that go to produce a peach crop. If trees bear good fruit they 

 must have a certain amount of fertility regularly and the soil must not 

 become exhausted. I think Mr. Dean will agree to that. 



Mr. Dean: I refer more particularly to corn crops. In our elevated 

 land on the Ohio river hills I presume we have all the elements neces- 

 sary for peaches, and it has been demonstrated thoroughly in almost every 

 locality. When speaking of rich soil, I refer to farm crops especially. 

 I find other land gives better results in peach gi'owing. 



Mr. Lennen: While elevated positions are more favorable and bear 

 fruit when low land is a failure, we ought not to be discouraged in plant- 

 ing, let our situation be whatever it may. My observation is, occasionally 

 there is fruit on the elevated land and not on lov/, level land, and some- 

 times fruit along creek bottoms and not fruit on high lands, but as a 

 general thing, when we have a peach crop, it is pretty general to all, on 

 the low and level and elevated lands, and all enjoy that luscious fruit, 

 so I thinlc we ought to plant peaches. I have seen fine peaches grow on 

 low as well as elevated land. In growing peaches in a commercial way, 

 does not the soil become worn out? 



Mr. Dean: We have never fertilized our peach trees and ground does 

 vieav out. We never repeat an orchard where there has been one 

 before, unless we have planted it in other crops for a few years, but as 

 to using fertilizers on peach orchards, we have never done it, but any 

 soil will become exhausted in bearing many crops. 



