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Mr. Milhoiise: I had a Burbauk tree this year which was full for all 

 there Avas in it. I thinned part of the tree to about eight inches and 

 would have had more protilable crop if had picked all over that way 

 and left a plum at every seven or eight inches, they would have brought 

 more money. 



Mr. Milton: Is there any other method for controlling rot on Lom- 

 bard and such varieties of plums except thinning? 



Mr. Apple: I prevented rot in Lombards the past season. I com- 

 menced spraying before the buds opened with Bordeaux mixture with 

 a little raris green, and after the bloom fell, every ten days until fruit 

 began to color, and saved a good crop of Lombards. 



Mr. Rowland: Last year all the Bradshaws rotted. I got just one 

 plum oft" of four trees, and they were loaded full. This year I watched 

 them closely and sprayed early in the season three times. When they 

 commenced to rot I sprayed very strongly with Bordeaux mixture and 

 saved a splendid crop. 



Mr. Thomas: For something like four or five years the Loml)ards have 

 rotted so they were hardly worth doing anything with. This year I did 

 not spray and had the finest crop of Lombards I have had for years. 



Mr. Henby: I have had the same experience with Lombards as Mr. 

 Thomas. Last season I had mere Lombards than I knew what to do 

 with. Two years ago all rotted, three years ago all rotted, and I pulled 

 all the rotten ones oft" and cleaned up everything. A year ago last season 

 I left the rotten ones all on, and concluded it was not worth while to 

 spend any more time on Lombards, and abandoned all hope of having 

 any more to ripen on trees, and last season, I had more than I knew what 

 to do with, and called the neighbors in to pick them on shares. 



Mr. Shoemaker: I believe the two gentlemen are attributing their 

 success this year with the Lombard to the wrong thing. There has 

 always been some rot on Robinson, Wild Goose, and particularly on the 

 Burbank and almost all European plums. I find this season scarcely 

 any rot whatever, and attribute it almost entirely to the season. It was 

 a very dry season this year, and the disease or fungi that caused rot 

 did not propagate. Particularly in seasons when it rains heavily and 

 becomes hot afterwards, alternating wet and heated seasons, it is im- 

 possible to save plums from rot, especially Lombard and Burbank, and 

 it is my idea that it is on account of the dry season this year that we 

 have had no rot. I have had no rot on any variety to amount to anything 

 this year. I would like to ask something about this bug catcher. Would 

 like to have a special description so I can make it. I do not want to use 

 it on peaches but on plums. 



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