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and it ripens with us at least two years out of three, and then is profita- 

 ble. I have both the Foster and Crawford but can not tell the difference. 



Mr. Knisley: Will Mr. Sessions please define the difference between 

 Waterloo and Alexander? 



Mr. Sessions: There is a little difference in the appearance of these 

 two varieties, and in the manner of bearing. Waterloo is smaller than 

 Alexander, of darker color, more solid; but the difference in bearing is 

 very slight. 



Mr. Knisley: It is bad policy to have so many varieties so nearly alike. 

 I have mixed Waterloo and Alexander peaches together, and our best men 

 could not detect the difference. 



Mr. Winchester: I think we ought to pull out all those earliest varie- 

 ties that are so much alike, and none of them good. The new Smock 

 differs from the old one in several respects. Speaking of white peaches, 

 Stevens' Rareripe brought more money for me, last year, than any other 

 sort. It is a large, hardy, white peach, equal to the Oldmixon. Rivers is 

 profitable here, being the earliest good peach, and we having water trans- 

 portation, so that it reaches market without serious injury. Amelia is too 

 small. I have not fruited the St. Joseph, but from what I know of it 

 believe it to be an excellent peach. It is ripe and out of the way of all 

 other peaches of its color — yellow. Many are setting the Crawfords, 

 about this place, because we have latterly had such mild winters that they 

 hope for success in the same conditions in the future. I would not dis- 

 card the Oldmixon, although it is not so profitable as some other varieties. 



Mr. Brown: I have seen Early Michigan, Brown's Early, and Lewis, 

 and found them to be very much alike in all essential points, yet it has 

 been decided that they are different varieties. Lowell seems to have 

 gone wild over the Early Michigan, and the people there are planting lit- 

 tle else. 



Mr. A. S. Packard: The Salway is a fine peach, but the tree is tender. 

 Its quality is high, and it is very productive. I made more money from 

 Smock, last year, than from any other. The fruit was large, not more 

 than four per cent, going to fourth grade, while twenty per cent, of the 

 Barnards went there. I would plant Crawfords, but not the Susquehanna. 

 It is said to be a light bearer, but it was the most excellent in quality of 

 fruit of any I grew. 



Mr. Lyon: The Foster varies but little from the Early Crawford and is 

 but little better. Like the Crawford, its parent, it is tender in fruit bud, 

 and there is but little difference in their fruitfulness. 



Mr. Morrill, asked as to use of commercial fertilizers, on peaches, said 

 he had used only bone dust and ashes, on Foster and Lewis (500 pounds 



