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not object to varieties, but I like to do business in carload lots, and 

 the buj^ers would find nie away down in Texas, and wherever I grew 

 them, and thej- always appear the firet day the Elbertas are ready to 

 ship and they disappear the last day you load a car of Elbertas. 



A Member — What about the Chairs Choice? 



Mr. Morrell — It is a poor substitute for the Elberta. 



A Member — What about the Salaway? 



Answer — It is too late for this country. 



A Member — I want to say a word about the Elberta i^each. I have 

 had considerable experience raising them and my experience is that when 

 you have a good quality of them the buyers will be right on hand as 

 long as the Elbertas last, and you never see them the next day after 

 they are gone. While we have peaches that are far better, in some re- 

 spects, there are none that are so good for commercial purposes. If 

 we planted more of them we would be better off. 



A Member — ^How is the Stearns? 



President Farrand — It is new to me — I could not say. 



Mr. Morrell — I would like to inquire if any have had any experience 

 with the seedling varieties of the Elbertas — whether some are earlier 

 and some later? 



Answer — We have had some experience, but the trees we have are 

 young and as yet have hardly bore anything. This is really the first 

 year that they have borne any, and it is difficult to tell from one year's 

 bearing. I do not think they will amount to much. 



Mr. Morrell — There are many of them bearing in Texas and some are 

 good. The Elberta is producing some good seedlings with variations 

 in time of ripening that really helps the Elberta out. One of these is 

 called the Augbert, first called August Elberta, which means thirty 

 days later than the Elberta. They are a perfect Elberta, only thirty 

 days late. The tree is a stronger grower and just as sturdy. I had a 

 half bushel shipped in an open basket to Benton Harbor three or four 

 years ago. They were seven days on the road, and were shipped in 

 August. I kept them there another week, making fourteen days from 

 picking, and then some went to Grand Rapids and some went to Chicago. 

 I feel that there is something coming out of this that will be a help to 

 the Elbertas — anything that is just as good as the Elbertas, and at the 

 same time a little earlier or a little later will be a good thing. 



A Member — I would like to know what Mr, Wilken has to say for the 

 Garber pears? 



Mr. Wilken — I hardly know how to answer that. There are a whole 

 lot of varieties that are better. I think the Keiffer is better than the 

 Garber. 



President Farrand — If there is nothing further we will now proceed 

 to the next subject on the program, "New Points in Peach Growing and 

 Marketing," by Mr. George Friday, of Coloma. 



