186 State Horticultural Society. 



loss was only eight out of 225. My plan is to crop the ground lightly 

 with corn two years and then give the ground entirely to trees, culti- 

 vate the row and sow the center space to clover. 



As this is my first orchard setting I can not say what the future 

 will be but I am going to follow along the line laid out by the State 

 Horticultural Society's workers. 



DISCUSSION ON OKCHARDS. 



J. J. Kiser. — I have a suggestion to offer in regard to distributing 

 trees for planting. I puddle and pack in damp straw or hay, right in 

 a wagon, drive along the rows as we plant and take out only one tree at 

 a time, plant in the fresh soil while it is still dripping wet. I would 

 not lean trees to the southwest, for if this is done strong limbs are apt 

 to grow on the northeast side of the tree and pull it over in that direc- 

 tion. Straight up is best. I take two-year trees which were cut back 

 at one year, thus making a strong growth of thrifty young wood. I 

 favor spring planting, but would dig the trees in the fall, heel in root 

 and branch and in the spring they are ready to grow right along. I 

 have two little maps here to show how I would make the rows. On a 

 hillside I would run the rows right around the hill. Keep rows as level 

 as possible so that the soil would not wash when cultivated. I think 

 on level ground that hexagonal planting has advantages over square 

 planting, as it gives sixteen per cent more trees at the same distance. 

 For temporary trees to be removed when they begin to crowd I would 

 use Missouri Pippin. 



L. H. Callaway, of Illinois.- — Have you any difficulty about leaf 

 curl on Missouri Pippin ? Some Illinois growers have discarded it for 

 that reason. 



Prof. J. C. Whitten. — I have not seen any fungus which causes 

 leaf curl on this or other varieties of apple. 



E. E. Bailey, Callaway Co. — It is the aphis. The Missouri Pip- 

 pin seems more subject to this insect than other varieties in my orchard. 



E. J. Baxter. — Is the York Imperial hardy in our ordinary win- 

 ters ? 



