224 State Horticultural Society. 



A member. — I have some success with the Japs. 



Mr. May, Adair Co. — Abundance winter killed last winter. They 

 bear young and rot. I have one tree of the Gold four years old. This 

 year it bore two fruits, the size of Wild Goose. 



PEACH ORCHARDS. 



N. F. Murray. — I hope the past winter did not freeze all the peach 

 interest out of this audience. Our trees are not nearly as bad as we 

 thought. I would just as soon plant peaches for profit in ISTorth Mis- 

 souri as an apple orchard. I grew them successfully thirty years ago 

 and I believe it can be done again. 



W. G. Gano. — I don't think we are discouraged on the peach ques- 

 tions around Kansas City. We used a little common sense and did not 

 saw our peach trees off at the ground. We shortened in a little more 

 severely than in ordinary years. Very few of our trees are dead. The 

 growth was very fine, and they entered the winter in much better con- 

 dition than a year ago. 



L. A. Goodman. — Since last spring I have received several very 

 scorching letters for the instructions I sent out. The word "dehorn" 

 seems to have misled many. They cut their trees too short, some left 

 only a few inches of the large branches and others cut off at the ground. 

 We took off all the wood three years old on the old trees, 

 and all one-year wood on the young trees. Those who pruned rightly 

 are well pleased. In an orchard of 30,000 I did not lose any trees to 

 speak of. 



J. J. Kiser. — I received the secretary's instructions to dehorn. I 

 cut the trees back and they made a growth of three to six feet. I believe 

 I can give you a pointer. In the late fall, after most of the leaves of 

 the peach have fallen, you will sometimes find a tuft or bunch of green 

 leaves upon the ends of twigs ; cut that off. It contains green sap which 

 tends to weaken the tree. Thev will be healthier and hardier without 

 these green leaves and twigs. I have fruit buds upon the peach for 

 next year. 



