FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT. HI 



A. I said that when I left home apples were seventy-five cents above 

 the price that they Avcre when the men filled my storage. 



Q. If a man took his apples ont of the storage after they had been 

 there a month, wonld it cost him forty cents just the same? 



A. If he took them out soon enough so I could replace them, it would 

 cost fifteen cents. 



Q. Then the amount h© would receive would be the difference between 

 forty and seventy-five cents, or thirty-five cents? 



A. No, the buyer would pay the storage. 



Q. How near a railroad are you? 



A. We are right on one of the New York Central lines. We also 

 have a switch on the trolley. 



Q. Would you use the same storage system if you built another? 



A. I would not put in a Cooper system if I built a large storage but 

 their system of piping and trays is tlie best system I know of, I would 

 use ammonia for cooling and if I could get the Cooper system of piping, I 

 ^\■ould use that. 



Q. Do you store potatoes for seed purposes? 



A. I never have. 



Q. What do you pay for electricity? 



A. I do not remember the figures. The minimum when the storage 

 is not in use is fl.OO pr. h, p. per month. 



I wish to thank tlie audience and members of this Society for the 

 ])leasant time I have had in Michigan and if any or all of you ever come 

 to the western part of New York State, come and see me. I live half 

 way between Rochester and Buffalo and steam and trolley cars both run 

 (hrough the farm." 



NEW POINTS IN HORTICULTURE. 



ir. J. EUSTACE, PROP. OF HORTICULTURE, MICH. AGR. COLLEGE^ E. LANSING, 



MICH. 



In this brief paper, it is desired to call the attention of the members 

 of this Society to a few of the most recent and important developments 

 along the line of the kind of horticulture they are most concerned in — 

 that of fruit growing. 



Some of the ideas that may be called new, may not be new to some of 

 you, possibly to many of you they may not appear to be at all practical 

 but it is at least hoped that everyone of you will have the desire to know 

 something about what may properly be regarded as of recent interest 

 horticulturally. It is not asked that you accept these ideas nor that you 

 even have an opinion upon the subject but rather that you receive them 

 with an open mind, take them as they come and for what they may be 

 worth after you have fully meditated upon their worth, possibly tried 

 them for yourself. 



An investigation that I am sure must be of great interest to everyone 

 who has anything to do with the growing of any kind of trees or plants 

 is the determination of the value of individual trees. This work was begun 



