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Mr. Ferguson — A seedling orchard which was dehorned did not grow 

 well. If we let the sprouts grow after dehorning, we get a thicket of 

 long tender canes. I thinned these out when they were full of peaches, 

 which had never colored. This gave the side branches a chance, and 

 they have peaches on lower down. The little limbs die for want of sun 

 and air. In a young orchard we thinned lightly, and took out the straggly 

 branches, and this year we have nice trees, four times as large as though 

 they had been cut back severely. 



Prof. Whitten — If we take a seedling and put a bud on to it the bud 

 will be stouter than the seedling. It is like girdling, by which the food 

 intended to be distributed over the whole plant was dammed up and 

 made the twig grow stronger. The bud is akin to the twig, the process 

 of budding checks the flow of sap, and the tissues are formed and lap so 

 that the food cannot pass as freely, consequently the bud gets more food ; 

 this is true the second year also. In grafting the same principle is in- 

 volved, when you graft upon stems double the diameter of the root; this 

 constricts the tree and keeps the food up where it is used by the scion. 



Mr. Tippin — An experiment should be made by planting seedlings 

 and budding some to see which stands the cold the best. 



Dr. Whitten — I believe in our experiments we have not found any 

 difference worth mentioning between the original seedling and the budded 

 tree. We have several sets of such. We got some buds from Georgia 

 from the original Elberta tree, and some from Texas, Ontario and Mis- 

 souri, which were a number of generations removed from the original, 

 and yet planted side by side we can see no difference in them as to hardi- 

 ness. 



Mr. Goodman — Budding for years on mixed seedlings will show the 

 weakness of the tree by budding, if budded on very weak and unhealthy 

 seedlings, for instance. 



Invitation to the banquet. 



Versailles, Mo., June 14, 1905. 

 L. A. Goodman, Secretary, Versailles, Mo. : 



It is my great pleasure to extend through and by you a cordial in- 

 vitation to all the members of the State Horticultural Society attending 

 this convention to assemble at the City Hotel, 9 p. m. this evening, and 

 partake of whole sections of a banquet, prepared for and in honor of 

 our guests and the occasion. 



Yours faithfully, 



Ed. H. Woods, 



For the Committee. 



