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black wart about my place on the wild-cherry trees, and 

 plenty on some of my neighbors' trees. I think you can 

 keep that off without any trouble. 



Mr. Brown. What time do you head in your peach- 

 trees ? 



Mr. Moore. Any time from now up to spring. 



Mr. Brown. Is it not better to do it earlier in the season, 

 before the trees cease to grow ? 



Mr. Moore. The result would be, that you would force 

 the trees into growth, if you cut them back as I cut them. 

 You would accomplish just what you desired to prevent, 

 really. 



Mr. Brown. A peach-tree grows very late in the season. 

 * Mr. Moore. It is a better way to encourage early growth, 

 and then refrain from giving them stimulating manures, 

 which produce a large growth. 



Question. Did you ever use coal-ashes on peach-trees ? 



Mr. Moore. Yes, sir. 



Question. Do you think they are worth any thing ? 



Mr. Moore. Yes, sir. I think they are worth carting off 

 anywhere, where you have got them around. I use all mine. 

 We burn in the greenhouses, and in the house, perhaps forty 

 or fifty tons a year. I do not throw any of those ashes away. 



Question. Where do you put them ? 



Mr. Moore. I put them around my peach-trees, some of 

 them. 



Mr. Peirce. Do you think the disease called " the yel- 

 lows " is conveyed from tree to tree by pruning ? 



Mr. Moore. I know it is said so ; but I have got so that 

 I believe very little of what I hear, unless I have tested it. 

 The older I grow, the less disposed I am to accept any thing 

 that is brought forward, unless I have tested it. It is claimed 

 that this disease spreads faster when the tree is in blossom 

 than at any other time ; that is, when you have a full bloom 

 on the trees, there is more " yellows " developed than other 

 years. The yellows develop on a peach-tree generally after 

 a crop, and when you are getting the second crop, more than 

 any other time. 



Judge Davis. Have you seen any trouble this year in 

 quinces ? 



Mr. Moore. I have seen trouble ; but I have had no ac- 



