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Mr. Kork: There is a difference between an old orchard and a young 

 one. There is a difference in the condition of things when you plow. 

 That has been discussed a little already. If the ground is dry or wet, 

 it makes a difference. I had a strawberry crop saved, once, by the steam- 

 ing of the ground. It stood in a wet place, and the ground was warmer 

 than the atmosphere, and the steam warmed the atmosphere; if the 

 ground had been colder than the air, I would have had trouble. There 

 are exceptions to every rule, and I think the hint of our president is 

 worth a good deal, and that we should study all these things, these differ- 

 ent conditions, location and surroundings, and soil ; but even then, some- 

 how, what one man can do another can't, right in the same spot. 



Mr. Morrill : That is true. 



Mr. Keid: The question was asked if Lewies and Early Michigan are 

 alike, and some one answered yes. The question was asked, what is the 

 difference? 



Mr. Hale: I am growing both of these peaches, and I say, fearlessly, 

 that they are not the same. I have both of the Early Michigans — I 

 ordered iDoth kinds. Now, Lewis is a white peach with greenish-white 

 tlesh, and the other has a more creamy cast and more solid meat. That 

 is the main distinction I am able to make, although Michigan is uniform 

 and larger. 



Q. Which one of the Michigans is it that has a yellowish cast? A. I 

 can not tell j'ou; I have the No. 15 and No. IG, both. 



Mr. Morrill: You can tell by the leaf. One has globose and the other 

 reniform glands. 



Q. Now, I would like to ask Mr. Morrill if he thinks they are the same? 



Mr. Morrill: I have no right to think they are the same. One origin- 

 ated in Eerrien county and the other at Lowell, but I have them both in 

 mv orchard, and I have watched them closelv to find the difference 

 between No. 16 and Lewis, in the color of Hesh, color of foliage, etc., 

 peculiarities that any close observer sees in a variety as it goes through 

 the season. No. 15 is different in gland from No. 10, and that is the 

 material difference, and it is not quite 'so strong a grower. Their origin, 

 however, undoubtedly was different. One originated with Mr. Ray at 

 Watervliet and was planted by Mr. Lewis at Fennville, among Chili 

 seedlings, while Mr. Husted of Lowell claims to have deliberately 

 originated Early Michigan by cross-pollenization. Whether both men 

 are telling it exactly right does not make any difference; but these two 

 varieties. No. 16 and Lewis, are so nearly identical that they are prac- 

 tically alike. But if Michigan proves as valual)!*' as Lewis has for me, 

 it is valuable indeed. 



Mr. Rork: Did you ever notice any difference in the limbs? 



A. Unfortunately, Michigan has been sent out mixed, pretty generally. 



Mr. Morrill : I think that five or six years ago. in this room, I asked the 

 question if they were identical, and I was quoted in the papers as saying 

 they were. It made me trouble, and I do not wish to be quoted as say- 

 ing they are alike, but in my orchard they are vei-y much alike. 



Mr. J. H. Hayes: Doos any one know, positively, the dosirability of 

 Triumph? 



Mr. Morrill: I haven't seen the peach, but I talked with Mr. J. H. Hale, 

 and he says the peach was all right with liini. Mr. Davison said he had 



