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more largely disseminated in the future than in the past. The orchards 

 will be better looked after. The fertility of the soil and its needs for 

 the peach interest will be one of the leading thoughts of the future peach- 

 grower. Danger from yellows and other diseases will be scented from 

 afar, and eternal vigilance will be the watchword. Orchards will be 

 better cared for, diseases more thoroughly looked after and stamped 

 out, so that their destructive force ten years hence will probably not be 

 so great as at the present time. A better quality of peach will be grown 

 because of these facts, and grown along more scientific lines. I must 

 say that the future of peach-growing in Michigan has a bright prospect. 



Within the next twenty years the peaches grown in Michigan will in 

 amount be four times that grown at the present time, and they will be 

 much more valuable as a whole, from the fact of better transportation, 

 and from the further fact that peach-growers are learning that the novice 

 can grow all the poor peaches the market requires. 



I believe in the near future there will not only be a great stride in the 

 growing of peaches, but in putting them up and in their sale. I expect 

 within ten years to see nearly all the peaches grown in Michigan sold by 

 the grower as other farm products are sold, at his home town. They will 

 be either turned over to companies for packing, and put up in regular 

 brands, recognized by the market, or sold by the grower direct to the 

 dealer, to be packed or graded, so that quality shall be more prominent 

 than at present. 



I think I can safely say that the future of peach-growing in Michigan 

 will be that we shall continue to grow peaches; that the quantity will be 

 very much increased; that the quality will be improved; that transporta- 

 tion and distribution will be largely extended at a very much less expense^ 

 in proportion, than at present; that peach-growing will be reduced much 

 nearer to a business basis than at i^resent, and that peach-growing in 

 Michigan, in the future, to a live business man, who will look closely after 

 it, will prove to be a pleasant, permanent, and profitable calling. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Sherwood: Which is there the most money in, early or late 

 peaches? 



Mr. Slayton: Neither; half way between. 



Mr. Morrill : In my own work, I have found an early freestone the most 

 profitable; but the early peach, speaking of very early peaches, is not 

 very profitable in this countr}'. At the same time, how well thej^ pay 

 depends on the crop south of us. 



Mr. Morrill : Are there any new kinds of peach deserving special men- 

 tion? I would like to hoar what Prof. VanDeman knows regarding this 

 matter of the newer })eaches. 



Prof. VanDeman: I don't know of anything that is at present attract- 

 ing more attention than Triumph. 



Mr. Morrill: A good many people would like to know if you have seen 

 it, and what you think of it; what are the (lualities of the tree and peachy 

 size and marketing qualities? . 



