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diced against it. I have it in my orchard, and not .bearing yet, and 

 that is why I wished to enquire. 



The President: I would tear it out before it got to bearing, and get 

 something good in there. 



Professor Craig: A man asked about Wager. I would say that 

 Wager is gaining favor in Ontario, where it is well cultivated. It last 

 year was one of the most profitable of the best peaches; it was ranked 

 among the medium hardy kinds. Elberta colors up well in Ontario 

 where it has been fruited. It has been fruited just in the best of 

 the fruitgrowing sections, and it is thought of highly. Now, to go 

 back to apples. Somebody mentioned Mcintosh, and I just want to 

 bring this apple to your attention, for this reason: I think, if you 

 wish to cultivate a high-class, handsome apple of good quality, for your 

 No. 1 Chicago trade, and care to take the trouble to spray as you 

 .should, that Mcintosh is an apple that would capture the market at 

 the season it was put on. It is most beautiful, covered with purplish 

 blue bloom, is of the Fameuse type, and of good quality. It originated 

 on the banks of the St. Lawrence. The tree is perfectly hard}^ and 

 it would work well up in your northern apple-growing sections here, 

 and I would mention it with the "caution that you need not expect to 

 grow it in good quality without spraying. 



Q. What is its time of ripening? A. The Fameuse season. 



Mr. Ramsdell: Have you had any experience with Crosby? 



The President: I have had some of the same age as my Fitzgerald. 

 They grew very nicely this year, a fair-size peach, and growth of trees 

 the same as Barnard, and the leaf looks like it. I think that is as 

 close a description as I can give — that Crosby is of the Barnard type, 

 similar to Barnard in color, growth of tree, and form of leaf. That 

 is right, is it not, Mr. Hale? 



Mr. Hale: The flesh is not so red as that of Barnard. 



The President: Mine were colored nearly as much as Barnard. 



Mr. Hale: In the east it is yellow all over, with a stripe of red 

 on the sunny side. As it is ordinarily grown it is inclined to be medium 

 to small. 



Prof. Taft: I would say that on trees that came from Mr. Hale 

 it was of the highest color of any jieach that I saw. One entire side 

 of the peach was blood-red, with just a nice bloom; a good-size peach, 

 a good, fair-size peach, as large as what we call, j)erhaps, a small Craw- 

 ford. 



The President: That would answer the description of mine. One 

 side would be a solid blush and the other side would have mottlings 

 of red, very beautiful, and they were grown on young trees — they were 

 genuine trees, some that came from Mr. Hale. 



Q. How is it as to hardiness? 



The President: Those who have had more experience should speak 

 as to that. I made a comprehensive statement, a moment ago, in 

 regard to its hardiness, the only thing with which I have had a chance 

 to test it. Professor Taft can tell us of its hardiness. He has known 

 it before it was named Crosby. 



Prof. Taft: I think it about as hardy as Lewis, not quite, perhaps; 

 still, it should be counted in the same class. 



