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The President : That was true, at the state fair. 



Mr. Steams: But I know nothing of New Prolific. I would say 

 that I had a thousand bushels of Kalamazoo this year and a thou- 

 sand bushels last year. 



Prof. Taft: I think we have had no fruit yet from New Prolific, 

 but we have had the trees and they greatly resemble Kalamazoo and 

 Brunson, and I saw the peaches last year, here at the fair, and I 

 think two or three times have received samples of them from fruit- 

 growers. They seem to be a very promising peach and look exactly 

 like Kalamazoo. 



Mr. Gee: I have heard the statement that Brunson and Kalamazoo 

 were identical. Brunson curls quite badly. 



Mr. Stearns: Kalamazoo is very subject to curl, but not any more 

 so than Crawford and Foster, not so much as the Crawfords. 



Mr. Lyon: I received samples of New Prolific from Greening Brothers, 

 which were very much more highly colored than I have ever seen. I 

 can hardly think they would range alike in that respect, under any 

 ordinary circumstances. I would not be inclined to suppose they could 

 be identical. 



Mr. Graham: In relation to New Prolific, a year ago this fall Green- 

 ing Brothers exhibited them in quite large quantities at the state 

 fair, had several bushels there, and they were placed side by side 

 with Brunson and Kalamazoo, and I declare I could not tell them 

 apart, and I called the attention of a great many growers to the three 

 varieties. 1 do not believe any one could tell the fruit apart. I never 

 compared the trees one with the other. 



The President: I will snj if it is as good as Kalamazoo it is an 

 excellent peach. 



Ml'. Pearce: There is one thing of which you should not lose sight 

 in this discussion of the different varieties of peach. There are climate,, 

 situation, and soil, perhaps, to consider. Now to illustrate: Late Craw- 

 ford, with a few winters a little bit too cold, would not be worth any- 

 thing, while with the right kind of winters it is one of our best, most 

 valuable, and profitable peaches. It also has to have a very good loca- 

 tion. Wager, in a very dry time, is not worth anything at all; it 

 does not stand drouth, while it is a tolerably fair peach for the right 

 kind of season. It is the same with Barnard and others. For cer- 

 tain years and a certain kind of season they are all right, but with 

 different conditions they are not worth anything. For a number of 

 years, Barnard was one of the very best, but of late Reeves is a very 

 great favorite here in Grand Rapids, coming between Early and Late 

 Crawford. It is a very fine peach, thought a great deal of. Peaches 

 require certain qualities and conditions. If you strike the right sea- 

 son and the right location, they are all right, but under some condi- 

 tions nearly every sort is almost worthless. 



Mr. Hale: That is a verv admirable thought. He savs location and 

 season. Now, I wish he had gone just a little further and said soil. 

 When we criticise the Crawford type of peach as being untrustworthy, 

 we speak of them as they behave on a sandy loam soil, where we grow 



