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I have pretty nearly the same ideas. Back here, on a different character 

 of soil and a little further back, the conditions perhaps become different, 

 and Mr. Graham has changed the varieties a little. That simply illus- 

 trates the fact that you can not always tell, when you ask such questions 

 as that, what kind of advice you are going to get. It is best always to 

 search the orchards in your own locality and see what is doing best 

 under your own conditions. 



Judge Russell : I skipped Early Crawford from the fact that it always 

 €omes in a glut; that is the only reason. 



Mr. Graham: I would not set Early Crawford in sandy soil at all, but 

 on heavy land. I think that is one of the very first things to take into 

 consideration in planting trees, the character of the soil. I can not grow 

 good Early Crawfords here on light land, but on heavy land they are one 

 of the most profitable and one of our surest peaches. 



The President: Peaches of the Crawford type do well with us on land 



that is composed of clay and gravel; where white oak grew on the land 



they do remarkably well, all the peaches of the Crawford type, but 



. remove them from there to our sandy soil that grew beech and maple 



and they are not nearly so good. 



Mr. Cook: Has Barnard gone out on the lake shore? 



The President: It has gone out of my orchard. I have a few but I 

 can not get my money out of them. 



The best fi.ve pears? 



Prof. Taft: I hardly know. Of course, it makes a difference whetlier 

 a list is wanted for market. I should put in Howell, and it depends a lit- 

 tle upon location and markets about the others, but possibly Anjou, 

 Lawrence, and in some places further south Kieffer. The first two I 

 would mention are Bartlett and Howell, then Anjou and Lawrence. I 

 should be in a little doubt as to whether to take Clairgeau or Kieffer, and 

 for certain markets Bosc. 



A Member: Would you draw the line between Clairgeau and Kieffer 

 by latitude — if you were a little too far north for Kieffer you would take 

 Clairgeau? 



Prof. Taft: Yes, sir. 



A Member : I would like to know the objection to raising Kieffer in the 

 north. 



Prof. Taft: I do not think it does as well, and it does not get so large 

 nor have the quality that it does further south, nor the color. 



The President: Mr. Shriver has had a good deal of experience with 

 pears at the south end of the state. What do you say as to the best five 

 varieties of pear? 



Mr. Shriver: Well, it is hard to say. I like Clairgeau and Kieffer and 

 Lawrence, Howell and Bartlett, and I think a great deal of Angouleme 

 and Louise Bonne as dwarfs, I have made much money on those per 

 acre. 



How much cow peas would you soto to the acre, and tvould you do it broad- 

 cast or in drills? 



Mr. Riehl: From a half bushel to a bushel and a half. It dei)ends 

 upon what you want. There are a great many varieties. They may be 

 Bown broadcast, but drills do not require any more seed. 



