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A Member: Tliere is a difference in the size of the peas, then, is there? 

 Mr. Riehl : No, there is a difference in the variety. Some varieties are 

 dwarfs and some grow ten feet high or more. 



Do you think the planting of peach trees next spring, in strawberry planta- 

 tions, would he advisable, provided thorough irrigation is given with cultiva- 

 tian? 



The President: If I wanted to do a good business for the nurseryman 

 I would set peach trees in strawberry patches, because I would have to 

 buy another bill of trees, I should think, for next year. Irrigation might 

 be practiced to save them, but I would rather grow strawberries in one 

 field and peach trees in another. 



Will it do to plant grapes of any kind in a young peach orchard the first or 

 second year"? 



The President: This was answered several times during the discus- 

 sions. It is a common practice to grow from one year up to three or four. 

 The longer you grow them the worse it is for the peach trees. 



Is subsoiling on heavy clay soil of much practical advantage in the grow- 

 ing of small fruits'! 



Prof. Tracy : . I should say, certainly, as far as my experience goes ; it 

 is on any heavy soil that I have had; it is a very material advantage, and 

 perhaps as valuable work as you can put on a heavy soil, so far as my 

 experience goes. 



Does any one know of any harm coming to a peach orchard from sowing 

 and ploiving under clover f 



The President: I do not think any harm would come from plowing it 

 under; I think the harm would come before it was plowed under. 



What is the best method of training and pruning the grape vine? 



Mr. Rowe: That is a hard question to answ'er. It would depend a 

 great deal on the location. My own experience is, I like the renewal 

 system better than anything else. It is a system that is better known, 

 I prefer the renewal system so far as my experience goes. 



What treatment u'ould you recommend, for strong, thrifty-growing plum 

 trees that do not bear fruit? 



Mr. Gebhardt: The best remedy I ever found was to take about two 

 thirds of the top off and graft other varieties in. I find invariably you 

 will have a good crop on such trees. 



What is the best icay to get rid of the black or yellow spots on peach trees? 

 Is there any prev/entive thereof? 



Prof. Taft: I hardly known what the question refers to, there are so 

 many of these different spots. I have seen a good many of them that I 

 thought were caused by unripened wood and b.y freezing and thawing. 

 Of course, the way to treat them would be so that the wood would ripen. 



The President: What would be the nature of the remedy — there would 

 be no remedy, it would be a preventive, would it not? 



Prof. Taft: It would be entirely preventive; yes, sir. 



