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that when the market is full there the fruit could be sent on to other points 

 along the railways. I don't see why a market could not be developed for 

 a great outlet for fruit. 



COMMENTS. 



President Lyon : This region has certain advantages for fruitgrowing. 

 It lies west of a great body of water; and when we at the west suffer from cold 

 -coming in from the northeast, growers here would be protected, and a crop 

 at such times is of the greater value. Our Michigan fruit-belt extends so 

 far north that varieties grown to the south of us are gone when ours are 

 ready. On the western coast of the state, ability to grow fruit extends to 

 the straits and perhaps beyond. An increasing interest in fruitgrowing 

 exists even upon the southern shore of lake Superior. 



Mr. A. G. GuLLEY of Agricultural College: Markets here must be very 

 good, and I have often wondered why fruitgrowing was not more engaged 

 in here. Mr. Rice's chart shows that the temperature of ten out of nine- 

 teen winters was very severe, so much so that peach-growing here would 

 be quite hazardous. But much depends upon condition of the buds. As 

 to sand, some of the best orchards in the western part of the state are on 

 sandy ground. So I see no reason, except the temperature, why peaches 

 may not be grown here. 



Mr. RiCE: It is warmer at the northern end of lake Michigan, than it 

 is here at the southern end of lake Huron, because that water is warm and 

 flows to the north, while Huron's water is cold and flows to the south. 



Mr. S. D. WiLLARD of Geneva, N. Y. : I was unaware that there was 

 such a possibility for fruitgrowing here. The matter of care is the main 

 trouble everywhere. Borers must by all means be kept out of the peach 

 ■and quince. 



Mr. R. Morrill of Benton Harbor: Have you not found a better way 

 than digging the borers? 



Mr. Willard: No, only to get at them before they go in. 



Mr. Morrill: Some have tried whitewash in which was some sulphur 

 and carbolic acid. 



Mr. Lyon: About South Haven we heap the earth up about the trunks, 

 a few inches, the early part of June, covering the soft bark at the crowns 

 where the insect deposits the eggs. If they are laid above, they either do 

 not hatch or the grubs can not penetrate the bark. The earth is removed 

 in August, so that the bark may harden and water not find a settling place 

 about the trunks. Some wrap tarred paper around the trees. 



Mr. Gulley: It is the practice in some places to put Paris green into 

 the whitewash. 



