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If the trees have been inoculated and you find about the 15th 

 of June, or perhaps a little bit later, that they need attention, then 

 you can use some emulsion; use the kerosene emulsion, or use the 

 soaps. Wherever you use the oil, use it in emulsified form with 

 soap and water. 



QUESTION: What variety of peaches would you set in north- 

 western Pennsylvania? 



DR. FUNK: Set varieties of the North China type, the hardiest 

 of all the type of peaches that we have. If you take the Persian 

 tj^pe or the Honey type, you will find they are not hardy enough, 

 but by taking the North China type, you can commence early or take 

 the Carman, that will withstand a temperature running dov/n to 

 at least twenty degrees below zero without injury, and it is an 

 enormous bearer of fine, large select fruit. Plant with them for 

 about your earliest. There are still earlier ones, but they cannot 

 be depended upon. You can follow that with the Highland, and 

 that can be followed by the Champion; then comes the Belle of 

 Georgia. You can follow that by the Captain Eads. Those are 

 peaches that are all extremely hardy. They are all heavy bearers 

 and of excellent quality. The first one I gave you is a Summer 

 Queen, one of the very first earl^' peaches here, and coming in so 

 early that it is wanted by every one, and it will bring big prices. 



MR. CLARK: Mr. Chairman, I would like to inquire of the 

 Doctor what his opinion is of the Elberta? 



DR. FUNK: We raise them, but if you once plant Captain Eads, 

 you will never plant another Elberta. The Elberta is large, it is 

 beautiful in appearance, but its quality is not first-class. W^hen 

 you come to the Captain Eads, it is more uniform in size, and you 

 will find it will produce an enormous crop of uniform peaches, so 

 that you may pick a hundred baskets and you can hardly make a 

 selection, which one is the nicest. It is a better quality than the 

 Elberta, and whenever I have sold the Captain Eads to anybody, 

 they always want the Captain Eads again as a yellow peach. 



MR. CAMPBELL: Would it be safe to plant largely of York Im- 

 perial and Stayman's Winesap in northern Pennsylvania at an al- 

 titude of 1,200 feet, clay loam soil? 



DR. FUNK: I would risk any quantity if it was on well drained 

 land, or I could> well drain it. I would risk either one of them on a 

 sloping hillside. 



QUESTION: Would you top-graft Ben Davj« *hat are bearing with 

 some other apple? 



DR. FUNK: Yes, and you will have God'" blessing upon you if 

 you do. 



MR. MILLER: How do you thin on a large apple tree? 



DR. FUNK: Now that is something that you very seldom need 

 to do, if you have started the orchard yourself and have got it into 

 the annual bearing habit. Our young apple trees we always thia 

 them until we get them established in regular bearing. 



