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in fact, I think there is so much of this done as we might be glad to 

 believe from the charges made against us. We have a reputation for 

 committing a good many offenses of which I honestly believe we are not 

 guilty. Perhaps you recall some time ago there was quite a howl went 

 up in the newspapers because of some poorly packed peaches that went 

 onto the market in a certain shipment, but of the thousands of baskets 

 of good fruit that were shipped, nothing was heard of. What we want 

 to do is to pack our fruit better and then use the best up-to-date 

 methods of getting it onto the market and the least possible expense, 

 and we will then be all right. 



DISCUSSION. 



A Member — I would like , to ask Mr. Rose what he is using fDr a 

 spray. 



Mr. Rose — For scale, lime-sulphur. You will russet some apples with 

 this solution, but it is the best there is. I think pears can be kept 

 in better condition with Bordeau. 



A Member — One speaker spoke of growing peaches on clay loam with 

 underlying clay sub-soil. Is it possible to raise a successful peach or- 

 chard on sandy soil that does not have a clay sub-soil? 



Mr. Rose — My clay sub-soil is 75 feet under surface, nevertheless 

 my peach orchard has been a success. I would not care for clay sub 

 soil if I had a good beech and maple soil. The clay soil is not adapted 

 to some varieties of fruit. 



A Member — Do you pull out trees affected with the Yellows and 

 Little Peach and plant other peaches in their place? 



Mr. Rose — I have never had any particular experience in this, but 

 I expect to do it this next season. 



A Member — What distance apart would you thin apples? 



Mr. Rose — Six inches. 



A Member — What distance apart would you thin peaches? 



Mr. Rose — That is owing to your variety, all the way from six to 

 eight inches. 



A Member — How early do you commence to thin apples and how 

 long do you keep it up? 



Mr. Rose — I would advise you to consult your apple growers, but 

 I think that as soon as you find that the crop is established to begin, 

 that is, as soon as you have the men to do it. 



A Member — How long would you keep it up? 



Mr. Rose — Until the apple is as large as a walnut. 



A Member — I have in mind a location that looks to me to be desirable 

 in every particular, on a shipping point, but we are handicapped for 

 want of help. We are not close to town, or anywhere where we can get 

 sufficient help. I would like to ask if that would constitute a sufficient 

 obstacle to keep a man out of the business, or can that be successfully 

 solved? 



Mr. Rose — I think it can be. We bring in our help and we run 

 a boarding house. We furnish tents and we put growers in these tents 

 and where they need it, we furnish gasoline stoves and a grocer comes 

 with his wagon and furnishes them with whatever they want. The 

 tenters are made responsible for their own bill, not us. Of course it 



