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D. A. Robnett. — How tight would you bind the ,G:ra])e vine? Would 

 you imbed the wire in the vine a little? 



L. A. Goodman. — Just so it was tight. You will cut it oil any way 

 the next year. Girdle it just so it is tight. The grape vine does not 

 increase much, so wind it tight. 



Mr. Morrill. — You would not girdle unless the tree was putting oil 

 plenty of fruit buds ? 



L. A. Goodman. — No. 



Mr. ]\Iorrill. — Do you wrap the girdled .place after taking ofiE the 

 bark? 



Secy. Goodman. — No. There is a thick sap which comes out and 

 it takes care of itself. 



J. E. Gladdish. — Will girdling make the tree hardier and protect 

 it from the frost ? 



Secy. Goodman. — No. 



J. E. Mohler. — We have an orchard of trees twelve and thirteen 

 years old. Every year they bloom heavily and when the peaches be- 

 come the size of marbles they drop off, leaving only a half or third 

 of a crop. Will girdling help it? 



L. A. Goodman. — Girdling may cause the tree to give more pollen 

 to fertilize better. 



J. E. Mohler. — We thought it might be that the ground was too 

 rich and sowed the ground in timothy last fall. It made the growth 

 better. Would girdling help the Keiffer pear any? 



Secy. Goodman. — Yes. 



A. H. Gilkeson. — I once had apple trees that would not bear and 

 was told about the girdling business. One year I girdled one limb. 

 Jt was full of fruit and the rest of the tree was not. I had some Hunts- 

 '.nan that did not bear and girdled them, as I thought, severely, about 

 the last of May. The orchard is thirty years old and they are still bear- 

 ing. The first year after they were girdled, they bore a big crop and 

 they had never borne before and they were fifteen years old. I think 

 the best thing to do with the Keiffer pear is to kill it. 



Mr. Morrill. — Was not the falling of the fruit caused by too much 

 nitrogen in the soil? 



C. H. Dntcher. — Nitrogen is productive of wood substances and if 

 it has too large amount, the tree is expending its energy in making wood. 

 I do not know that nitrogen was the cause of Mr. Mohler's fruit fall- 

 ing. I had some apple trees and all the apples dropped ofT. Would 

 ,you girdle them? 



Secy. Goodman. — That \vould depend on the condition of the trees. 

 The apples have dropped from want of the perfection of the fruit buds, 



