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good apple, and at the present time and for some time past, very few of 

 them have been set. 



Q. Of which would you set the more? 



A. The Duchess. 



Q. How about the Chenango Strawberrj^? 



A. I got 13.50 per box, and I understood that the buyer had to 

 pay |4. 



Mr. Smythe — As I remember, there were SO apples in the box, and 

 for this you received $3.50. I wish we could all sell our apples that 

 way. 



Q. Are they productive? 



A. Tliev are Avith us. And we have trees 25 and 30 ye^rs old. 



Q. At what times does the Strawberry apple begin to bear? 



A. At about 10 years old. 



Q. Has anyone set the trees as young trees? 



A. Yes, I have had some experience, but you should go carefully in 

 setting, as they are very tender, and won't stand shipping very well, 

 especially in warm weather. 



A Member — My experience with the Strawberry is that they bear quite 

 young, grow rapidly. They will mature to a given siz^e more rapidly 

 than any tree I know of. They are very tender and delicate, and in 

 harvesting, they should be picked about twice a week in order to get 

 fruit of the right quality and proper color. And Avhere the fruit is in 

 prime condition, it will bring a good price. 



A Member — I Avould like to know if the Chenango and the Strawberry 

 Pippin are the same. I had good results from them after I began to take 

 good care of them, and spray with lime-sulphur. But they are very 

 tender, and when ripe have to be picked two or three times a week. I 

 get fair prices for them — indeed, very satisfactory. 



Mr. Ballard — The Strawberry Pippin and Chenango are practically 

 the same, and as set by my father and uncle forty-five years ago, have 

 been a very profitable apple, although- they are very tender, and more 

 subject to disease than the Duchess. But if we spray properly there is 

 not much trouble. It is an apple that scabs and is subject to rot. We 

 have to spray pretty carefully on that account. We get better j)rices for 

 them than for the Duchess, the very top of the market. 



Mr. Wilde — I would like to say that the Chenango Strawberry is do- 

 ing well with us, when properly sprayed, trimmed and taken care of. 

 In its prime it is a good seller, but it is an apple that when neglected 

 you Avill hardly know what it is. It has one fault — it is a bad scabber, 

 hard to ship. These apples are like some people, — very good, but not 

 without their faults. I would not advise planting very many of them, 

 unless you have a market where you can dispose of them. Do not ship 

 them in barrels. When the trees are overloaded, the fruit is of a poor 

 quality. 



Q. Don't you think the spraying tells better on the Strawberry Pip- 

 pin — the results show better than on some other varieties? 



A. It tells very quickly; indeed if you did not spray, you could not 

 tell what it was. 



Chairman — That is true of all apples, is it not? 



Mr. Kelley — I beg to say that I think you are on the wrong line alto- 

 gether. The Chenango and the Strawberi-y Pippin are two different trees, 



