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Q. Do you water your hot beds right after seeding? 



Mr. Rose — Yes sir. 



Q. Do you use the double glass hot beds? 



Mr. Rose — No sir. They get too hot with a double glass and we do 

 not think they need it. It is all right but unnecessary and too expen- 

 sive. 



Q. Do you use the bottomless boxes? 



Mr. Rose — No sir. 



Q. Have you any trouble with the drouth after the vines have cov- 

 ered the ground? 



Mr. Rose — I had rather see the vines wilt down than to have the rain 

 come. 



Q. How far apart would you have them? 



Mr. Rose — From five to eight feet gives the best success. 



CHERRIES AND PEACHES FOR PROFIT. 



(PAUL ROSE, SOUTH FRANKFORT.) 



Ladies and gentlemen : It looks to me to be a little superfluous to 

 be called upon to address this intelligent audience upon this subject, 

 and it seems to me that there has been as much said upon the subject as 

 is necessary; but as you have asked me to give a little talk on the sub- 

 ject I will do the best I can. 



In talking with some of my friends as to what course they wished me 

 to pui-sue, they said, "Just tell us what you have done and how you 

 have managed to make the success that we know you have had." 



I dislike to refer to myself in a personal way but I Avill almost be 

 obliged to do so in order to bring out the points that I wish to em- 

 phasize. I want to speak a moment upon two topics before beginning 

 — I would like to say a word about the russeting of apples when sprayed 

 by Bordeaux mixture. If you have ever noticed you will see that the 

 russeting takes place when the days are warm. It is at such a time 

 that the skin of the apple is very susceptible to the corrosive nature of 

 this spraj'. The other point I wish to speak of is the killing of the scale 

 Avith lime sul])hur and to do this I believe in fall spraying for the 

 reason that you will kill the most of this scale at that time and those 

 that overlap will get an extra dose in the spring and in this way the 

 pest will be gotten rid of. I have been quite successful in operating in 

 this manner and just throw out this hint by way of suggestion. 



It is true that I have been (piite successful in my line of Avork and 

 I am glad to give an3' points or suggestions that Avill be helpful to my 

 friends. I chose that northern country in preference to the Benton 

 Harbor section because they have been very successful in that end of 

 the state. I bought a piece of land, high, rolling, hard maple and beech 

 land and I Avould like to take you over it to let you see Avhat it looks 

 like. It is a beauty. I find the location is ideal and it seems peculiarly 

 adapted to the groAving of cherries. 



I shall doubtless speak a little at random in this talk but I Avill try 



