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Mr. A. B. Lyman: We find it to be of a very good quality, 

 but it rots badly. 



Capt. A. H. Reed: Why is not the Hibernal on the list of 

 commercial varieties? Is it not worthy of being placed on that 

 list? 



Mr. Wedge : Let me answer that question. I have per- 

 haps had as much experience with the Hibernal in a commercial 

 way as any of you. You know I became rather "stuck" on that 

 apple and planted it quite largely. I think I have a thousand 

 trees in bearing now. If it would keep at all in barrels I would 

 think considerably of it, because it is, of course, perfectly hardy, 

 and it is very free from disease — scab, for instance. Some other 

 varieties have already suffered severely from scab. The Pat- 

 ten's Greening, I think, has been injured fifty per cent by 

 scab, especially in close situations in the orchard, but the Hi- 

 bernal has been absolutely free. We have no difficulty in dis- 

 posing of them commercially, and I think we sold a carload of 

 them this year and two carloads last year. But the apple can- 

 not be kept in barrels for any length of time whatever. In a 

 week they will have specks and spots if kept from the air. I 

 have tried every way I could think of to avoid it, but I can do 

 nothing to remedy the trouble. I do not see how we can recom- 

 mend it as a commercial variety if we cannot ship it in barrels. 

 We might ship it, but it must be consumed immediately. 



Capt. A. H. Reed : It certainly is a profitable apple, because 

 it is a great bearer, and if it can be disposed of in any way it 

 seems to me it is profitable. 



Mr. Wedge : It is profitable in the home orchard, especially 

 in the northern part of the state, and I am not ashamed of "boom- 

 ing" the Hibernal, because I think it is a good apple for cer- 

 tain localities, especially, as I said, in the northern part of the 

 state, but as a commercial apple I do not think it is going to be 

 a success. By picking the Hibernal a week before we naturally 

 would it will come out a great deal better and stand more. 



Rotating Garden Crops. — My experience has been that it is necessary 

 where such deep-rooted crops as beets, turnips, parsnips, etc., have been grown 

 one year, that they be followed by those which do not penetrate the soil to 

 such an extent. For the latter, I select onions, lettuce, spinach, cabbage, etc. 

 Also alternate corn with melons, cucumbers, squash and the like. Plants of 

 the cabbage family if grown continuously on the same soil become diseased 

 and club-rooted. I find rotation in garden crops is just an essential to success 

 as the changing of grain in the fields. In many cases it is not as difl&cult to 

 secure this rotation as some people think. A little planning before garden time 

 will make it clear. — O. J. Farmer. 



