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I would like to describe the various canning operations affecting 

 the articles I have named, but I must remember that my subject is 

 "Growing Garden Crops for the Canning Factory," and also that my 

 time is more than up. 



Mr. Elliot : In transplanting tomatoes he says those transplanted 

 did not ripen as early as those that were not transplanted. 



The President : Well, the more times they are transplanted, the 

 stockier they grow. 



Mr. Frank Gibbs : I transplanted my tomatoes, and 1 got earlier 

 fruit, i find transplanting a benefit. 



The President: That is my view. 



Mr. A. J. Philips (Wis) : In regard to peas. In Monroe County, 

 Wis., and in the northern counties, on cut over lands, is an excellent 

 place for peas. They grow the best peas I have ever seen, and they 

 have several factories there and are very well satisfied with growing 

 peas. They are using the pea straw profitably now. 



The President : This experience with tomatoes this year was at 

 Clearwater. That is pretty far north. 



Mr. Kellogg : He spoke of the price of seed peas being $7.00 per 

 acre. Is not that pretty high ? 



Mr. Caton : For the last two years they have paid as high as 

 $12.00 per acre. 



The President : I believe they usually plant six quarts of seed 

 corn to the acre. Are there any further questions in regard to this 

 paper? This is quite a large industry, and this paper is of a good 

 deal of interest to farmers and growers. In some sections this in- 

 dustry has been successfully managed and in some sections it has 

 been anything but a success. 



Mr. W. L. Parker : I would like to ask whether there is any 

 remedy for tomato rot ? 



Prof. R. A. Emerson, (Neb.) : I have had some trouble with 

 rot in tomatoes, but I know very little about this rot. In some ex- 

 periments we have carried on in the mulching of vegetables, we 

 found that tomatoes came through with a small percentage of rot, 

 while with cultivation the fruit would sometimes be dirty and the rot 

 was pronounced. I think the same thing was spoken of in a paper 

 here yesterday. 



Mr. E. G. E. Reel : I would like to know whether in speaking 

 of this rot it refers to the tomato itself, or to the blighting of the 

 vine. 



The President : It means the rotting of the fruit. 



Mr. Husser : We have very good success keeping tomatoes 

 from rotting by putting brush or straw under the vines. 



Mr. Kellogg : Oh, they rot on the trellis. 



The President: Yes, we have them rot in the greenhouse on 

 the trellis. I have not had success with Bordeaux mixture. 



