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Mr. F. W. Kimball: What do you cover them with? 



Mr. Flatin: I put straw over. 



Mr. Brackett: Do you cover them all over with straw? 



Mr. Flatin: I don't suppose so much would be necessary, 

 but too little might do them harm. 



Mr. Brackett: Are those six trees all of the variety of which 

 you show those samples? 



Mr. Flatin: I have two yellow varieties and two red ones. 



Pres. Underwood: Do the tops take any harm during the 

 winter? 



Mr. Flatin: No. they are kept off the ground. 



Mrs. J. W. Ray: How tall are the trees? 



Mr. Flatin: About twelve to fifteen feet high. 



Mrs. Ray: Do you lay straw on the tree? 



Mr. Flatin: A little. 



Mr. Harris: What time in the spring do you take them up? 



Mr. Flatin: In April sometime. 



Mr. Harris: Were they covered during the freeze in the 

 spring? 



Mr. Flatin: They did not freeze. The frost did not hurt my 

 peaches. 



Mr, Harris: I think you told me the peaches were quite a 

 little size when the frost came. 



Mr. Flatin : Yes. 



Mr. Kimball: You are on a high elevation? 



Mr. Flatin: Yes. about the highest elevation in Houston 

 county; I don't know how high it is. 



Pres. Underwood: Is it level ground? 



Mr. Flatin: Yes, nearly level ground; on a north slope. 



Mr. Brackett: If a person can raise five bushels on six 

 trees, I don't see why peach culture would not pay. 



Mr. Bunnell: I understand these peaches are raised near 

 Spring Grove? 



Mr. Flatin: About one and a half miles from Spring Grove. 



Mr. Bunnell: What is the nature of the country? 



Mr. Flatin: It is rolling prairie. 



Mrs. Stager: Do they always get ripe? 



Mr. Flatin: I never had any trouble; they always get ripe. 

 They got ripe last year. 



Mr. Harris: Some of those peaches are not as large as last 

 year? 



Mr. Flatin: I guess there were too many on the trees. I did 

 not thin them out. 



