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Mr. Brand said Mr. Fuller had not given a fair and full re- 

 port as to the Peerless. If the tree was blackhearted it was due 

 to cutting too many scions. Two years ago the tree bore some 

 eleven bushels of apples and a number of limbs were broken 

 down. He had been informed by Mr. Miller that the tree had 

 borne in all over sixty bushels of fruit and would be twenty -one 

 years old this next spring. 



Mr, Fuller said he had presented things as he saw them and 

 as they were, but had said nothing as to causes producing them. 



Mr. Dartt suggested that Mr. Fuller had already "been to 

 Iowa." But his claims might be considered with those of his 

 friend Mr. Taylor. 



Mr. Taylor said there was usually two sides to a question, 

 but if it was a fact that the tree had borne sixty bushels of good 

 apples it was a very good recommendation. 



Mr. Pearse had found by experience that cutting too many 

 scions from young trees would cause them to become black- 

 hearted. 



Mr. Gould said he did not doubt Mr. Fuller had given a can- 

 did report. He had known Duchess trees, in an orchard near 

 Bloomington, 111. , to be nearly destroyed by cutting scions from 

 them every year. 



President Elliot. There is one point I want to emphasize that 

 was referred to in the report of Mr. Harris. It is with reference 

 to layers from new seedlings that are just coming into bearing. 

 When the Wealthy, that grand old tree of Mr. Gideon's, was 

 first brought to our attention, Mr. Harkness and I went out 

 there to his place to examine it. We found he had layered 

 some of the limbs and they were rooted nicely. We purchased 

 what layers he had that spring. To-day the only trees on my 

 place of Wealthy that are alive, are from those layers. If it 

 wasn't for the boys I could show you fruit from them every year; 

 they blossom nicely and are the hardiest Wealthies I know of. 

 I hope horticulturists will experiment more in this direction. 



