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ones, yet they are much more hkely to recover, if recovery is pos 

 sible, and their return to the normal condition is more rapid. 

 This is probably true because of the greater vigor of the younger 

 plants and because of the possibility of an entirely new cover- 

 ing of bark for small trees often impossible with larger ones. 



NAME THE FIVE VARIETIES OF PEACHES MOST HARDY IN WOOD. 



There was, as would be expected, great difference of opin- 

 ion as to the sorts most hardy. In New York the following five 

 sorts, in order named, were considered most hardy : Crosby, 

 Hill's Chili, Stevens' Rareripe, Gold Drop and Elberta. In 

 Michigan practically every grower considered Hill's Chili most 

 hardy in wood, followed closely by Crosby, then Gold Drop, 

 Kalamazoo and Barnard. It was interesting to note that El- 

 berta, Smock and Salway, considered fairly hardy in Xew York, 

 are somewhat tender in Michigan. The three upon which 

 growers agree in both States as being hardest are, Hill's Chili, 

 Crosby and Gold Drop. Wager, Jaques Rareripe, Carman, 

 Belle of Georgia, Hale's Early, Champion, and Greenboro, none 

 of them in the lists of five hardiest, are hardier than the average. 



NAME THE FIVE VARIETIES MOST TENDER IN WOOD. 



Here, too, opinion differed, but not so much as in naming 

 the lists of hardy sorts. In New York the list runs : Early 

 Crawford, Late Crawford, Chair's Choice, St. John, Niagara. 

 In ^Michigan the first four are as in New York, Early and Late 

 Crawford, Chair's Choice and St. John, followed by Smock, 

 which, strange to say, is considered a fairly hardy sort in New 

 York. Michigan growers consider Salway tender in wood, 

 while in New York there was an even division as to whether 

 it was hardy or tender. Elberta came within a vote of tying 

 Smock for the list of tender varieties in Michigan. 



NAME FIVE VARIETIES OF PEACHES MOST HARDY IN BUD. 



The New York growers named more than a score of varie- 

 ties as being hardy in bud and were agreed only upon two sorts 

 as being preeminently hardy, namely : Crosby and Hill's Chili, 

 with Triumph, Gold Drop, Steven's Rareripe and Kalamazoo 

 having an equal number of votes for hardiness. The Michigan 



