DISCUSSION ON VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



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ary flowers of sulphur will be as g^ood or a Brighton, Rogers 44, Rogers g, Salem and 



better remedy than Bordeaux mixture. It Agawam, but if the sulphuring- is done early 



can be dusted through and under the vines and thoroughly there will be no diflSculty in 



directly the leaves expand, and a second growing a clean fine sample of these choice 



time when the grapes begin to form. The grapes, 



varieties chiefly subject to mildew are St. Catharines. M. Burrell. 



DISCUSSION ON VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



CROSBY. 



Mr. McCollum inquired about this peach. 



Mr. J. F. Hunt — I have fruited it in a 

 small way for a number of years. It is a 

 small peach with me, but extremely hardy. 

 I think it is one of the best canning peaches, 

 for flavor, but don't think much of it as a 

 market peach. 



Q. — Isn't it comparatively worthless as 

 compared with the Crawford ? 



Mr. Willard — No, sir; I have fruited it 

 for two seasons, and have been very much 

 pleased with it in point oi size and quality. 

 Customers are pleased wnth it. I think soil 

 and situation have a good deal to do with 

 the development of good peaches. 



Q. Isn't it too small for a market peach ? 



Mr. Willard — Not by any means ; it is a 

 good market peach. 



Mr. E. Ashley Smith — I grew it this year, 

 and the size w^as perfectly satisfactory. 



Mr. King — I have fruited it, and it didn't 

 prove satisfactory. The first fruiting was 

 good size, but since that it has run small, 

 even with close pruning. 



Mr. Wood — We find that the older the 

 tree the smaller the fruit. One thing in its 

 favor is that it ripens in a season when we 

 appreciate peaches. 



Mr. Severn — The trouble is to get the 

 right variety. If I had only known of the 

 Crosby and had set my whole orchard to 

 that variety, I should have been all right. 



The Secretary — One firm, Lamming & 

 Rudman, in the neighborhood of Rochester, 

 sold their crop of Elbertas for over $6,000. 



A Member — I had Elberta and Crosby 

 side by side ; both grew well ; but I lik; the 

 Elberta full as well as the Crosby, and I 

 think one Elberta would weigh as much as 

 four of the Crosbv. 



Mr. Woodward — I agree with this gentle- 

 man. One basket of Elberta will sell for 

 four times as much as Crosby, and you can 

 raise four times as many. 



A Member- — Sixteen to one. (Laughter.) 



chairs' choice. 



Mr. B. J. Case asked after this peach. 



Mr. Willard — There are some sections of 

 the country where it is highly regarded and 

 in demand. It does exceedingly well with 

 me. 



Mr. Pillow — It does better further south. 



Mr. Willard — It originated south, but 

 does well as far north as Sandusky, Ohio. 

 Ripens about time of Late Crawford. 



Mr. Barns — Mr. S. L. Quinby, of Marl- 

 borough, grew it, and says it is excellent. 

 It bears well and looks well. 



STEVENS. 



Mr. Nelson Bogue — This peach is a seed- 

 ling and originated on the grounds of the 

 late Hon. R. S. Stevens, of Attica, N. Y. 

 Fruit very handsome, nearly covered with a 

 deep red, a little above medium size and 

 ripens soon after the Early Crawford. Reg- 

 ular bearer, excellent shipper. Requires 

 thinning. Tree very hardy and a strong 

 grower. 



DEACONESS. 



Prof. Van Deman — Most of the fruit, I 



