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Prof. Greexe : We cut it once during the season and then let 

 it fall down. It probably wouldn't answer quite as well to allow 

 it to grow up, because the leaves and briers would grow over 

 it. It is better to cut the grass at least once a season. 



A Member: What was the result of these different methods 

 you have explained when the trees came into bearing? 



Prof. Greene: They have not come into bearing yet. At 

 the Station, our trees are only three years old. 



President Gulley : Suppose you were going to start on 

 land too poor to raise grass ? 



Prof. Greene : I would depend on the leaves. If I could 

 possibly get any mulching material or manure, I would use it. 

 That is a problem with us. We cannot grow orchards there 

 by cultivation because we soon get the best strength out of the 

 soil. 



President Gulley: What variety do you grow chiefly? 



Prof. Greene : The Rome Beauty. 



A Member : Can you not grow other things in there at the 

 same time as the grass ? 



Prof. Greene : Yes ; perhaps I should explain that a little. 

 We have a young orchard at the station which we started to 

 grow by cultivation and cover crops. The soil is not nearlv 

 as good as Mr. Vergon's, in fact, it is not good enough to raise 

 more than lo to 15 bushels of wheat, and we soon found we 

 couldn't get a good crop, but an indifferent one. We didn't 

 know what to do. The soil was washed away, and so we 

 hauled as much manure as we could get onto the land to start 

 the grass. Now we have got grass there. But to start an 

 orchard by this method is rather uphill business. I would 

 rather seed it to grass to begin with, and keep it in grass. That 

 would be more satisfactory. 



A Member : I would like to ask if the limbs are kept high 

 enough to mow under them. 



Prof. Greene : Xo, they are not. You see he mulches there 

 and does not need to mow under the trees. They are trained 

 very low, and some of the limbs touch the ground. 



A Member : As they spread and get nearer together, it would 

 be impossible to mow, wouldn't it. 



Prof. Greene : It doesn't need mowing there. Once you 

 have got it started between the trees, and the grass will grow 

 for manv vears to come. 



