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good bins in a good comfortable cellar you will be able to keep 

 them. 



Mr. Hixman : We used to keep apples in our cellar, but 

 owing to matters over which we had no control, we had to build 

 a fruit cellar. Our new cellar is a very good one, no fire being 

 over it or around it, and it makes a spot where you can keep 

 apples until late in the season. We used to have apples up 

 to January, we now have them up to March, and they are 

 sweet and clean. 



Vice Pres. Hubbakd : The next question is, "What was the 

 cause of so much leaf curl on peach trees last season and what 

 is the remedy? 



President Gulley : As far as leaf curl is concerned, there 

 is no question but what it is a fungous disease. In a dry or 

 warm season we very seldom see it. It has been demonstrated 

 it can be controlled by spraying. In the West, they have had 

 more of it than we do in Connecticut and they now practically 

 control it by spraying with the Bordeaux or other mixtures. 



Vice Pres. Hubbard: The next question I take out of the 

 box is, 'Ts it safe ordinarily to prune a peach or pear tree in 

 the late fall or early winter?" 



Mr. Barnes : We generally prune whenever we can make 

 it convenient ; last year we commenced in January. I should 

 prefer to prune later in the season than late fall or early winter. 



A Member : I did it once and the trees went back on me. 



Mr. S?iiiTH : I pruned early and found the trees came through 

 the winter in good shape. The trees bore a good crop. How- 

 ever, this was on a very small scale, I want it understood. 



Mr. Cook : I tried that same thing once and they killed back. 

 It was not a success with me. 



Vice Pres. Hubbard : The next question, 'Tn the recent 

 great freeze, did Japan plums prove to be more hardy than 

 peaches ?" 



A Member: No. 



Another IMember : I say they did. I have got 40 acres of 

 peaches ; last, year I lost a great many. But my plum trees 

 are all right ; peaches are not. 



Another Member : Last year we had very few peaches, and 

 very small ones at that, but our Japan plums gave a full crop. 



Mr. Hale : I might say, that in one place at home where 

 the peach trees are killed entirely, the Japan plums are only 



