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Mr. Barnes : I should prefer to do it as near leaving-out time 

 as I could, but I see no great objection to doing it at any time. 

 We commenced last year not later than this time, — we had to 

 pick out weather a little ; but begin now if you are ready. 



A Member : Why wait ? 



Mr. Barnes : If you should cut a limb and expose it to the 

 weather before the healing process could go on, it might be 

 detrimental. 



Mr. Warner told of cutting back an eleven-year-old orchard 

 in April. The trees made a fine growth and have come through 

 the winter in good shape. 



Mr. Hale asked what to do with peach trees four to eight 

 years old, killed down to the snow line this winter. Is there 

 any hope of saving them by sawing back the trunks ? 



One member said, saw them off and the trunks will start a 

 new growth. 



Mr. Wakcman pointed out the fact that such trees will be 

 likely to split later on. 



Mr. Liegey : I have trees that were frozen, and I have been 

 cutting them down six inches above ground — just a couple of 

 inches below the frozen part. They will start and make a good 

 tree ; and I w^ould bet anything you can get a good crop of 

 fruit two years from now. 



Mr. Root : We once had a few young trees, three years old, 

 broken off by the ice storm, that did not one of them sprout out 

 to be of any use. 



Mr. Platt : We have cut trees off perhaps six inches high, 

 and the sprouts never amounted to anything. 



Mr. Barnes : We have had a good many trees broken down 

 from winds and ice, and I feel that the hope is very small, indeed, 

 of getting anything from trees damaged, from any cause, so 

 near the ground. 



The regular program of the session was then taken up, the 

 first subject being "The Fight against the San Jose Scale." 

 This was perhaps the most important topic of the entire meet- 

 ing, and one vitally affecting the interests of every fruit grower 

 present. 



The first speaker was Prof. W. E. Britton, State Entomologist, 

 who delivered the followinQ- excellent address : 



