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President Gulley : I don't know of any special reason. 

 The fault is that it has scab. There is another, a full brother 

 of the Fameuse, Mcintosh — better in color. Nobody could tell 

 them apart so far as the insifle is concerned. It has scab, which, 

 of course, the Mcintosh also has. The apple is a good one, 

 will keep well, but it is not as much of a success as in Vermont. 



A AIember : It is bringing; the highest price now. 



President Gulley: I think there is no question that 

 Mcintosh will sell anywhere. 



Question 16. What is the best treatment for trees injured 

 by the recent severe freeze? 



Vice Pres. Hubbard : We had that matter up earlier, and a 

 variety of opinions were expressed in regard to it. Some 

 seemed to think that the trees frozen down to the groimd were 

 completely ruined. 



Mr. Hale : Dig them up. 



A Meiniber : That depends, I suppose, upon how bad they 

 are injured. 



^Ir. ]\Ierri:\ian : Trees smaller than the wrist could be cut 

 off and would sprout up — a small tree of one or two years 

 old — up to three, perhaps. Cut down within three or four 

 inches of the ground. 



A ]\Ie]\[ber : Several have said that such trees failed to sprout 

 entirely. 



A !Me:mber : They don't fail to sprout, but the sprout don't 

 prove a success. 



A ^Member : The trees that Mr. jMerriman refers to are 

 small trees. 



A Member : Instead of letting them send out several sprouts, 

 I would reduce the sprouts to one. 



Question 17. Is it safe to accept trees infested with San 

 Jose scale after they have been thoroughly fumigated with 

 hydrocyanic acid gas? 



Mr. Hale : I don't think there is any question but that if 

 they have been properly fumigated in a proper fumigating- 

 house, there will be no danger from their having been infested 

 when put there. But I would advise everybody to prune trees 

 carefully, burn all the trimmings, and dip in lime and sulphur 

 mixture before planting. I would as lief plant the scale- 

 infested trees as any other if they are not so badly infested as 

 to be weakened. 



