34 THE COXXECT/CL'l^ POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



agemenl ; to the Alessrs. Smith and Mr. Stoddard for the wil- 

 lingness and promptness with which they followed the humble 

 suggestions of the College representative; to Mr. \\\ O. Hol- 

 lister for his valuable assistance in directing the work in the 

 orchard, and to the press, more particularly the Connecticut 

 Farmer, for advertising the meetings, and giving publicitv to 

 the work. 



The President : We will allow a few minutes in which 

 to question Mr. Jarvis on this work. 



A Member: What proportion of the trees did you take 

 off in the pruning? 



Mr. Jarvis : It depends on the individual trees ; some- 

 times we took about half, sometimes three-quarters, and on 

 some very large trees we removed as much as thirty feet. 



A Member : I would like to enquire if he thinks it is 

 necessary to paint over the limbs after the sawing has been 

 done, in order to protect the tree ? 



Mr. Jarvis: All wounds over two inches in diameter 

 were painted with lead and oil paint. This we did not apply 

 until the wound dried up. I think with painting done at this 

 time of the year there is no danger of getting- disease germs 

 into the wound, and if they are allowed to dry off a month 

 or so, so much the better. In the meantime the cracking 

 will be done, and you can fill up the cracks much better than 

 when it is fresh, and probably you can't see them ; it should 

 be gone over again, or until you get the wound entirely sealed 

 up from air and moisture. 



Mr. Fuller : I would like to enquire of the gentleman 

 if those orchards were plowed? 



Mr. Jarvis : ^ As I have stated in the report, the sod was 

 broken up in both cases with a cutaway harrow. In the 

 Cheshire orchard the ground has been in sod for a great 

 many years, and it was just as fine sod as you will find any- 

 where ; we simply w'ent over it with a cutaway harrow and 

 broke u]) the turf and sowed our fertilizers and we got a nice. 



