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]\Ir. Fenn : Mr. Chairman, I want to say that I have 

 found that Russet apples grown on young trees will invari- 

 ably be green in color, they will not russet, that has been my 

 experience, but when I sprayed with Bordeaux, and I used 

 5-5-50 at that, I got that fine russet appearance that ought 

 to be on every Russet apple. I want to say also that the 

 apples that were given the first premium at the Boston show 

 were more than half of them green, while the apples that 

 were russet were given the third premium. That is a fact, 

 and Mr. Hale will corroborate that statement. 



Vice-President Drew : I would like to call on brother 

 Hale at* this time. We have not heard a word from him in 

 regard to spraying. 



Mr. J. H. Hale: Mr. President, I don't know what 

 you want to call on me for. If }'ou want me to prove that 

 brother Fenn is wrong, the judges at that Boston show were 

 pretty careful workmen and they did good work, and if they 

 decided on an apple that was green, my brother Fenn must 

 be color blind. I would rather stand by the judges than by 

 Fenn. If that is what you want me to say, I am very glad 

 to say it. (Laughter). 



]\Ir. Fenn : I want to say that ]\Ir. Hale was the gen- 

 tleman who called my attention to the fact. (Applause and 

 laughter). 



AIr. Lupton : I am moved to say a word because of 

 what the gentleman said about his experience in burning 

 leaves, and it will be another new one for Prof. Whetzel. 

 Speaking of fences and cleaning out the dead leaves ; — in 

 cleaning up some brush corners I made a fire which ran over 

 one corner of the orchard, and burned up all the old leaves 

 and also some of the trees, and the next spring I had no 

 fungus to speak of on those trees, and a good many of the 

 trees were killed. I wouldn't advise the people of Connecti- 

 cut to take that method of getting rid of fungus. (Laughter). 



Prof. Whetzel: That goes back to the question of 

 whether it is advisable or not to use that method. (Laugh- 

 ter). 



