178 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



necticut this year have combined pretty well, and bouo;ht it 

 to very good advantage. 



A Member: Less than $13 by the car load? 



Mr. Drew : I don't know just what they paid for it, I 

 wouldn't say exacth', but I think there has been some ver}- 

 large orders put in for several hundred tons, where they have 

 bought it as cheap as that. 



A Member: Is there any danger in using acid phos- 

 phate ? 



Mr. Drew : Why, I don't know, m}self. I think on 

 some things acid phosphate is all right. If a person is growing 

 asparagus it is all right. I wouldn't use basic slag on pota- 

 toes, it will make them scab, and some people believe that 

 strawberries and blackberries do well on an acid soil. Still. 

 I think probably there are some soils on which acid phosphate 

 would do just as well for the phosphoric acid as basic slag 

 would, but on apples and peaches and pears, and most of the 

 tree fruits, I believe phosphoric acid as, supplied by basic slag, 

 is better than acid phosphate, but still, of course, it is a 

 question where people differ. 



A Member: How much to the acre? 



Mr. Drew : Depending entirely on your land. Some 

 fruit growers in Connecticut use it as high as 1,000 pounds 

 per acre, and I don't know but more. I have never used it 

 more than 400 or 500 pounds, myself. 



Question Number 5 : "What are the best combinations 

 of cover crops?" 



Vice-President Drew : Will Mr. Frank Piatt answer 

 that question ? 



Mr. Platt: I have tried some cover crops, and I have 

 fallen back on Russian vetches. I haven't used it in orchards 

 so much, but I have used it as an incentive to grow crops of 

 corn. I usually sow about a couple of pounds to the acre. 

 Crimson clover is a little too uncertain. A good crop with us, 

 is the exception rather than the rule. We have very good 

 results with red clover, but not as good as with vetches. 

 Vetches have been prohibitive in the past on account of the 



