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QuESTiox. At what age do you set out your trees? 



Mr. Drew. For an apple orchard my preference would be 

 very strong one-year-old trees, except in sections infested with 

 the gypsy and brown-tail moths and many fimgous diseases, 

 where I would set strong two-year-old trees. For a peach 

 orchard I would set one-year-old trees without question. 



QuestiojN". Do you put any fertilizer around the bottom 

 of the trees ? 



Mr. Drew. ISTo; I would not. I would prefer to get the 

 soil into fine condition by planting a cultivated crop, like corn 

 or potatoes, the year before. 



Mr. Turner. For a general orchard of an acre or two 

 what varieties would you set out ? 



Mr. Drew. In certain sections of eastern Massachusetts, 

 with certain kinds of soil, I would set out certain varieties. 

 The Gravenstein, Hubbardston, Williams and Red Astrachan 

 do very well. But for the general grower there is no safer 

 apple to plant than the Baldwin. For the special grower, 

 who would give particular attention to growing and packing 

 in boxes, there is more money in other varieties. 



Mr. John Bursley. If you were going to purchase a piece 

 of land for the purpose of going into the fruit business, would 

 you rather pay $200 an acre for land within a city of 200,000 

 inhabitants, or go into the country and buy it at $20 or $30 

 an acre ? 



Mr. Drew. As a general rule I should rather buy the 

 more expensive land. If I were going away back into the 

 country I should want a pretty big proposition, where I could 

 afford to employ quite a quantity of labor. For the distant 

 land I would select winter varieties. 

 • Mr. Reed. How do you eradicate the railroad worm ? 



]\Ir. Drew. I have never been bothered with it, but know 

 people who have. The only way to control it is to pick up 

 the apples as they fall ^nd feed them to hogs, or dispose of 

 them otherwise. 



QuESTioK". What preventive is there for borers ? 



Mr. Drew. IsTone that I know of. You should go over 

 your apple trees at least once a year — peach trees twice a 



