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out. A great many of them were indifferently taken care of 

 I think for the future we are to look for a good market 

 for Connecticut grown peaches, and for the last two years 

 the crops have brought prices which have been a surprise 

 to me. With a full crop this past year, the prices were 

 fully as high as anyone could expect ; in fact, peaches have 

 always brought more than they were worth, but there is no 

 fruit that can be placed on the market equal to the peach. 

 It will supersede everything else, provided the quality is 

 superior. 



Perhaps this is all I care to say on this phase of the 

 subject. The main point, I think, I am here for is to dis- 

 cuss with you my methods, and perhaps you will, in the 

 discussion, give your methods, and I will get some advan- 

 tage from it in that way. It will be an advantage to me, 

 and I presume an advantage to others, if you will give 

 your experiences in the matter of growing, harvesting, and 

 marketing your peaches. 



In the first place, I would say that one of the most im- 

 portant things is a real liking for the business. I would 

 like to say that although T am an optimist myself it would 

 be unfortunate if by any influence of mine some persons 

 that are not adapted for the work should be induced to 

 take it up and make a failure of it. A farmer must under- 

 stand that it is a fight all the time. You have got to stick 

 to it through thick and thin. There are years when there 

 will be no money coming in from the fruit, and then there 

 will be a great surprise, you will get a big crop, and you 

 will get so much money that you hardly know what to 

 do with it. You may spend the money, and the next year, 

 perhaps, get a failure of the crop. 



Mr. Rogers : I would like to ask Mr. Lyman what 

 varieties he is going to set for the coming year? I under- 

 stand he is going to set out a "small" orchard of sixty acres. 



Mr. Lyman : I intend to set some varieties which will 

 come into my orchard and help to make a succession of 



