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fruit. I hope that I shall not be over-loaded with any one 

 variety. I can handle the fruit with my facilities, but 

 what I want is not to be overloaded in the market by 

 having my fruit all come along at one time or about the 

 same time. Now as regards varieties, the Elberta is a 

 good peach, and is one of the peaches that we can raise, 

 but there are other varieties that we can make a lot of 

 money on. It would not do to put all the eggs in one bas- 

 ket. If you had set out Elbertas, I would say in regard to 

 varieties, that this spraying business to control the brown 

 rot and scab, and all those diseases, is going to gain a great 

 deal for us in growing early varieties. We have got to 

 keep the foliage on the tree. That is going to do a great 

 deal for us in the growing of early peaches. The Greens- 

 boro is a peach which, a few years ago, I wouldn't have 

 anything to do with. I have seen it fruit every year, but 

 they would amount to nothing. I believe that the Greens- 

 boro is a peach that we can raise if we spray for the rot 

 and scab. The Waddell is a peach that is less subject to 

 rot, but the Carman is a much more salable peach. It is 

 much more attractive in appearance. I do not know as it 

 is superior, but in appearance it is far superior. As I have 

 thought it out now, I should advise the Carman in place 

 of the Waddell. You do not want two varieties, one in- 

 ferior to the other, coming at the same time, if you can 

 help it, provided the conditions are the same in both cases. 

 Then the next one that I would plant, I think, would be 

 the Champion. That is a great money-maker with me. 

 We have had that tree fruiting on our place for about ten 

 years. Some of those trees are still alive. 



Mr. Rogers: Have you ever sprayed for the rot? 



Mr. Lyman : No, I never have. 



Mr. Rogers: In regard to the Champion, isn't it so 

 that there are years when it is almost a total loss from 

 rot? I believe only a short time ago that was the case. 



