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A Member : I think that it ought to he put on about 

 twice around the trees to kill the borer>. 



A Member: AYhat kind of a wash? 



A Member: Two ounces of potash to eight quarts 

 of water, or some good ashes, that is just as good. If you 

 give them a good strong dose of ashes it will always help. 

 Another thing, take a swab and wash your trees when they 

 are small. If you do that twice a year, you will not have 

 any borers after that. 



Mr. Lyman : I hope you are successful. I con- 

 gratulate you if you can keep them out in that way. 



Mr. Roger:: How often do you hunt for borers? 



Mr. Lyman : Twice in the season. There is a point 

 that I would like to bring up. You have got to grow your 

 crop of wood for the next year's crop. There is a point 

 that you do not hear often mentioned, and I want to bring 

 that before you. I would like the opinion of the peach 

 growers here as to whether it is not the wood that makes 

 the best growth in the fall that the buds will come on that 

 go through the winter the strongest. I think there is such 

 a thing as keeping a tree growing right up into November, 

 but if the bud ripens too early, that bud is apt to start too 

 soon in the late fall. If you have an unusually cold snap, 

 and then it comes- off warm, they will be much more likely 

 to die through the winter. Of course, there is to be a 

 medium. You can overdo. But I believe in giving the 

 tree something to feed on, in keeping up the root growth 

 in the fall by having fertilizer there ready for it. I be- 

 lieve in that way those buds can be made strong, and go 

 through the winter in better condition. 



O. How late do you cultivate your small trees? 



Mr. Lyman : It depends entirely upon the season. 

 You must cultivate for the moisture in order to keep them 

 growing, but it is a mistake, I think, in our climate, where 



