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rule, we should avoid too thick planting. I do not believe in 

 double-planting, even though you feed heavily, but believe in 

 giving your plant plenty of room. 



At the Geneva Experiment Station they have made a 

 test of this with orchard trees by close crowding, and then 

 comparing those planted in the close crowded condition with 

 others planted in a more open condition. I believe in every 

 instance the result was in favor of the open planting; that 

 they found that the crop was decreased according as the 

 trees were closely crowded, That is, we will say, that they 

 had forty apple trees to an acre, on another piece they 

 crowded on sixty or seventy. Their results were the best in 

 every case where they had the fewest trees to the acre ; that is, 

 to a liberal amount, but where there was a good reasonable 

 distance between the trees there, every time, the orchard 

 showed the largest crop. 



Varieties. I expect a great many people came here to- 

 day with the expectation that I was going to tell them 

 what varieties of strawberries to plant, or tomatoes to grow, 

 or what variety of cucumber was the best. In a general way, 

 a person can give advice about such a thing as that, that it is 

 advisable to plant this or that. I was late at this morning's 

 session, I happened in just about the time to hear the speaker 

 say this, — I was rather pleased, — that while he planted a 

 certain variety on his farm he did not know that he would 

 recommend that to a man ten miles away. Now it is not 

 safe for you to write off to a man in Rochester and say, 

 "What variety of peaches shall I plant in Connecticut?" 

 That is exactly true with vegetables. Conditions are so 

 variable, the question of fertility of soil enters into the matter 

 so vitally, often the atmosphere, the question of market, and 

 the particular class of trade that you are going to supply ; all 

 those questions enter into the selection of what particular 

 varieties a man should adopt. 



Now we have heard about one apple that has succeeded 

 here over a very large area, and that is the Raldwin. Prob- 



