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Prof. Gulley : Mr. President, I do not agree with the 

 opinion that it is desirable to plant peaches among apple 

 trees. I am giving up that idea. It may have been success- 

 ful a number of years ag'o, but to-day it is out of the ques- 

 tion, it seems to me, when we depend so much on spraying 

 and the use of fertilizers for the good success of either crop. 



Further than that, we all know that the peach tree re- 

 quires different spraying and it requires entirely different 

 fertilizer. We have got to give peach trees the treatment 

 they require to get the best results. How are you going to 

 give apple trees the best cultivation, and how are you going 

 to handle peach trees tq thef best advantage under that meth- 

 od ? I do not see it. 



President Rogers : We would like to hear further 

 on this subject in regard to planting peaches and apples to- 

 gether. 



Mr. Kelsey : I would hke to inquire of the last speak- 

 er what particular apple he would recommend. 



Prof. Gulley : I am putting in some Wagner and 

 Jonathan, but if I was going to use more fillers I think 

 Wealthy and Dutchess would do well. 



President Rogers: It seems to me that in some 

 places in the state, where we can g-row peaches to good ad- 

 vantage on our high hills, we cannot afford to set our or- 

 chards wholly to apples. That is the way I figure it out at 

 the present time. I believe in some sections where it is not 

 as good for peach growing I would set out apples in pre- 

 ference to the peaches. Where I am located I am ready to 

 give up some good peach land to apples wholly. I believe 

 the two can be grown together successfully. In fact, the 

 only way I have made my success is by growing both to- 

 gether. Up to the present time I have depended on my 

 peaches for my money crop. Of course, now we have got 

 quite a lut of peach land set to old trees, so we haven't any 

 more availaible peach land. Of course, this year, as you all 

 know, we are not going to have a great many peaches in 

 the state of Connecticut, for, if the indications prove right. 



