96 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Repp : Some of our clay soils go down four or five 

 feet. If you are ever in Jersey come and look at it yourself, 



Mr. Ives : How much of that basic slag- do you put on 

 to the acre? 



Mr. Repp : From one-half a ton to a ton. 



A Member : Your cover crop is interesting to me. How 

 do you manage with it? 



Mr. Repp : After we stop cultivation then the weeds 

 grow. You know that. After the cultivation is stopped we let 

 the weeds come up, and that makes a good mulch. 



A Member : Do you use lime in your peach orchard 

 also? 



Mr. Repp : I do. You get more growth. I think a 

 good deal healthier condition comes from the use of lime. It 

 helps the health of the orchard. You get better foliage. 



Mr. Ives : What is the effect ? 



Mr. Repp : Well, you get a darker foliage and healthier 

 trees under all conditions. 



President Rogers: Do you use lime every year? 



Mr. Repp: Yes sir. 



President Rogers : Do you mix your lime and slag be- 

 fore you put it on? 



Mr. Repp: I plow the basic slag in, and then, put the 

 carbonate of lime on top of the soil. That helps to hold the 

 moisture, especially in case of a dry season. 



A Member : You said to me this morning that you 

 thought it helped the peach yellows also. 



Mr. Repp: Well, I said that, but I don't want that to 

 go out publicly. One of my neighbors has got 140 acres in 

 a peach orchard, which is very close to twelve years old. He 

 has used lime, and i never saw a tree on his fann with the 

 yellows. His father up to the present time has used lots of 

 lime, and I never saw a tree on his farm with the yellows yet. 

 I don't believe he knows what it looks like. 



A Member : How much do you spend on the average 

 per acre for fertilizer? 



