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Mr. Henry : With a ycung orchard we Hke a mixture 

 of turnips, clover and vetch, but in an older orchard where 

 there is not as much sunlight we have not been able to get 

 any satisfactory growth of vetch. It seems to me that the 

 vetch is as good a crop as you can find, particularly in an or- 

 chard where you can let it stand over, then it has made a 

 very satisfactory growth. In a young orchard, we like to 

 grow turnips, because I think they liberate the phosphoric 

 acid and help the trees. In a young orchard I should say use 

 Russian vetch, and in an older orchard, clover, rye, or wheat. 

 Anything that will grow. We never have been able to get 

 any satisfactory growth in an orchard over five years old. 



President Rogers : What do you do with your tur- 

 nips ? 



AIr. Henry: Pull them and sell them. 



President Rogers : We would like to hear from oth- 

 ers on this question, No. 23 : "What should the individual 

 grower or locality do to prepare for the marked increase in 

 the production of apples in the near future?" Of course, 

 there are a great many who think that by continually setting 

 out apple trees there will be an over-production by-and-bye. 

 That was suggested to the peach growers some twenty-five 

 years ago, that in a few years they would have so many trees 

 that there would not be any market for the fruit, but we have 

 not got to that point yet. although last year's crop was a hun- 

 dred thousand baskets or more ahead. Is that right. Brother 

 Hale, a hundred thousand baskets more than we have ever 

 had before? 



Mr. Hale: I should say, Mr. Chairman, that it was 

 probabl}' more than that. 



President Rogers: That was a big increase, and I 

 think we have bad on the average for the last ten years fully 

 as good a price. Now we would like to hear from others re- 

 garding that. Mr. Hale, can you answer that question? 



Mr. J. H. H.\le : Mr. President and Gentlemen : Any 

 man who attempts to project himself very far into the future, 

 so far as the fruit business is concerned, is liable to disap- 



