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a stunted growth, or a spasmodic t^rowth, and you will not 

 get as good a product as the market wants. 



Now, I have tried to talk in such a way as to draw out 

 a lot of questions, or, at least, some questions. I do not know 

 what you are trying to grow. We are growing cantaloupes, 

 raspberries, tomatoes, peppers, early corn and the like. I shall 

 be glad to answer any questions. 



Discussion. 



President Rogers : Are there any questions to ask Air. 

 Hulsart ? 



A Member : Do you grow your own seed ? 



Mr. Hulsart : Nearly all. I prefer to raise my own 

 seed if I can. Sweet corn, pepper seed, tomato seed are all 

 produced on the farm, and they are all selected seed, or home- 

 bred seed. 



A JMember : Can you save seed from more than one va- 

 riety on the same farm? 



Mr. Hulsart : Most assuredly you can. 



A Member : How do you work that on melons ? How 

 far apart do you keep the vines in order to prevent the mixing 

 of the varieties ? 



Mr. Hulsart : Well, on the melons there would not be 

 any danger at one hundred and fifty yards. I am not troubled 

 that way because I never grow but one variet\-. I have had 

 two varieties sometimes, just to try something new. but if I 

 try two varieties I always put the new one on the east side 

 of the field. I never grow but one variety for the market at 

 one time. 



A Member : Won't the bees carry the pollen anrl in 

 that way cross the varieties ? 



Mr. Hulsart: They might in certain iiistances. but a 

 bee is not going to go out of a blossom here and then i1y a 

 hundred or two hundred yards to find another one if there arc 

 plenty right near, and if he does he will leave most of the 

 pollen over the kind he is traveling on long before he gets to 



