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apple tree when it is first set out. I should be inclined to 

 do the pruning in the summer time. 



Would you prune it when you first set it put? 



I certainly would, but not too much for the first four 

 or five years. 



In putting on lime-sulfur wash, would you put it on after 

 a rain or when it is dry. 



Put it on whfen the bark is dry and have rain come af- 

 terwards rather than to put it on just after a rain. It is bet- 

 ter to have the bark dry at first. I think that is one reason 

 why people sometimes say that they have been fighting the 

 scale and the more they fight it, the more it thrives. I think 

 this must be the trouble. But the scale does not have any 

 terror for me at all. I should not hesitate to go into an old 

 orchard and clean it up. 



Do you think it hurts an orchard to let the cows run in 

 it? 



I certainly do. I would not have anything else there. 



"Why does a tree in a pasture give nice fruit without any 

 care? 



There is only one thing I can say. When a tree is by 

 itself it is free to the sunlight, air and moisture. I don't be- 

 lieve in these old straggling trees. Don't try to run live- 

 stock and an orchard together. 



A rising vote of thanks was given the Worcester County 

 Horticultural Society, the speakers, and the officers of the 

 Association, and the meeting then adjourned. 



AFTERNOON SESSION 



Pres. Calvin Rice of the Worcester County Horticul- 

 tural Society presiding: 



I owe you an apology but I don't like to make an 

 apology. Mr. Ellsworth was to preside at this meeting but 

 he has been called away to attend to other duties and for 

 this reason I have been asked to introduce to you Prof. 

 J. K. Shaw of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, who 

 will speak on "Apple Packing," and give demonstrations of 

 barrel packing and the different kinds of box packing. 



