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the tree. There are so many things that may happen to the 

 tree that one must not try to raise it in a haphazard man- 

 ner. 



DISCUSSION 



Q. What kind of fertilizer do you use ? 



One thing I am very careful about, that is, to have 

 plenty of phosphoric acid in the soil. 



Q. "What do you consider a yearly average growth? 



That I cannot tell. AVe cannot judge in one season 

 what any one kind of fertilizer will do. 



Mr. Wheeler: Have you ever considered shipping^ 

 peaches to England or any other European countries? 



No sir. I think that was tried out years ago ; think it 

 might perhaps be done now. I don't know why Elbertas 

 should not stand up and arrive in fine shape. 



Mr. Everett: My experience has been that people get 

 only one crop of fine peaches. 



There is no need for that. I have trees that are sixteen 

 years old. I have one block of Elbertas that are at least 

 thirteen years, and they have been a regular gold mine. 

 These results that you speak of are owing to wrong growing. 

 They were grown by forcing the trees too much, and this 

 threw them into the yellows, and when a young tree has 

 the yellow^s, there is no hope for them. There is an idea that 

 you cannot grow two good crops in succession, but there is- 

 no reason why you cannot grow ten crops on the same tree. 



Mr. Barker: What do you do Avith trees that have the 

 yellows ? 



Take them out. You can force them for one sea- 

 son and then cut them out. 



Q. Do you burn the old trees? 



Yes. 



Q. How cold has it been to kill the "Champion?" 



We have had it 25° below zero. 



Q. What are the three best varieties? 



For a money maker, the Elberta, second is the Carmen 

 and third the Hiley. There are other varieties such as the 

 Champion and the Greensboro that are good. 



Q. When you pull out a tree, do you put another in its. 

 place? 



Not often. 



Q. Does the white peach sell as well as the others? 



