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currants. It is a splendid berry to grow today. It requires 

 rather heavy soil but I consider it one of our most promis- 

 ing fruits to grow. I plant the Wilder and Perfection for 

 late crops. I cannot get the early bird so I try to be as 

 late as I can. The Perfection is a mild flavored berry and 

 it is a good berry every way, but it is very expensive at the 

 present time, being worth three or four times as much as 

 the Wilder. The Perfection is a bright color. Of course 

 we must spray and I aim to get a new plant about once in 

 three years. 



Q. Do you get plenty of new wood in the Perfection 

 currant ? 



I cannot tell, as it is a new variety. 



Q. Do you get one or two year old plants? 



Two year. 



Q. With proper cultivation you could grow a currant 

 bed almost indefinitely, could you not? 



I have a bed that I have had thirteen years and I ex- 

 pect to replant them this year. 



Prof. Pickett was unable to be present at the last min- 

 ute, but his paper is printed in regular order. 



STARTING THE APPLE ORCHARD 



PROF. B. S. PICKETT, ^ 



New Hampshire College, Durham, N. H. 



Of course you are going to plant an apple orchard. 

 The apple is King of New England farm crops today. Ev- 

 eryone — farmers, doctors, lawyers and politicians, are pro- 

 posing to mend or increase their incomes by planting"- ap- 

 ples. Some of these men will be successful, many will be 

 losers. The only absolutely safe class at the present time 

 is made up of the nurserymen who cannot supply stock 

 enough for the great demand. The successful ones are 

 those who will most carefully study the problems of the 

 business, commence right and handle it throughout in a 

 sensible, economical and skilful manner. 



The man who proposes to plant an orchard has, among 

 considerations of greater or less importance, to take into 

 account the soil, the location, the site, the climate, the va- 

 rieties, the preparation of the soil for planting, the method 



