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Pres. Question twenty-seven. ''"What varieties of 

 pears pay best, and why?" Perhaps Mr. Hawkins can tell 

 lis about that. 



Mr, Hawkins. I can only tell what kind pays best in 

 my locality. I have had great results from the Buerre 

 Bros. 



Pres. What is the average price you are able to get 

 for them? 



Mr. Hawkins. For the Buerre Bosc the usual price is 

 three dollars a bushel in Boston. 



Pres. Question nineteen: "Is much planting of cher- 

 Ties being done in Massachusetts?" Who is planting cher- 

 ries? 



Mr. Wheeler. I think there is about one-half of the 

 •cherries planted at the present time in Massachusetts there 

 ought to be; that is, young trees. I think there is a good 

 market for sour cherries in this state. 



Pres. The sweet cherry does not grow readily? 

 Mr. Wheeler. I don't think it pays to grow it. The 

 sour should be planted a great deal more. 



Mr. Sprague. Might I ask what section of the state 

 cherries will do well in ? 



Pres. Will any one give us an idea or tell us where 

 there is a prifitable crop, for the sweet? The sour, I think, 

 is generally successful. (No reply). 



A Member. Question twenty-three. 



Pres. "Which is better, the 'drive' or 'mist' nozzle?" 

 That is, the mist nozzle gives a short spray, and the dri 'e 

 gives us a long, unbroken stream. Which is the better? 



Mr. Putnam. I think the mist nozzle is. You want a 

 very fine mist, or else the spray slides off the leaf. 



Pres. Mr. Frost, can you give us a word on this? 



Mr. Frost. I don't know whether the question means 

 |the drive nozzle as a special form of disc nozzle, or some- 

 thing like the Bordeaux nozzle. 



Mr. Morse. My idea was a form of Bordeaux or a 

 mist nozzle. 



Mr. Frost. There is a disc nozzle gotten out by one 

 manufacturer for carrying the spray farther, which is 



