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ME. J. H. HALE. Mr. President, that remark of Pro- 

 fessor Blake's brought me to my feet. While absolutely- 

 correct in a broad, general way, and while what he has stat- 

 ed about elevation is practically correct, there are times 

 when you don't want too much wind. Within the last 3G 

 hours, the peach growers of Connecticut who have been 

 trembling at all, have been those on the elevations, and I 

 believe if there are any buds found dead when -this thaws 

 out, we shall find it is on the higher elevations and the live 

 ones will be in the valleys or less high places or less exposed 

 places. In more than 40 years of peach growing I have 

 stood for the high ground, but in that time I have had peach 

 trees die in the high lands, and crops in the lower lands. 

 The high wind of the last 36 hours has probably killed them 

 on the high hills, and not in the valleys, so that you can't 

 lay down any absolute rule as to location. But as a general 

 proposition, seek the hills. 



PROFESSOR BLAKE. Here is another point that 

 would help out : We know that a good deal of winter injury 

 comes as a result of drying out the twigs, and if you have a 

 very cold, very dry wind and the orchard is severely ex- 

 posed, you may have injury, where, if the air were quiet, 

 you would not. That is my point in making the statement 

 that I would avoid a severely exposed location. I would 

 not recommend a high hill where it is too severely exposed, 

 because you may have damage, as Mr. Hale points out. 



THE PRESIDENT. Are there any other questions? 

 This will be the last time that we will take up the subject of 

 of peaches at this meeting. 



MR. C. W. CARPENTER. I would like to ask what 

 form of phosphoric acid the Professor uses for fertilizer. 



PROFESSOR BLAKE. We have used several forms,— 

 acid phosphate, ground bone, basic slag and ground rock. 

 We have an experiment starting now which is for compari- 

 son of ground rock, acid phosphate and basic slag. The 

 trees have only been set a few years, however. In the old 

 orchard we have used ground bone and acid phosphate en- 

 tirely upon all the plats. 



MR. NORRIS. If you could get plenty of stable 

 manure, where the bedding was sawdust, would you be 



