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have tried that method. I have been so liberal with the use 

 of manure that many would call it extravagant, Ijut I will 

 assure you that it tells. When you get quinces, fifteen of 

 which will make a peck, and well colored up, people will 

 buy them. I think we can afford to manure quince trees 

 pretty heavily and take good care of them when we can 

 raise quinces that will sell for six dollars a hundred ; and 

 when of that size they are not only good, but they are 

 profitable. [Applause.] 



Prof. J. W. Clark. I would like to ask Mr. Augur if 

 he cuts his peach trees back when he applies potash? 



Mr. Augur. In some instances we have ; but we have 

 not been able to eradicate the disease. AYhen we cut a tree 

 back, of course we get a stronger growth of young wood. 

 So far, that is favorable. Now, since Prof. Clark has called 

 my attention to that matter, I want to relate a little colloquy 

 that I had with one of our fertilizer manufacturers, Mr. 

 Hubbard, of the firm of Rogers & Hubbard, in Middletown. 

 He wrote me last fall and said, " Come and see me ; I have 

 something that w^ill interest you very much." Then he went 

 on to say that he had completely cured a peach tree of the 

 yellows ; that the fruit was very large and fine, and that 

 unless he had resorted to the use of manure the tree would 

 probably have been dead. I called and looked at the tree. 

 It had a beautiful, vigorous growth, the leaves were of a 

 dark color, and the fruit was just as large as he said it was. 

 As we went to the tree he said, " There, Mr. Augur, is not 

 that a triumph?" I felt disposed to look a little critically at 

 the tree and I saw that the fruit had those unnatural spots of 

 red, and on a closer examination I found there were some 

 of those wiry twi^s comino: out low down towards the trunk 

 of the tree. I did not want to combat his views very seri- 

 ously, but I said, " Mr. Hubbard, you have some large fruit 

 there, but that tree is going to give out by and by. You 

 may keep it along one year or two years, but you have got 

 the disease in it and it will show itself. If it does not, just 

 let me know." The greenness of the foliage is not always 

 an indication of health. But I think the best possil>le treat- 

 ment that can be given to a diseased tree, if you let it 

 remain, is to cut it back and then apply your manures 



