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why the Mountain Rose should not affect the seed of my peach as 

 well as other points. Truly, E. P. STILES. 



I will now conclude this subject with a short letter from 

 Prof. W. F. Massey, of the North Carolina Experiment Sta- 

 tion, to whom I sent leaves and copies of the accompanying 

 photographs (see page 163), with the simple statement chat 

 the four branches were from trees grown from Satsuma 

 oranges, and that I believed they were hybrids of that orange 

 and the Trifoliata. Wishing him to be totally unbiassed in 

 his judgment, I did not state just how they were grown, and 

 asked his opinion on the bare facts. I knew that he had been 

 experimenting with both of these oranges, and felt sure that 

 he would give me a clear and impartial opinion, which he 

 did, and which goes far to confirm me in my own view : 



N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 

 Horticultural Division, RALEIGH, N. C.,/##<?p, 1896. 



W. F. Massey, Horticulturist. 

 H. M. STRINGFELLOW, Gatveston, Texas: 



Dear Sir Yours of the 2d came to hand in due time, and would 

 have had earlier attention but for the press of work just at com- 

 mencement time. I am now much interested in the cross-bred 

 plants, and believe you have a hybrid, or more than one. Will be 

 glad to test them for you here. Yours truly, 



W. F. MASSEY. 



