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Question 9. I apply about four hundred pounds of 

 Kainit, and South Carolina Rock, mixed in equal quanti- 

 ties, either broadcast by hand, or with the drill. 



Question 10. Prune as soon after picking the fruit 

 as practicable, take out the dead wood, and open the 

 centre of the trees, so as to give the fruit plenty of air 

 and sun. I have never hand-thinned the fruit. 



Question 11. I have grave doubts about there 

 being any such disease as the Yellows. I incline to the 

 theory, that sick trees are caused by the lack of some 

 necessary ingredient in the soil. June and July are the 

 months to worm in. 



Question 12. From natural seed by all means. 



Question 13. I am not able to state positively, but 

 think they hurt us badly some seasons. 



Question 14. I see more curled leaf some seasons 

 than others, and incline to the opinion that the weather 

 has more to do with it than the soil. 



Question 15. The best way to market the fruit, is 

 to sell it to the best buyer that can be found at the 

 nearest station or landing, and I believe, that if growers 

 all over the peninsula, would bind themselves never to 

 ship one basket on their own account, that they would 

 realize, at least, twenty-five per cent, more for their 

 peaches. The five-eighth bushel basket is certainly the 

 best package in which to ship the fruit. 



