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Question 10. Pruned during winter. Never hand- 

 thinned. 



Question ir. Believe there is a disease which is 

 called the " Yellows." Have always removed the trees 

 as soon as the disease showed on them. 



Question 12. No answer. 



Question 13. No answer. 



Question 14. No answer. 



Question 15. Sell at your shipping station if possi- 

 ble. The basket, and that the |, or standard, I have 

 found the best package. 



ANSWERS RECEIVED FROM GROWER, NO. 3. 



Question i. Troth's Early, Mountain Rose, Craw- 

 ford's Early, Foster, Reeves' Favorite, Old Mixon, 

 Moore's Favorite, Stump the World, Crawford's Late, 

 Variegated Free, Fox's Seedling, Shipley's Late Red, 

 Beer's Smock, Heath Cling, Salway. There are many 

 new varieties which I have not tested. 



Question 2. A nice mixture of sand and clay, not 

 too much of either. There should be a dry sub-soil. 

 No shelter of any kind, as it makes them blossom too 

 soon. A dry, level, rather light soil, without hill or 

 valley, is best, but a rolling piece of land has done well 

 for me. 



