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and then worked them with the harrow. Many persons 

 only ploughed once and then worked with cultivator. 



Question 9. The best fertilizer we ever used was 

 barn-yard manure. Ten years ago the trees seemed to 

 grow well enough and produce without any fertilizer. 

 Kainit is used by many with success. 



Question 10. We generally trim in spring with 

 saws. Never hand-thinned any. 



Question 11. I think there is such a thing as 

 yellows. The best treatment is to dig up the diseased 

 trees, although there are parties here who claim that 

 they cured such trees by the use of Kainit. We, for- 

 merly, wormed trees in fall and left a portion of the 

 tree below the surface of ground exposed through the 

 winter. We have long since abandoned worming. 



Question 12. Most undoubtedly, natural seed all 

 the time, and no other. 



Question 13. The curculio only proves a serious 

 enemy when peaches are scarce on the trees. 



Question 14. We have often seen curled leaf but 

 only after a frost. I do not think this is confined to any 

 particular soil. We have often seen what we term Pin- 

 oak leaves, but this is confined to stiff, clayey soil. 



Question 15. I think, to ship in a | basket is the 

 best package to ship in, as peaches, as a rule, will bring 



