I/O THE CULTIVATION OF THE 



maturing new wood, it will stand much more cold than 

 otherwise, and I am of the opinion that the certainty of 

 a crop depends largely upon the condition of the tree at 

 the beginning of winter. 



Question 6. Zero and below. 



Question 7. When the bud first opens and the 

 tender peach-germ protrudes. 



Question 8. I do not plough until the trees are in 

 bloom and then cultivate with ordinary corn-cultivator 

 till fruit is ripe ; I plough about two inches. 



Question 9. I always spread broad-cast in the 

 spring. I use potash in the most available form, i. e. 

 kainit for bearing trees and four or five hundred pounds 

 to the acre, and Lingo's Fish manure for young trees, 

 three to four hundred pounds per acre. 



Question 10. I prune young trees in the spring and 

 old trees when I have finished gathering the fruit. I 

 never hand-thin. 



Question 11. I don't know anything about "yel- 

 lows." I always worm and when it is most convenient. 

 Have just finished for the season. (Oct., 1885.) 



Question 12. From natural fruit. 



Question 13. I don't think so. 



Question 14. Very little here, but where seen 

 generally, in a very heavy soil. 



