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think, most frequent after March ist. I think, lack of 

 cultivation has much to do with trees failing to retain 

 fruit-crops the following year. 



Question 6. Have not observed closely on this 

 point, but have seen good fruit crops after zero weather. 



Question 7, I believe when in full bloom. 



Question 8. I plough early, and four inches deep, 

 and cultivate with one horse, on light ground. 



Question 9. Have used kainit alone, but not with 

 as good results as from a phosphate, with moderate per- 

 centage of potash, and large percentage of bone. If I 

 used kainit alone, not less than Soo lbs. per acre, nor 

 less than 500 lbs. of such brand of phosphate as used for 

 past five years, broadcast over entire surface. 



Question 10. Would head low and thin out 

 branches thoroughly, for three years after planting, to 

 avoid heavy cuts and to prevent branches growing in a 

 direction to interfere with close cultivation. Cutting off 

 branches so large that the cut will not heal over, I think 

 takes years from the life of the tree. I believe hand- 

 thinning pays. 



Question 11. There maybe a constitutional disease 

 known as yellows, but I am not prepared to say, 

 positively, that there is. So far as I have investigated, 

 the cause has been from the effect of the black Aphis on 



