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Question 2. My greatest success was on the soil of 

 " old sedge field " which failed to produce half a crop of 

 corn (and of course wheat) and I used it as a sheep pas- 

 ture, but when cultivated as a peach orchard, (as per 

 above essay) the result in corn was amazing, (between 

 the trees). 



Question 3. At present, without above cultivation 

 three or four years, some survive 30 years and bear. 



Question 4. Middletown and Berlin. 



Question 5. The late frosts of the spring impair the 

 vitality of the sets, sometimes during three consecutive 

 years ; but our early frosts may, for seven years, destroy 

 the crops. (See my peach essay.) 



Question 6. This may depend on the wind, say 10 

 below zero. 



Question 7. Rarely after the blossom drops. 



Question 8. After the blossom. (See my essay.) 



Question 9. Black Residuum. (See my essay.) 



Question 10. When the fruit is well formed or half- 

 grown, the trimming doubles its size, but my trees were 

 trimmed severely when planted, as customary, and this 

 I deprecate. 



Question ir. It is not a disease any more than 

 Ergot or Smut, but as Ergot contracts capillaries, so 



