PEACH AND THE PEAR. I9I 



same principle as breeding in stock for instance. I 

 notice potash is a good remedy, drilled in. We always 

 worm in the fall if possible, if they are not attended to 

 in time, it may have something to do with the yellows. 

 It certainly does not do a tree any good to allow the 

 tree to bleed until a heavy gum has formed ; if it remains 

 it will breed disease of some kind. 



Question 12. Natural seed. 



Question 13. I cannot say. We have not been 

 troubled with it to our knowledge. Some years the fruit 

 is gummy, but the cause I cannot say, and I do not 

 think any one can give a correct idea of it. At the 

 same time we often find a worm in a peach, (the ques- 

 tion) how did it get there ? It must have had an egg 

 deposited there when in blossom, or a very early stage 

 of the peach. A full grown worm never crawled there 

 is an absolute fact, therefore, the curculio, or some in- 

 sect deposited the egg. 



Question 14. Have not noticed any, if there is, it 

 is on low, stiff, or very poor ground, not adapted to 

 peaches. 



Question 15. We found, this year, the first of the 

 season, gallon baskets in crates sold well, but the 

 sharpers in the city found they could buy by the 

 basket, and put in gallon baskets and make a good profit, 

 but it broke the market up for the grower ; we had to 



