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quantity the kind of peaches we grow here in Connecticut. 

 We certainly have got to arrange the distribution in some 

 way. 



A. Mr. Bennett: There is no danger of growing too 

 much good fruit. In New York I never saw the markets 

 overstocked with good frait, but have seen them too full of 

 poor fruit that could not be gotten rid of at any price. 

 Good fruit always pays. 



Q. What are the best tools to cultivate an orchard on 

 rocky soil? 



A. President Hale: On some of my rough, hilly, 

 stony land, I broke up the sod with heavy steel road plow 

 and then made a lot of old-fashioned "A" harrows, with 

 teeth one foot long made of one and one-fourth inch Besse- 

 mer steel ; it takes a good stiff team to pull them, but they 

 work the orchard in fine shape, where you would smash up 

 a dozen factory-made harrows in a day. As the rocks are 

 cleared away, I hope in a year or two more to be able to 

 use the spring tooth harrow on a part of this rough land. 



Q. Who in Connecticut has made a success of setting 

 strawberries in the fall for market purposes? 



A. Mr. Waller: I have had good luck with them; 

 have had the largest strawberries from plants set at this 

 time, but not any great quantity. 



Q. Is it advisable to plant Japan and European plums 

 in same orchard. 



A. Mr. Butler: No; because it is not advisable to 

 plant Europeans at all for profit. 



Q. Is a mixture of 400 pounds Muriate of Potash and 

 1,600 pounds phosphate or acid rock a good fertilizer for 

 peaches and berries? How much should be applied to 

 five-year-old trees? 



A. Mr. Hale: An excellent mixture where no nitro- 

 gen is required. Half ton per acre is fair application, 

 probably a ton would pay better. 



Q How does the San Jose scale injure the tree, and 

 • how can it be detected? 



A. Professor GuUey: It sucks out the juices. It 

 requires a high power microscope to detect it and you 

 think you have a whole colony of little crabs. 



