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the kind here in Connecticut at that time. There are 

 others here who can tell what was their first knowledge of 

 it. When we get the history of it we will be better able to 

 turn in some remedy to prevent its further spread, if we 

 cannot destroy it entirely. 



Mr. Merriman : I think my first knowledge of it was 

 about thirty years ago. The first apple I knew it to 

 troiible was a local apple called the Scott apple; then it 

 went into the Golden Sweet and Sour Bough. I think in 

 the last year or two it has gotten into the Greening to some 

 extent. 



Mr. Moore: When 1 was a boy we had a sweet apple 

 in our orchard; a very sweet apple; a small red one, and it 

 was railroaded through and through with that apple mag- 

 got. This was the only apple I remember it being in. I 

 think that must have been fifty years ago. 



Q. What kind of baskets does Mr. Hale use for picking 

 peaches and are they sorted from the baskets or poured 

 upon a table to sort? 



A. President Hale: We use a broad, shallow half- 

 bushel stave basket, made very smooth on the inside by 

 turning; it has a board bottom and drop handle. The 

 peaches are picked into the basket. These baskets of peaches 

 are brought from the field into the packing house and 

 sorted from the baskets. You cannot afford to pour 

 peaches any more than to run them through a peach sizer. 



Mr. Hough: Can any one tell me about the Morgan 

 Grape Hoe? 



A. President Hale: The name "grape hoe" has been 

 rather against its general introduction. It is really a small 

 plow or cultivator, hung to one side so that the single 

 horse that hauls it can be well out from under the trees, as 

 can also the man who guides it by handles. 



Mr. Bar lies spoke favorably of the grape hoe and its 

 use ; said where the ground was mellow it did good work, 

 being able to work close to the trees without injury to 

 them, but where the ground was grassy and filled with 

 much rubbish it did not work as well. Cost about $12. 



Q. What fertilizers do our Connecticut apple and 

 peach orchards stand in most need of? 



