Tenth Annual Meeting 19 



than the Burbanlc, but we must test and tn" it before anything 

 very positive can be said of it. 



" There is one of our new fruits that it gives me a good 

 deal of pleasure to speak about, and that is the Green Moun- 

 tain grape. I see that some of the largest horticultural socie- 

 ties have put it at the head of the list. If I have to lose 

 $4,000 or $5,000 in trying to introduce it, it is an important 

 fact to know that the fruit-growers of western New York 

 acknowledge it to be one of the best that has been brought out. 



"Strawberries I don't know anything about. I think Brother 

 Hale can give us more information about them than most any- 

 body here. It is of very little consequence anyway, because 

 the variety that will do the best with me, and that I would 

 praise up, if set out on some of your places you would con- 

 demn. Almost every new kind depends upon the soil. If a 

 new variety comes along that does well on your soil, plant it. 

 If it does not, do not plant it. It would be very hard to tell 

 what kind of strawberries would be the best for the farmers 

 of Connecticut to set out. 



"In relation to new peaches, we do not have any new 

 varieties ourselves. I am well enough satisfied with the Con- 

 necticut, Heiley, Mountain Rose, the Crawford Early, and the 

 Elberta. The Elberta, so far as our experience goes, caps the 

 climax for profit, beauty of fruit, form and vigor of the tree, 

 etc. I have not tried to introduce any new peach. There are 

 some two or three, and there are some free -bearing peaches. 

 I do not have so much faith in those as some, so we have 

 never tried to introduce these ever-bearing peaches that so 

 much has been said about. I have always believed that a 

 thing in its day was best, and a peach that will bud all the 

 time I should not like so well as one having its season, giving 

 you a full crop, and getting out the way. There are some 

 varieties, of course, that you may ask me about, and that have 

 their friends, but with us it is our aim to keep down varieties. 

 We have about fifty now, and if you are growing trees you 

 will quickly find out what a trouble it is to grow that number 

 of varieties, and grow, as we do, 120,000 of a kind." 



A Member: "I would like to ask Mr. Hoyt if he thinks 

 early peaches are the best for commercial purposes ?" 



