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Answer: "They were not." 



Mr. Fenn: "I had some trouble with m}- Baldwin apples 

 which never occurred before. I found that they decayed 

 right around the stem. In a good many cases you could pick 

 up an apple that you thought was sound, squeeze it with 

 your hand, and j^ou could crush it to mush. I do not know 

 what was the cause of it, but I know this: that my Baldwin 

 apples are very much more tender this year than usual. 

 Whether it is on account of the tree, or the season, I don't 

 know, but they bruise easier than formerly when they were 

 sprayed. I will say that I use a pound of Paris green to 

 sixty gallons of water. Years ag.o I did not use any Paris 

 green and I only got about 80 per cent, of an average crop, 

 and a lot of second quality and third quality of fruit at that." 



A Member: "I was troubled the same way with Baldwins, 

 although very few of ours have decayed, and I don't think 

 they are so apt to if you keep them where it is cold. My 

 son says that he never saw apples rot as they have this year. 

 I spray with Bordeaux and white arsenic." 



The President: ''Question No. 4 — 'If the leaves drop 

 from the currant bushes soon after the fruit is picked, are 

 such bushes healthy ? " " 



Mr. Hale: "The dropping of the foliage very soon after 

 fruitage indicates weakness in the plant. Good healthy plants 

 should keep their foliage until September or early October. 

 If they drop their foliage as early as that I should want to 

 spray in the spring with Bordeaux, and again during the 

 summer." 



Mr. Fenn: "I have made it my practice to spray for the 

 last three years and with good results. I have used Paris 

 green and Bordeaux mixture, and leaves hang on my currant 

 bushes until the frost takes them off. That has been the 

 experience of my neighbors also." 



Mr. Innis: 'T would say in regard to the currant, and 

 of course the gooseberry is a full cousin if not a half-brother, 

 that without spraying the gooseberry bush is entirely stripped 

 of its foliage usually by the ist of August, and if it is 

 stripped you can depend on it that the next year your crop 

 w^ill be small, and the size of the fruit will be small, whereas 



