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GuUey announced that Connecticut had made apphcation for 

 400 feet. 



The secretary called attention to the usual custom of the 

 Society in appointing a Committee on Nominations for the 

 annual election of officers. On motion it was voted that the 

 chair appoint a committee to select names of officers to be voted 

 for at to-morrow's election. 



President Merriman named as the committee: Prof. W. E. 

 Britton, E. M. Ives, N. H. Sherwood, Orrin Gilbert, and A. C. 

 Sternberg. 



At ten o'clock, after one of the pleasantest and best at- 

 tended evening meetings in the history of the Society, an 

 adjournment was taken until the following day. 



SECOND DAY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7 

 MORNING SESSION 



The second day of the meeting opened with an increased 

 attendance, the main hall as well as the adjoining rooms being 

 filled to overflowing. 



President Merriman called to order at 9.45, and as the first 

 business of the morning presented the contents of the question 

 box for discussion. 



"How can peach trees 5 years old, which are of a worthless 

 variety, be budded profitably, or so as to be of valuable worth? 

 Can you cut them off, and would you cut ofi from the sprout 



up 



?" 



Mr. Hale: "Unquestionably they can, yes, sir. I should 

 never think of pulling them up. Some time in March, or after 

 the cold weather is over, and before the growth begins I would 

 shear them back very closely indeed. Say we start with the 

 three or four main branches, and a foot or two further up I 

 would cut those secondary branches back to within one or two 

 buds of the main branch. I would perhaps leave one of the 

 central branches to grow, but a little later I would cut the cen- 

 tral one out. I think if one would cut last year's wood of the 

 kind they wanted it would be better." 



