164 The Connecticut Pomological Society 



AFTERNOON SESSION — SECOND DAY 



The Society reassembled at 1.45 P. M., President Merriman 

 in the chair. 



The President: "We have a few questions left and I will 

 present them for your consideration now. ' What proportion 

 of plant -food used by a matured peach tree in an orchard is 

 absorbed from the air, and what proportion from the subsoil ?'" 



Dr. E. H. Jenkins: "What the proportion is I do not 

 think any mortal can tell. A tree gets it wherever it can find 

 it. If it finds it in the soil it will go very deeply into the 

 subsoil to obtain what it needs, but as to what the proportion 

 is, I cannot tell." 



Question: "South Carolina Rock. What is its value as 

 an orchard fertilizer ? " 



Dr. Jenkins: "That is another of those questions that 

 cannot be answered very well. The South Carolina is not 

 generally available, and I do not think I should recommend it 

 to any one to use. Bone is much more readily available, and 

 is very good, as has been proven in this state in numberless 

 instances." 



Mr. Platt: "Doctor, does that apply to the South Caro- 

 lina Rock after it has been cut with acid, or to the crude 

 Rock ? " 



Dr. Jenkins: '"After it has been cut it is more readily 

 available, and it has been used to very good effect. The dis- 

 solved South Carolina is very good, but the crude rock is 

 extremely slow." 



The President: "Does it not revert to rock again after 

 awhile?" 



Dr. Jenkins: "No. That without treatment has reverted 

 so far as it can. It is very insoluble, and stays insoluble." 



Question: "What is the value of the Windsor Cherry to 

 the commercial grower ? " 



Mr. N. S. Platt: "I have trees growing but have not 

 had them fruit enough to know. The trees are very healthy, 

 and the cherries are large, with good, solid flesh. It is a very 

 good cherry, I think, but what it will do for a commercial 

 grower I do not know." 



