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some Jersey stock, and I am going to see whether it is any 

 different or not. I am going to try the same thing over 

 again next year, using some of our early-bearing stock. I 

 spoke about this to the Society last year, and intimated some- 

 thing of what may be expected from the influence of the 

 cion on stock by the combination. I don't know but you 

 can make a sour apple sweet. I believe there is something 

 interesting and valuable going to develop out of this line of 

 work. More than we have seen yet. I tried something last 

 spring. I took a little bit of a cion; only a bit, and root- 

 grafted and top -grafted. Stuck them right in. I tried six of 

 them. My root grafts did not seem to make a success. 

 They would grow together all right, but they never started 

 to bud. I did get one at the top to grow. 



"There is another point that comes in, in the matter or 

 order of planting, and that is as to whether we are going 

 wide enough in our varieties. I trust we are doing as much 

 as we can. I believe that we can get varieties, and if we 

 will give it a little more thorough examination we will find 

 that we can grow them. 



"I find that some business men have got an idea that we 

 must cultivate our apple orchards as we do our crops, and 

 somebody has let out the idea that that was why his apples 

 were larger. The first part of that, of course, is wrong, but 

 the last part of it is true. I don't believe we ever did or 

 should, but as a matter of fact, if there was more cultivation 

 the apples would be of a higher quality. I don't think it is 

 necessary to cultivate the same as for crops though. 



"Now as to crops to put in the orchard. Our success 

 with cow-peas was wonderful. We grew a tremendous crop 

 of cow-peas." 



Question: "When did you plant them?" 



Professor Gulley: "They were planted within a day or 

 so after the 7th to the loth of the month, — a little earlier than 

 the loth. About the 7th of June, to be exact in the time.'^ 



Question: "Did you cultivate them any?" 



Professor Gulley: "Yes, we worked them with a culti- 

 vating machine and by drilling. In our orchards there is one 

 thing more that must be done in this state to have easy work. 



