66 THE COXNECTJCUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Miller : I was alluding to the fruit grown in a little 

 place called "Apple \^alley" in another section of Massachu- 

 setts, antl whicli I \isited and saw upon three grown trees 65 

 barrels of apples, or rather, it was reported to nie that that was 

 tlie fact. I have no doubt about the accurateness of the report. 



A ^Member : What were the peculiar conditions of these 

 three trees that produced such a crop? 



Mr. Miller : There were no peculiar conditions ; they 

 were in sod; absolutely and totally in sod that had been 

 mulched with manure, stable manue and ashes, practically the 

 same treatment as we give our orchards ; they have taken 

 something like 5,000 or 6,000 barrels of apples from that little 

 place and realized a very handsome price per barrel f. o. b. 

 cars ; that method is a common one in your locality for selling 

 apples. 



A jMember: I know of a tree in Southington that bore 

 65 bushels a year on one half the tree and the other half bore 

 the next year the same amount. 



Mr. Miller : In Apple Valley I saw several trees bearing 

 from 15 to 20 barrels of apples. 



The Baldwin is known as a biennial bearer; an individual 

 tree does not bear e^•ery year, but a person having a large 

 orchard will be likely to have apples every year. 



A ]\Iember : Do you trim your trees generally in the 

 winter? 



Mr. Miller : Yes, one trimming in the winter ; that is 

 the work I plan for myself during the winter, and it is seldom 

 there is a day so cold that I do not work at it. 



A Member : How do you get rid of the sprouts that come 

 out in the spring? 



Mr. Miller : I make another pruning of the orchard in 

 June, taking oft all sprouts and anything that may have come 

 up from the roots. 



One of the essential things in successful fruit growing is 

 to have some sort of a storage whereby when the fruit is 

 gathered it may be immediately stored. 



A ]\Iember : You don't get good color on apples grown 

 so close to the ground do you, as good as the fruit in the top' 

 and sides of the trees? ' 



