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long, only thai it is a waste of material, and you would be 

 obliged to add water to it to keep it from burning. 



.\ Member: Is there an\- difference between the flowers 

 of sulphur and ground sulphur flour? 



Prof. Smith: The tw(^ are exactly the same in effect; 

 you can use the ground sulphur as well as the flowers of sul- 

 phur, but it takes a little more time in boihng to get the 

 combination. 



A Member : If you have more lime and sulphur than you 

 can use in one day will it do to use the following day? 



Prof. Smith : If you can keep it warm it might be all 

 right. Until you get a formation of crystals it is right to u.^e ; 

 after crystals form it is unfit for use. 



.\ Member: What wasli would you use on (juince trees? 



Prof. Smith : The same as on the apple trees. I should 

 use the oil ; the quince trees are evQji more hairy than the apple. 



President Eddy : Prof. Gulley will now address us on 

 the important question, "What Varieties Shall W^e Plant?" 



What Varieties Shall We Plant? 

 By Prof. A. G. Gulley, Storrs. 



In at least two classes of fruit the question of \arieties is 

 becoming important in this state, viz. : peaches and apples. 

 Perhaps some would include Japan plums, 1)ut in both the first 

 mentioned, what shall we plant is continually cropping out. 

 In the peach the question is often |)ut in this form : Is there 

 any danger of planting too many El])erta? suggesting the idea 

 that w'e are liable to overstock of that \ariety. My answer to 

 that is, plant as many Fdberta as can l)e handled ])\ the force 

 that handles the crop the rest oi* the season. I consider one 

 essential of a peach orchard is to have a regular even succes- 

 sion of varieties for the full season, at least after good kinds 

 come. No doubt the same force could handle more trees and 

 bushels of Elberta than of most other kinds and it is very 

 satisfactory to handle and sell. 



As a matter of fact, the ])ast three seasons, in my own 

 experience, it has not brought the highest ])rice. That came 

 on very early ones, of course onl}- in a small \\a\- and because 



