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in West Virginia. It is a very fair quality of apple and a 

 very good apple. 



The President : Another question — 'Ts there any profit in 

 Connecticut in trying to grow for market, peaches earlier than 

 the Mountain Rose?" 



Mr. Smith : I have not had much experience. We orchard- 

 ists, if we can raise a few trees that would be earlier, it might 

 be very nice to have them for market, but, as I say, I have not 

 had much experience. I think, Mr. President, Mr. Barnes 

 knows a good deal more about that than I do. 



Mr. Barnes : Mr. Chairman, I never had much faith in the 

 early ripening varieties, so I never planted them. We have the 

 Triumph, but we have tested these kinds only in a very small 

 way. Just a trial, and from what experience I have had I have 

 not changed my opinion any. I have no faith in the early 

 ripening varieties whatever. 



Mr. Smith : I judge our season is very unfavorable for early 

 fruit, the fact that some years there is so much rain which 

 damages the crop. That is the trouble with these varieties. 

 It may be due to climatic influences, but their weak point is 

 a tendency to rot. 



The President: Last spring I cut out one hundred Early 

 Rivers trees that were healthy and in good condition to bear. 

 One of our members in Branford has been trying the Early 

 Rivers, and is preparing to cut out the trees. They will bear 

 and are large enough. We tried to carry them to market, and 

 although they had rather rot than to keep, when we got them 

 to market we found that they were rather sour, and rather 

 green-looking, and the market men were scolding about them all 

 the time, so we got tired of it. I have seen some very early 

 ones that were very good flavor, however. 



The President: I think we will have to drop this question 

 at the present time and take up the order of the evening. Our 

 first lecture on the programme is to be an illustrated one on 

 ''Ornamental planting about the rural home." by Prof. F. W. 

 Card of the Rhode Island Agricultural College at Kingston. 



