134 ^^^ CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



A Member : What is . the comparative ratio of vield 

 between the Spy, the Mcintosh Red and the Wealthy? 



Mr. Kinney: I can't tell exactly. I think the Mcintosh 

 and Wealthy will yield double the number barrels of apples 

 the Spy will ; they are great bearers. Now whether we shall 

 become intelligent enoug'h so that we can make the Spy bear 

 every year, I don't know. The Alclntosh and the Wealthy 

 are two wonderful apples ; they are the leaders and they are 

 demanded in every market, and we can grow them in almost 

 every part of New England. One point about mulching. 

 There are many orchards in New England where you can't 

 cultivate ; in that case v.'hat can you do ? You can't do any- 

 thing but mulch. There is a nice orchard up in central Ver- 

 mont, up near the top of a mountain, where a man had a 

 pasture that became so overrun with hardback that there was 

 no feed there, and he plowed the land and set out apple trees, 

 largely Mcintosh and Wealthy, and he draws manure up there 

 every year and mulches the trees and he is getting wonderful 

 results ; and do you know that the Mcintosh and the Wealthy 

 grown up there keep much longer than those grown on the 

 lake shore. Now, that is in favor of the rough hill country, 

 which a few years ago Vv^e didn't think could grow anything. 



Mr. Hotchkiss: If you were to set out an orchard at 

 the present time, what kinds would you set, say an apple 

 orchard of a thousand trees? 



Mr. Kinney: I would use about four or five varieties for 

 market purposes. I might name the Spy, the Baldwin, the 

 King, Spitzenberg, the Mcintosh and the Wealthy, and the 

 Talman Sweet, and the Greening. 



Next on the program were two short papers on the impor- 

 tant subject of Nursery Stock, the first being presented by 

 Prof. Gulley of the Connecticut Agricultural College. 



The Need of Better Nursery Stock for Orchard 



Plantings. 



By Professor A. G. Gulley, Storrs. 

 Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen : The topic assigned 

 me is the need of better nursery stock. If you look around 



