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Kalamazoo having' an equal number of votes for hardiness. 

 The Michigan growers gave their opinion most decidedly for 

 the five following sorts, scarcely any others being named : 

 Hill's Chili, Gold Drop, Crosby, Kalamazoo and Barnard, with 

 a few scattering votes for Triumph, Early Rivers, Wager 

 and Salway. 



XVIII. 



Name the Five Varieties of Peaches Most Tender in Bud. 



Growers in the two regions agree as to the sorts most 

 tender in bud. Not only are the same varieties given, but in 

 exactly the same order, namely: Early Crawford, Late 

 Crawford, Chair's Choice, Reeve's Favorite and Elberta. 

 Among other sorts named as being tender in bud in one or 

 the other or both states are Old Mixon, St. John, Smock, 

 Niagara, Surprise, Globe and Mountain Rose. 



Questions and Discussion. 



Question : What would you use in place of clover for a 

 cover crop? 



Prof. Hedrick : I am not sure. I wouldn't like to stand 

 up here and say I am through with clover as a cover 

 crop. I believe most of the peach growers use barley and 

 oats very freely, then put in clover once in two or three years. 

 It is our safest way, our best way of getting nitrogen where 

 stable manure cannot be obtained. I simply call your atten- 

 tion to the fact that some of the growers think the clover 

 didn't mature as it should. This would apply to crimson 

 clover, though I expect it would be as true of other clover as 

 of that. 



Question: What is meant by warm soil; how is the 

 warmth determined? 



Prof. Hedrick : In all of the experiments that have been 

 carried on to ascertain whether or not there was a difference 

 in temperature it has been found that loose soil, all other 

 things being equal, is warmer ; the coarse particles, as the 

 shales and sands, are warmer than clay soil. The dark soils 



