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AIr, Farnsworth : The European varieties. I only 

 planted a few Japanese plums and I am glad of it ; they may- 

 be all right for some localities, but I didn't like the quality 

 and I didn't plant many. The varieties I prefer are : Brad- 

 shaw. Lombard, Yellow Egg, Grand Duke and Arch Duke ; 

 and the blue plums for canning — they are not subject to rot. 



Member: Have you ever planted prunes? 



Mr. FARNS^^'ORTH : I have planted 140 German prunes ; 

 they have been out about 15 years and we have never picked 

 a hundred bushels all told. 



Member: Have you ever sprayed for rot? - 



Mr. Farnsworth : We spray for rot with lime and sul- 

 phur when trees are dormant, and then with Bordeaux. We 

 thin the trees and also the fruit. We have succeeded in 

 almost exterminating the rot ; there is a difference in vari- 

 eties in rotting. 



Member : Have you anything against the Cherry cur- 

 rant ? 



Mr. Farnsworth : It is all right if you can grow it ; it 

 does not grow as well with me. The question of varieties 

 everyone must settle for himself. 



Member : Do you have any scale ? 



A'Ir. Farnsworth : We have had it ; it does not bother 

 me at all. We spray every year; we don't examine our or- 

 chards to see if there is scale ; we go over the whole thing 

 with lime and sulphur solution. We spray our plum orchards 

 oftener through the season than any other fruit, especially 

 do we spray when the blossoms first fall ; then we spray at 

 least every five days for the curculio and thoroughly culti- 

 vate through June and July; we also use arsenate of lead in 

 our spraying. Some use arsenite of soda, but we concluded 

 \t injured the foliage; it is more expensive to use the lead^ 

 but it pays. 



Member : Some people claim it is a benefit, others an 

 injury, to run poultry in orchards. What do you say? 



