EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 155. 



marketing on our farm is divided in three sections. I have 

 charge of the fruit growing, or, in other words, producing 

 the goods, and m}- brother, Charles Repp, attends to the cold 

 storage where the fruit is kept awaiting the time for mar- 

 keting, and another brother, Jos. P. Repp, has the store in- 

 Philadelphia, where the fruit is sold at 154 Dock street. Our 

 specialties are apples, pears and grapes. 



At the conclusion of Mr. Repp's very practical talk, the 

 subject was continued in the following 



Discussion. 



]\Ir. Winsor: Why do you use an excess of lime in 

 spraying? 



Mr. Repp : We find it to advantage ; the spray sticks 

 better to our trees. 



]\Ir. Farnsworth : In regard to pruning trees when- 

 planting. Do you mean you don't prune when you plant? 



Mr. Repp : No, simply set the tree out ; we use the two- 

 year-old trees ; we find that pruning in early life makes the 

 tree smaller at ten years old and decidedly dififerent in shape. 

 It is all contrary to the teachings of our forefathers, I know. 



A Member : When do you prune ? 



Mr. Repp : The second year, and then when our trees 

 are five or six years old they begin to prune themselves. 

 They open up and don't need so much thinning. The way 

 we prune is very satisfactory to us. 



Mr. Henry: If you had a peach tree six feet high, such 

 as grow down south, what would you do with it? 



AIr. Repp : I can't say. I was talking about apples ; 

 our specialty is apples. 



Mr. Platt : What variety of apples ? 



Mr. Repp: Mostly Winesaps. We have the Red As- 

 trachan, Williams' Early, * M^aiden Blush, and Sutton. We 

 have 450 acres and are setting out more and more. We have 

 13,000 Winesaps; that is our specialty; it is a great export 

 apple. 



Prof. Gulley : Do you use the "filler system" in plant- 

 ing? 



