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sulphate of potash, making them up at the rate of 5 pounds 

 of phosphoric acid and 3 pounds of potash. On the old 

 orchard that we renovated we have used each year 500 

 pounds of basic slag and 300 pounds of potash, and on all 

 our orchards we have used a good quantity of fertilizer, 

 almost always in these forms that I have mentioned; that 

 is, we used basic slag, as a rule, on the old orchards that 

 were cultivated, and always high-grade sulphate of potash; 

 and for our young trees we usually used acid phosphate or 

 phosphoric acid; and then we have used lime as I have sug- 

 gested, more on crops than on the orchards. I think that is 

 very important for the trees, particularly on land that has 

 been seeded down. 



Mr. Tayloe. How much lime do you use ? 



Professor Sears.. We have been putting on a ton per 

 acre. I know that Mr. Haslett at the station said that some 

 persons said it would require 5 tons per acre, but I wouldn't 

 advise putting on that quantity. Put on a ton per acre to 

 start with. 



Mr. William Hanson. Did you ever see a man cutting 

 a Mcintosh tree ? I set out an orchard two years ago with 

 Mcintosh fillers, and I had a man tell me this summer that 

 he never had the heart to cut his out. I am going to set out 

 another orchard next spring, and he advises me to put them 

 in blocks and not use the Mcintosh for fillers, because I 

 would never have the heart to cut them out. 



Professor Seaes. Well, that is coming right back at me, 

 certainly. I have never seen a man cutting out Mcintosh, 

 but I have seen men cut out Wagener and Wealthy, and if I 

 had the heart to cut out Wagener I think I would have the 

 heart to cut out Mcintosh. I quite appreciate the difficulty, 

 and I am quite certain that perhaps the rank and file won't 

 have the grit to cut them out. My idea is that if we find 

 we haven't the grit to do it, we can have the hired man cut 

 them out while we are gone. [Laughter.] 



Question. I would like to ask what percentage of wood 

 you would cut out on an old orchard when renovating it ? 



Professor Sears. That is a question that it is impossible 



