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]VIr. Blake. Varieties coming in between Greensborough and 

 Belle? 



Mr. Campbell. Between Greensborongh, Carman and El- 

 berta and Belle in the time those peaches are not in the market 

 and you have a roadside market and want to continue. 



Mr. Blake. The question is, a man has a roadside stand, 

 what varieties should he grow to fill in between Greensborough, 

 Carman, Belle and Elberta? 



Now, I haven't studied the roadside situation in New Eng- 

 land. I do not pretend to know it as intimately as I do in 

 New Jersey; for roadside stands our people start with Greens- 

 borough. Usually the next variety is Carman. Some follow 

 that with Lola, which is practically a freestone Carman, ripen- 

 ing about a week later. Then the next most common variety 

 is the Hiley. We find that variety has to receive special atten- 

 tion in pruning, after the first three or four years, if we want 

 good size. It needs to be pruned back harder than some of the 

 others; otherwise, the fruit runs a little small. 



Then our people still have the Champion, but it is growing 

 less popular every day because of its susceptibility to rot, and 

 more of them are growing Belle and Elberta. With us, the Arp 

 and Rochester have not been satisfactory. So that we still 

 stand upon those older varieties. 



Of course, you can vary the ripening of any variety a week 

 by your method of culture. Eor example, Elberta upon light, 

 sandy soil, not heavily fertilized, will ripen a week earlier than 

 Elberta that is well fertilized, so that you can extend the ripen- 

 ing of a variety a little by the way you handle it, and the few 

 varieties mentioned would practically cover the season as we 

 have it now. 



Mr. Packard. I would like to ask in regard to spraying at 

 the time of blossoming. I ask this question because in our 

 section in Plvmouth Countv thev are now considering the 

 killing of the bees, — as the bees are looking after their honey 

 at that time, — as the spraying, the poisonous substance used, 

 is killing oft" the bees. 



Mr. Blake. The question is as to my opinion of spraying 

 the peach while in full bloom. I do not think it is desirable, 

 and I do not think it is of any use. I heard it suggested at a 



