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Mr. Ware. Why do you say a few crops? 



Professor Maynard. Because it is not a long-lived tree. 

 I recently visited Mr. Butler's orchard in Connecticut, where 

 large blocks of Japanese plum trees were being destroyed 

 by the black knot and the monilia or brown rot. Many 

 of the varieties are not long lived. We are hoping a great 

 deal from the new varieties recently introduced. The older 

 varieties seem to be going by. 



Of the peaches there are but few varieties better than the 

 old standard sorts, i.e., Mountain Kose, Old Mixon and 

 Crawfords, Early and Late. The Elberta is productive and 

 a good canning peach, but not of so good quality as the 

 Crawfords. The St. John is an early, yellow-fleshed peach, 

 of fine quality. The Dennis is a light yellow peach, with 

 green twigs, fine for canning. The Champion is a large, 

 white-fleshed peach, of good quality and productive. The 

 Triumph, the earliest yellow peach, rots badly, as do all 

 of the very early peaches, and will not prove valuable in 

 Massachusetts. 



Adjourned. 



