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will go to seed and die before winter, but by seeding in July 

 or August it does not attain to that growth, but lives over 

 through the winter and comes on in the spring if not winter- 

 killed. 



Mr. Pratt. What is the advantage of the crimson clover 

 over the other for mulching? 



Mr. Taber. I think I stated 3^esterday that I was grow- 

 ing both. The crimson clover makes a very quick growth, 

 and it is calculated that the work of the microbes on it will 

 store up more nitrogen than in the other. The fact is, that 

 there is but little difference if carried over to be ploughed 

 under in the spring. I am using both the crimson clover 

 and the mammoth. I have cut one crop of mammoth clover 

 in the spring, and then, as the clover grew up, I have been 

 over it with a smoothing harrow to break it right down, and 

 repeated the process. By keeping it down and preventing 

 its seeding, I carry it through the fall and cover the ground 

 perfectly with this mulch, and carry it through the winter 

 and turn it under in the spring ready for strawberry plants. 



Mr. R. C. Breck (of Bridge water). Are quinces grown 

 in your State? It seems almost impossible to get a fair 

 quince about here. Our trees are liable to blight and black- 

 knot. I would like to know how they get fair quinces in 

 New York. 



Mr. Taber. Very few quinces are raised in our section. 

 In New Jersey they raise very good quinces. I have seen 

 some very fine ones in our State, but do not know where 

 they come from. The experiment station showed some 

 splendid ones at the American Institute fair. At this fair 

 they had an exhibit of one hundred and ninety-three varieties 

 of apples, and at our horticultural meeting last winter they 

 had one hundred varieties. These apples kept over until 

 the 20th of March, and were as smooth and glossy as you 

 please. It was perfect fruit. I had the good fortune to 

 take them home and it was an object lesson to me. 



The Chairman. We shall have to close this discussion, 

 as you will notice by the programme that a lecture will be 

 given at 11.30 on " Irrigation in fruit culture," by Richard 

 HiTTiNGER. He is not here, but he has prepared a brief 

 paper describing his plan of irrigating his grounds, and 

 Secretary Sessions will read it. 



