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Mr. Blossom. I have been troubled, as Mr. Briggs has, with the 

 bark bursting. I have lost quite a number of trees in this way. 

 The bark seems to dry right on to the tree, and after a while this 

 part will all peel off. 



Mr. E. A. Lapham. Sometimes on my trees the bark dies on 

 the north side, sometimes on the south. Sometimes I have taken a 

 knife and cut around it, and the rest of the bark seemed good then. 



Mr. Carey. In regard to trimming the apple trees, I have in the 

 last year made a practice of cutting through the bark on the body 

 of my trees, and I have noticed that manj' of them have grown 

 more since I have split them ; and I think it is a good plan, 

 especially with a young tree and perhaps in some older ones. 



Miss Foster. M^^ Baldwins particularly, have troubled me by 

 splitting. 



Mr. Briggs. At what time of the year? 



Miss Foster. In the spring. 



Mr. Briggs. I have had but little trouble with the bark burst- 

 ing. That fall when we had a veiy heavy frost I noticed three or 

 four trees where the bark, a little way fiom the ground, had burst. 

 One tree was a Porter, another a Eed Astrachan, and one a Bald- 

 win. These cracks were not on any particular side of the tree. 

 Had I gone right then and bound them up with clay, or something 

 else, instead of waiting till spring, it would have been better. If I 

 should ever notice anything of that kind again, I should attend to 

 it immediately and bind it up, and then I should save it. I don't 

 know what the cause was unless it was too rapid growth. I have 

 had some trouble with young trees which Avould all dry up. I 

 don't know whether it was on account of the mulchiug. I believe 

 the sun is an aider and abettor of our work. There is a great deal 

 of power in the sun, in helping to strengthen the bark. I believe 

 we should not put the mulching too close to the trunk. I would 

 like to hear what the President's experience is. 



The President. M^' only trouble has been with the Gravenstein. 

 Several people have made complaint that in the spring the bark 

 would split entirely around the tree. 



Mr. Briggs. Does not this trouble occur in the fall, and escape 

 your notice till spring? 



The President. I do not think so. 



After a brief discussion on parasites and insect enemies, in which 

 nothing new or important was elicited, the meeting 



Adjourned. 



