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do not know wh}- New York trees are any more tender than ours. 

 Tliey raise the same kinds that we do and if we order tender varieties 

 in New York we get them. Are short-jointed trees most hardj-? 

 When I see a short-jointed tree I see one with a small apple and I 

 should graft it as I consider it folly to raise a tree of that kind. I 

 think a man may safely make that a rule. 



Mv. O. C. Nelson. What is a long-jointed tree? 



Mr. Pkince. In all natural fruit you find spurs near togetlicr. I 

 think that when these are near together the tree is short jointed. In 

 speaking of borers, I visited an orchard in Jay, owned by R. P. 

 Thompson, in which the trees were done up with tarred paper. We 

 looked at them and we did not find a borer. 



Mr. L. F. Abbott. Is there no danger from using the paper? 



Mr. PnixcE. None to tlie bark, and still we found as many there 

 as we did on those without the paper. 



Mr. Nelson. How is the paper fastened on ? 



Mr. Prince. With twine. 



Mr. Nelson. I will say just one word about New York trees. I 

 have had some experience in disposing of them. The only difficult}- is 

 with the purchaser. The nurserymen will agree to furni.sli as many 

 varieties as the buyer wants and if he can't supply what is ordered 

 he puts in some other kind to fill the order. New York trees are the 

 best in our section of the country. Did that gentleman in Jay take 

 pains to look above the tarred paper? 



Mr. Pkince. Mr. Thom[)30u spent an hour in the orchard. The 

 paper was set down into the ground and we found no borers at all. 

 I have found them as far as I am concerned. 



]\Ir. Nelson. Isn't it possible that the gentleman meant by a 

 shoit-jointetl tree one branching near the ground? 



Mr. PiuN'CE. Perhaps so. 



President Pope. As I understand it the buds in short- jointed 

 trees ai-e very near together on the twigs. In long-jointed trees, as 

 the Kintr of Tompkins, they are far ai)art. 



Mr. Atiierton. Would the Rhode Island Greening be a long- 

 jointed tree? 



Dr. .T. T. Gushing. If a tree is a rapid grower it will be long 

 jointed. 



Mr. Nelson. Would that hold good in all cases? The King of 

 Toni|)kins is the longest jointed in buds and it is also one of the 

 hardiest. 



