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Mr. Bailey, of Hawley, Orleans county, N. Y., stated to the Club that 

 he had a tree upon his farm that produced such apples. He could not say 

 that they were produced by joining halves of buds. 



Mr. Bergen said that one man had assured him that he had grown apples, 

 one side sweet and one side sour, by joining halves of buds and inocula- 

 ting. 



Mr. Solon Robinson said that he would give a dollar for an apple pro- 

 duced by any such hocus pocus process of budding. 



Mr. D. Byron Waite, of Springwater, N. Y., sends specimens of two kinds 

 of apples from the same tree, the green ones bearing a close resemblance 

 to Rhode Island Greenings, in looks and taste, but not as good; and the 

 yellow ones are like them in texture of flesh, but in taste are decidedly 

 sweet, though far from excellent. I fully agree with Mr. Dean, in the. 

 opinion that the variety is a worthless one, and should not be propagated. 

 I would cut down such a tree, or make a new top for it of better sorts. 

 Such mixing as Mr. Aldrich speaks of cannot be avoided. Mr. Waite 

 writes: "I hope you will be able to put the subject at rest as to there 

 being such a thing in existence as an apple bearing sweet and sour," 



Mr. Robinson. — I hope so too. I could give much more testimony of the 

 same sort, but think this enough. I have now no doubt about the pro- 

 duction of such apples. I have no doubt they are " freaks of nature," and 

 impossible to produce by grafting. I consider the question fairly treated 

 upon both sides. Let it rest, and let us adjourn. 



Adjourned. JOHN W. CHAMBERS, Secretary. 



Mr. Hawxhurst, of New Jersey, in the chair. 



April 21, 1863. 



Cultivation of Corn. 



Mr. Luman Case, Bristol, Vt. — Permit me to say that we are very highly 

 pleased with the many interesting observations emanating from the society 

 called the American Institute Farmers' Club. But, sir, we would like the 

 gentlemen members of the Club to be a little more definite on some of the 

 different kinds of field crops we are in the habit of raising, such as corn, 

 potatoes, wheat, rye, oats, etc. We are much edified by the different sug- 

 gestions of the members, but before acting upon them we wish to see more 

 uniformity in the opinions of the best farmers as to which is the best course 

 to pursue to insure a good crop, as it might save time. I will here state 

 the method I practice with corn, which has never failed, in a propitious 

 season, to insure a good yield. I am now over seventy years of age, and 

 have followed farming principally for a living. If I plant on greensward, 

 I apply twenty-five two-horse wagon loads of bone manure to the acre, 

 before plowing; I commence by putting my first row of manure close to 

 the edge, east and west, taking care to have each pile of a uniform size, 

 and the same distance apart; I put the last row the same distance from 

 the edge that the rows are apart. I then commence to spread from the 



