124 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



erage us $5 per tree each year, at $2.50 to $3 per bushel. We can sell 

 all we have right at 'home. 



Galbraith — How does Mr. Youngers plant, to secure fertiliza- 

 tion ? 



Youngers — We plant nine feet apart each way, with alternate 

 rows of Miner, Forest Garden, and Wild Goose. 



Day — I object to close planting; make them at least thirty feet 

 apart. I don't believe in crowding trees. 



Masters — Why do you plant in alternate rows, Mr. Youngers? 



Youngers — To effect fertilization. 



Masters — That's the idea exactly, as some varieties are almost pis- 

 tillate; the Miner for instance will hardly bear at all when planted 

 alone. I think mixing varieties a good plan but think we should 

 study it. I have a Miner tree thirty feet across the head and would 

 not plant them closer than twenty feet anyway. Would plant about 

 four smaller growing varieties to one Miner. 



Barnard — Close planting is best because it shades the ground ; if 

 the trees are inclined to crowd, cut them back. The shading the 

 ground makes it too cool for the Little Turk. I have a thicket of 

 peach trees that are perfectly healthy and they stand the winters better 

 than when planted singly. 



Day — I have close-planted peach trees, but I would set Miners at 

 least forty feet apart and smaller kinds can be set between. 



Carpenter — The Mariana, the much abused, is a veritable godsend 

 to propagators. It grows readily from cuttings, does not sprout, and it 

 makes the best stock we have for budding. I believe in close plant- 

 ing every time and it results in better fertilization. Youngers' or- 

 chard is a good example. 



Masters — Yes, I think the Mariana will make a good stock if it 

 does not sprout. That's the great trouble with most of our plum 

 stocks, they sprout too much. The Chicasa is a bad sprouter. Have 

 been noticing the Abundance plum of late — a new one and I believe a 

 good one. It has large, broad leaves and looks as if it might be a 

 hybrid between some foreign and one of our native varieties. 



The discussion may be summed up briefly as follows. 



1. Weaver, no good. 



2. Wild Goose, Miner, DeSoto, and Forest Garden, best. 



3. Plant rather close and alternate varieties. 



