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Experiments at this station have indicated that the reason 

 for this is because these varieties have a longer rest period. Attempts 

 to force the buds of various varieties into growth in the early part 

 of the dormant season, by keeping the twigs in the greenhouse with 

 their bases in water, were published in Bulletin No. 74 of the Missouri 

 Experiment Station. The following table summarizes those results 

 for some of the different types of peaches, giving also the percentage 

 of the buds killed by a temperature of -3° F. on February 3, 1906, 

 when the killing at so high a temperature was due to the buds having 

 been started into growth by previous warm days. 



