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Mr. Lupton. The beauty of this fruit growing business of 

 ours. Mr. President, is that no two of us agree. ]\Ir. Cohill seems 

 to think that the future of apple growing is going to be in the hands 

 of commercial or company orchardists. ^ly belief is that it is the 

 reverse that is likely to happen. It seems to me as soon as fruit 

 growing gets beyond a man's personal attention he runs up against 

 obstacles that are almost unsurmountable. ]\Iy own belief is that 

 the small grower, the man who has lo acres in orchard, will be the 

 man who will look after the best trade and get the fancy prices. 

 We large growers will have to take ours to the cider-mill or to the 

 canners. I feel like encouraging the small grower. I differ with 

 ^Ir. Cohill in another particular. I think we should not plant 

 Grimes Golden too freely. There is no question as to its quality, 

 but it is universally conceded to be a shy bearer compared with 

 York Imperial and some other varieties. To make the same amount 

 of money out of Grimes Golden as York Imperial you would have 

 to get twice as much per barrel. You have Stayman Winesap here 

 that is worthy of going on the exhibition table anywhere. Very 

 much better than those I brought up from A\'inchester. We have 

 small lots of Grimes Golden all over the County of Frederick. We 

 had a considerable output of Grimes this year, and they were very 

 fine but the increase price was not enough to justify planting largely, 

 then again the tree is subject to a blight that kills it anywhere from 

 10 to 15 years. Even as a filler, the disposition of the tree to be 

 a shy bearer is a disadvantage. Many of our people are thinking 

 highly of the Duchess. Our experience with the Duchess is very 

 limited, planting so recently that on that point my own information 

 is not worth much, but still our people are very much in favor of the 

 Duchess. 



Question. A\'ould you think it worth while to work Grimes 

 on York Imperial? 



Mr. Lupton. I know so little about working one variety on 

 another, that is. which variety is best to top w^ork on another va- 

 riety, that I hesitate to answer. You will have to get the advice of 

 some expert in the Agricultural Department. My practice of 

 planting trees in the fall is not so good as Air. Cohill's. I always 

 try to dig the holes so as to have them ready wdien the trees come. 

 I never heel in the trees if I can help it. Plant right in the ground 

 as soon as I get them, and plant deep and well. 



Question. Do you think it would be an advantage to soak 

 the roots long enough to revive the trees ? 



Mr. Lupton. I do not know just how much reviving they 

 need, just how long they have been out of the ground. It might 

 do to drop them in a puddle and leave them there a few minutes. 

 I want to get them in the ground as soon as possible. I hardly be- 

 lieve, for small plantings as most of us are likely to do, that it is 

 necessary to dig the holes until we get the trees. 



Question. Is it an advantage to have dry soil or wet soil for 

 planting? 



Mr. Lupton. It has been our experience to have the ground 

 fairly dry, otherwise our clay soils are apt to bake. 



