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answer. The different seasons makes 
them ripen at different times. 
Mr. Gibbs—When I left home on 
Saturday, the Angel peach was almost in 
full, brilliant coloring. I think that is a 
little early. 
Mr. Hart—The Suber, how about that? 
Mr. Frink—That is one of the best and 
should have been included in the list of the 
Bid well varieties. 
Mr. Penny—I would like to ask about 
what time wouldl be the best tO' plant the 
Excelsior plum. 
Mr. Frink—^That question might cover 
a good many different kinds of trees— 
generally, the late fall or early winter. I 
consider December the best month. 
Member—I have an Excelsior plum 
tree in my yard which has borne well for 
four successive years, but for the last two 
years it has been father shy. I have ex¬ 
cused this, though, on account of the ex¬ 
treme weather conditions. I have some 
other trees of different varieties of plums 
that have not given me a quart of plums 
in twenty years. The Excelsior is the 
one that has always given the best satis¬ 
faction, in my experience. 
Mr. Longwood—Do you know any¬ 
thing about the Satsumia plum? 
Mr. Frink—It is very erratic. Some 
report great satisfaction while with others 
the results are unfavorable. Around 
Tampa, I understand they do fairly well. 
It is something like the Kelsey. I would 
not advise planting it generally. 
Mr. Penny—I would like to ask the 
gentleman who siaidi his Excelsior plum 
did well, what kind of land he has. 
Member—It runs about four feet of 
yellow sand. After that, clay phosphiate 
below, and water on an average of fifteen 
feet. 
Mr. Penny—^Do you think they would 
do well on low land? 
Member—I have tried all kinds of 
land, but I don’t know that I can tell you 
exactly what the solution is for the plum 
problem. It seems tO' be a very erratic 
kind of a tree, and they sometimes do well 
or ill for no apparent reason at all. Some 
graft pears on the wildl haw and say they 
do well. 
Mr. Neil—A man in my county told me 
to spray with the Bordeaux mixture and 
I would always have a good crop. 
Mr. Waite—I have succeeded in hold¬ 
ing the fruit better this year than before, 
and I sprayed with the Bordeaux. 
Mr. Frink—‘Now, if you take a peach, 
for instance, that is a native of a different 
country and bring it down here, it is al¬ 
most impossible to make it bear. Occa¬ 
sionally you can get a few fruit, but as a 
general proposition, it never is very suc¬ 
cessful. I think the Kelsey plum is out 
of its proper environment. 
Mr. Hudson—iHow can you get a peach 
that will mature later in the season, say 
in August? 
Mr. Frink—There are varieties that 
will db that^ larg-ely of the native Spanish 
type. There are several of those peaches; 
just now I do not recall any of the names. 
It is hard to get them to bear so well 
when budded as when they arf? 'seedlings; 
that is, speaking of the Spanish type. 
Probably one of the best here is the Estel- 
la, which is very late and, unojer favorable 
conditions, bears well. 
