124 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



I am in hopes to have the orchard producing good crops of 

 apples in two or three years. 



I was proud of that orchard and the more folks praised the 

 orchard the prouder I got until one day in September, the New 

 York state inspector came along and served notice that I had 

 23 trees infected with San Jose scale and wanted to know what 

 I would do with them. I told him all that had the scale I 

 would cremate and all the rest I would spray with lime sulphur. 



My pride got a set-back for sure, but I will fall back on grit 

 and fight the scale. 



It was the first scale I ever found on our farms. I wrote the 

 nurseryman who raised the trees and he told me to pull all that 

 were infected and he would replace with trees free from scale. 

 I will set more orchards in the spring and will buy of the same 

 nurser}'man. 



Some of the orchards I have are very badly infected with case 

 bearers and on these I will use arsenate of lead very strong, 

 about 5 pounds to 50 gallons and 1-2 pound of Paris green. I 

 have used arsenate of lead for the codling worm and will use it 

 again this next year. 



I have a fine lot of blister mites and will use factory made 

 lime-sulphur mixture for them. Orchards near us in which 

 lime sulphur has been used for blister mites have fine foliage 

 and are practically free from scab and fungus. 



The best results seem to be derived when spraying is done as 

 late as possible before the trees leave out. 



I would like to say just a few words about packing apples. 

 Adam was the first farmer we have any account of who had 

 trouble in packing apples and he laid it to his wife and fruit- 

 growers ever since have old Adam for an example and when the 

 buyers find poor apples in the barrel, "The hired man or the 

 boys, or my wife does all the packing," is the ready response. 

 But, seriously we surely must stop it some way, no matter who 

 puts up the poor apples. At the present time, and especially 

 last year, buyers are by far the worst sinners for they have 

 bought orchard runs and run in ever}'thing grown and the 

 blossom buds for next year. 



I have in mind now a dealer who has done more to hurt the 

 Western New York apple in the markets of the middle west 

 than can ever be estimated, and last week I was in his ware- 



