332 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



European Plums. 



In this class the more desirable are Field, Bradshaw, Lombard, Fellen- 

 bnrg, Giant Prune, Shropshire Damson, French Damson, Archduke, 

 Black Diamond, Kinjsjston, Grank Duke, Bavay and Monarch. Other 

 varieties which miffht be added to the list are: Lincoln, Murdy, Yellow- 

 Egg, Spaulding, Columbia and Coe. These are given in about the order 

 of their ripening, and all have proven valuable. 



PEARS. 



The pear crop was very good considering the heavy crop of 1904. 

 Some of the newer kinds that bore last year failed to fruit this season. 

 All of the trees were sprayed the same as the apples for the scab 

 and worms; three times for the early kinds and four for the late, and 

 the results were very satisfactory. The pear psylla made its appear- 

 ance again this season and was treated with kerosene emulsion, using 

 kerosene one gallon, soap one pound and water ten gallons. In making 

 the emulsion as strong as this, however, care should be taken to have it 

 thoroughly emulsified, otherwise it will separate and burn the foliage. 

 It would be better to recommend for general use one gallon of oil to 

 twelve of water. The treatment, which was made soon after the leaves 

 appeared, was quite effectual. 



Spraying. 



A few trees were sprayed with copper sulphate solution, using 2 

 pounds to 50 gallons of water, before growth started and trees of the 

 same varieties were left unsprayed until blossoms began to show color 

 when they were sprayed with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green. The 

 copper sulphate failed to control the leaf-blight as well as the Bordeaux 

 mixture, although there was but a small number of diseased leaves upon 

 any of the trees. Several trees were sprayed In April with sulphate 

 of iron (2 lbs. to 50 gallons of water) and afterwards, just before the 

 blossoms opened and again after they had fallen, they received an ap- 

 plication of sulphate of iron and 6 pounds of lime in 50 gallons of 

 water. Other trees of the same varieties were sprayed with the regular 

 Bordeaux mixture. No scab made its appearance on any of the trees 

 treated with either mixture, but leaf-blight was quite plentiful upon 

 two varieties sprayed with the sulphate of iron solution. As a fungicide 

 the sulphate of iron upon pears, as upon other fruits, is practically 

 worthless. 



Varietiei^. 



Nothing new has developed to change the standing of the varieties 

 recommended in previous reports. Of the newer kinds. Conference is 

 especially recommended as worthy of trial for both home use and mar- 

 ket. Danns Hovey, although an old sort, is but little known, but it is 

 a productive variety and on account of its flavor and keepinir qualities 

 should be in more of our commercial orchards and gardems. The follow- 

 ing varieties have been tested and will be desirable in most sections. 



