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they will then be straighter. It is proving to be one of the best pears for 

 Michigan. 



_ Mr, Garfield: Some one has said the Anjou is good because it comes 

 later than "the other Bartletts." 



Mr. Morrill : In the Chicago market they are known as "Winter 

 Bartletts" and are now selling for 75 cents to $1.00 per dozen. 



Inquiry was made concerning the Wilder. Mr. Scott had not fruited 

 it and knew of it only by the claims of Mr. Green, its introducer. Mr. 

 Lyon had seen the fruit and thought it better than most varieties of the 

 season ascribed to it, but knew not what its season would be in Michigan. 

 It is not yet safe to plant it extensively, but well to try a few. 



Mr. Morrill: Recollect, as to early pears, they are still earlier 

 south of you. I have seen 2,000 packages per night sent from Benton 

 Harbor in the Bartlett season, and the price went down to fifty cents per 

 bushel. Early pears here may meet the Bartlett season of further south, 

 and in the market Bartlett is king. Anjou is a good pear for market, 

 though not so early a bearer as Bartlett. It keeps well and should be sat- 

 isfactory in Mason county. 



SPRAYING AND JARRING. 



Mr. GuLLEY said these subjects had been so fully covered and reported 

 at the recent meeting at Hart that there was no necessity for repetition. 

 Spraying api^les for scab had been tried, carbonate of eopi^er and ammonia 

 being used successfully, especially upon Spy. 



Mr. H. F. Robinson of Ludington asked about pear blight, having 

 been troubled by it. 



Mr. Scott: Cut ofP six inches (one foot is better) below the blight, 

 dipping tools used in carbolic acid after each cutting, and burn the 

 infected branches. 



Mr. Morrill : In jarring, injury has been done by striking with a 

 mallet. Parker Earle advises the driving of spikes into the trees, u^jon 

 which to strike with the mallet. 



Mr. Robinson: A stick with a concave end, padded, with which to 

 suddenly push against the trees, is better than jarring, 



Mr. Geo. C. McClatchie of Ludington preferred spikes or bolts. 



Mr. Lyon: The more sudden the blow, the more surely will the cur- 

 culio be surprised and droj). Therefore spikes are preferable. 



Several decried spraying for curculio, but Mr. W. H. Payne of South 

 Haven maintained its effectiveness, as curculio do feed upon the foliage, 

 as has been proved by observation. Decrease the strength of solution 

 each time, and use even before the blooming. It has been proved, also, 

 that curculio are killed by spraying. It should not be abandoned 

 from one season's experiments. It kills the newly, hatched larva in the 

 crescent marks as it does the codlin moth in the apjDle calyx. In thirty- 

 six marks examined, on sjjrayed fruits, but one live larva was found. 

 Probably an egg had been laid in each case. 



