98 State Horticultural Society. 



July is the proper season for seeding the buckwheat. Eight quarts per 

 acre is sufficient quantity in well-prepared land. It may be seeded in 

 small lots to good advantage and may be made very valuable among 

 corn where there is a too thin stand of corn for good crop. After wheat 

 is harvested buckwheat may be grown to very good advantage. Every 

 farmer can raise buckwheat to his very great advantage and especially 

 to the advantage of the ripening fruits. Not simply theory, but ripe ex- 

 perience. 



SIXTH SESSION— Thursday, 2 p. m. 



Questions were the first order of the session. 

 What is the matter with our older Ben Davis trees? 

 Are affected by root rot and other fungus diseases. 

 Why do plums rot and fall oft"? 



Plum rot is fungus disease and Bordeaux spraying in time may pre- 

 vent it. 



Cause of trees bleeding last spring? Remedy for root louse? 



Probably injured by cold winter of 'qS-'qq. Tobacco dust. 



What will prevent pear blight? 



Nothing yet known. All the remedies so far have proved of no value. 



Varieties of peaches, hardiness, time of ripening, commercial value 

 of each? 



Mt. Rose, Reeve's Favorite, Family Favorite, Champion, Elberta, 

 Old Mixon, Pickett's Late, Salway, Heath Cling. 



Practical means of fighting insects aad fungi in our orchards? 



Spraying or dusting is the only sure remedy. 



Grape rot? 



Use Bordeaux mixture. 



Who receives greatest profits, grower or shipper? 



Sometimes one and sometimes the other, but usually the railroads. 



Grape rot and apple black rot; remedies? 



Spraying is the best remedy we know. 



Should the family garden include berries and small fruits? 



Yes ; by all means. Use the best varieties and success is sure. 



The planting of root grafts of apple and pear in orchard where they 

 will remain? 



Is a great help and will give an orchard more quickly and better 

 it you can give close enough attention to them to secure the best growth. 



Axle greese for preventing rabbits gnawing trees, what kind? 



Better not use it. Better wrap the trees. 



