100 State Horticultural Society. 



Quality of Concord and \\'orden grape? 



Nearly the same ; should plant them both. 



Why do not fruit trees live to the age they did lOO years ago? 



Insects and diseases are much more prevalent now than at that time. 



Cause of rot of apple trees starting below ground and working up ? 



Root rot is a fungus and it is not known what is the cause. 



Is green aphis injurious to the bud? 



Yes ; often checks growth. 



How get rid of Canker Worm? 



Spray with i pound Paris green to lOO to 150 gallons of water. 



Cause of fruit falling at blossom time? 



Often because not fertilized. Nature provides a hundred blossoms 

 where one fruit is wanted. 



Fighting insects? 



Spraying or dusting is the best plan. 



Cause of all peaches dropping from 3-year-old trees ? 



Probably the trees are growing so rapidly that they shed the fruit, 

 or perhaps they were not well fertilized. 



Spraying ? 



Is the best remedy for all diseases and insects that is known. Dust- 

 ing may succeed also. 



Does the original strawberry plant live' after fruiting? 



Yes. It will bear for two and possibly three years. 



Moth traps? 



No value in the orchard. 



Will it pay to spray an orchard when crop will not pay, expenses? 



It may do so to clean the orchard of pests for the future years. 



How^ to fight the Scab and Codling Moth? Spray with Bordeaux 

 mixture and arsenites. Spray before leaves start and three times after. 



If bi-cloride is so good to kill the germ on potato scab before we 

 plant, wdiy wouldn't it be good for bitter rot spores? Has anyone 

 tried it? 



Prof. Von Schrenk. — Bi-chloride of mercury is too dangerous and 

 poisonous and cannot be made to stay. 



Question : Does spraying pay the average farmer ? 



Prof. Von Schrenk. — In answering that I would say yes, if is prop- 

 erly done. The way it is done by most of our farmers does not pay, but 

 certainly, if it is done in the right way, at the right time, it will pay and 

 does pay. 



Prof. Stedman. — Spraying will pay the farmer in this way : When 

 the insects are numerous enough, then it pays. But I wouldn't take the 

 precaution to spray before he knows that he has harmful insects and 



