302 Slate HorticiiJfiiral Society. 



^\ illi llir Entomological Division of the American Association of Agricul- 

 tural Colleges and Experiment Stations. 



The topic, "What is a sound public policy with respect to the division 

 between the State and the property owner of the costs of a practical 

 operation for the control of Horticultural pests?" was then discussed. 

 On the motion of Mr. Scott, of Georgia, it was voted that it is the sense of 

 this body that in all cases where the state makes any provision for the 

 inspection of nurseries these inspections should be conducted absolutely 

 without cost to the nurserymen. 



The meeting then finally adjourned. 



H. T. FERNALD, 



Secretary. 



PEACHES IN SOUTH MISSOURI. 

 (By. G. W. Hopkins, Springfield, Mo.) 



I have not prepared any paper cm this subject. In my younger days 

 I sometimes liked to indulge in these things, in these affairs on paper, but 

 as I get older I try to be more particular. 



I am going to give you a little talk now, and if anybody wants to 

 ask questions I will answer them if I can, and if not, perhaps somebody 

 else will be able to do so. You all know that after the severe winter of 

 1898 and 1899 the peach trees in South Missouri, as well as in other 

 places, were very badly injured. They were sick, and the question arose, 

 what shall we do with them. Several plans were proposed, and the most 

 of them were adopted, although they were different. One plan was to 

 cut down the trees from eight to twelve inches from the ground, or to the 

 snow line, whatever that might be. A great many trees w^ere cut down — 

 whole orchards of them. Those trees, I believe, so far as I have been 

 able to find out, have never done any good. The most of them died. 

 Some put out a little sickly growth and died afterwards. Another plan 

 was to cut back the main limbs, from two and one-half to three feet. A 

 great many adopted that plan. I did so, although I am not growing 

 peaches to any great extent, and so far as I know from my observa- 

 tions and what I have learned that plan was pretty successful. They 

 made a good growth of young wood, and this year, so far as I know, 

 in our own section of country, those trees produced the best fruit we 

 had. 



Now, there was another class that didn't do anything with the trees. 

 They just let them go, and they made a very weak, sickly growth. 



