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entirely destroyerl before we learned how to kill the potato bug? 

 How many apple trees were ruined b}' the forest-tree caterpillar, a few 

 years a"fO, because we did know how to meet the enemy ? And now we 

 have the apple maggot, Trypeta Pomonella, with no remed}' to stop 

 his ravages, and the disease commonh' called ''apple scab," caused 

 l)v a fungus named Fusidadium Dentriticum^ which has caused more 

 damage in this section than all the insects combined. I fear some 

 of us will be obliged to abandon the raising of the Baldwin unless 

 something can be found to check this disease. These and the myriads 

 of other destructive agents call for help which could best be furnished 

 bv such a station. 



I would recommend that a committee be appointed to urge our 

 delegation in Congress to support this bill. 



We would suggest meanwhile that all who are troubled with the dis- 

 ease called apple scab should be self-constituted members of a com- 

 mittee to experiment, both by feeding the trees, with a view of sup- 

 plying some constituent that may be lacking in the soil, and by 

 showering the trees while the apples are small with some mixture 

 that will kill the fungus without injuring the foliage, and report at 

 our next meeting. In this wa}' something may be discovered that will 

 keep the disease in check, without too great trouble and expense. 



Since human nature is prone to indolence and neglect, except when 

 pleasure and comfort are the immediate results of effort, many 

 of us become indifferent and need to be reminded at least once a 

 year that our fruit trees are calling for more dressing, that the borers 

 need looking after, that the codling moth is increasing and the apple 

 tnaggot is abroad, all urging better care and more attention, if we 

 would make a profit from the orchard. 



While some of these subjects require reiteration, there are still left 

 other topics fraught with ever renewed interest — the comparing and 

 examination of new varieties, improved methods of culture, and new 

 modes of dealing with the enemies of the fruit grower. These admit 

 of sufficient variations to keep alive an interest and enthusiasm and 

 render our meetings as profitable as the}" are pleasant. 



I would reph" to the charge of sameness in my annual addresses 

 as did the old preacher when his congregation complained because 

 his discourse was about the same week after week: "When you 

 mind this I will try and give you something new." 



Following the address of President Pope, the next exercise was 

 the presentation of the Gardiner memorial : 



