No. 6 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 739 



(apple orchards I suppose). Tlie one lie cultivates and tlius pro- 

 duces much finer fruit than the others. Will cultivate all in the 

 future. Borers and other insects do less injury in cultivated or- 

 chards. Fruit growing badly neglected. The trees are set out 

 and left to grow as nature directs. "It is a wonder we get any 

 fruit." 



A. B. Peet, of Potter county, says that "never in my remembrance 

 have we corae as ,near having an absolute failure of all fruits in 

 this county as the past season. This was principally due to ex- 

 tremely cold weather during blossoming period or immediately 

 after." 



No api)les, pears or plums except on elevated situations (2,000 

 feet or more). Strawberries only on high elevations or on old un- 

 mulched beds. The best cultivated beds returned the smallest 

 yield. Fungous diseases of all kinds very bad. No San Jos6 Scale. 

 Has many new varieties of trees and small fruits but nothing to 

 report on account of the bad season. 



R. S. Searle, of Susquehanna county, reports an immense crop 

 of apples but of poor quality. Fruit largely injured by a fungus, 

 which caused it to rot under the fungus spots. The only salable 

 apples were the varieties that would do well in cold storage. 

 "There is no doubt this is one of the very best sections for all kinds 

 of fruit raising; it only lacks some wide-awake, stirring workers, 

 who know how and will stick to it. One great trouble is lack of 

 suitable workers." 



S. M. Baher, of Tioga county, says that by spraying he got a fine 

 crop of plums. Heretofore his fruit dropped. Spraying is neces- 

 sary to success. 



Theodore Day^ of Wayne county, would plant the Rome Beauty 

 in preference to the Ben Davis. Stayman's Winesap does well. 

 Few apples colored or matured just right for lack of sunshine. 



DISCUSSION. 



PROF. JOHNSON: It seems to me that papers of this kind are 

 among the most valuable presented at our meeting. I had the pleas- 

 ure of hearing a similar report by Mr. Suavely two years ago, and 

 was xevy much interested in it. These reports usually contain 

 practical information and facts that will benefit members very 

 much. They are the more valuable because given by counties, and 

 showing how varieties are adapted to special localities. 



In regard to "yellows," I am interested to learn that some coun- 

 ties in the State are apparently exempt. You are no doubt aware 

 that there are certain belts or zones where this disease has never 

 been found. We all know of its ravages in the Maryland Peninsula, 

 and that there is still a belt there in which it has never been known 



