486 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



MANURING ORCHARDS. 



South Hayen, April 18, 1874. 



The president laid on the table some well preserved specimens of Greenings, 

 Seek-no-furthers, and English Russet apples, the latter looking as though they 

 would keep a year longer. The Seek-no-furthers were as handsome as though 

 they had been dipped in our beautiful sunsets. 



The question of manuring orchards was called up. 



Mr, Fitch said he was hauling his low land deposits to the higher land with 

 good results. 



Mr. A. J. Pierce believed the best way to get rich was by getting more ma- 

 nure. Thought leaves one of the best manures. If manures were difficult to 

 get, would recommend more cultivation. 



Mr. J. W. Pierce had observed that orchards too highly manured increased 

 the size of the fruit, but injured its flavor. Thought mulch desirable for shal- 

 low soils. 



Mr. Lathrop recommended the use of more manure. Excepting for peaches 

 and cherries, he thought we could not manure too highly. Would compost 

 manures first. Ashes, lime, and muck made a good compost. Would keep 

 lime and fresh manure apart. Said all that were recommended for sand re- 

 quired less manure than those which required a heavier soil. 



Mr. A. J. Pierce said, Never run in deot when you buy manure. 



Mr. Hurlbut said he had not had much experience in using manure. His 

 laud was mostly good enough without. Those trees in his garden which had 

 been highly manured had done the best for the first ten years, and those in 

 the grass had done the best for the second ten years. He thought fruit trees 

 could be manured too highly. Would recommend clay as a good manure for 

 sand, also the prunings of trees cut up short and spread on the land. 



Mr. Windoes had great faith in manures, when properly applied. A peach 

 tree manured with night soil had on eleven peaches measuring from 10|^ to 13 

 inches in circumference. Had experienced manuring 800 pear trees, part with 

 barnyard manure, part with raw-bone phosphate, and the remainder with bone 

 dust. The first produced the quickest effect and the latter the most lasting 

 result. Thinks bone dust best for grapes, though fruit when manured larger 

 and later. Could increase small fruit 50 per cent with the use of manure. 

 Believed manure paid well. 



Mr. J. M. Stowell said his father astonished his neighbors by the size and 

 quantity of his fruit, which was caused by the use of plenty of manure. 



South Haven, April 27th, 1874. 



President Phillips exhibited a peach limb with tent caterpillar eggs on it, 

 some of which he hatched out by taking them in the house. The moth sel- 

 dom lays its eggs on the peach, as the young worms do not like the neach foli- 

 age ; but insects sometimes make mistakes, and we should be the more carelul 

 in watching for their eggs to destroy them. The eggs are glued to small limbs, 

 and pass clear around so as to look like the swi^liing of a limb. They are 

 usually found on cherry trees, and can be seen quite readily at this season of 

 the year by their silvery appearance. There are frequently S' en a nest of other 

 eggs rolled up in a leaf and attached to the limb. These should also he re- 

 moved when pruning. A little watchfulness will save time when the trees are 

 covered with foliage. 



