56 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. ' 



that it was only a matter of short time and my Janneton orchard 

 would be no more. I was not long in deciding what to try. I pre- 

 pared a quantity of the borer preventive, formulated the same. I di- 

 rected my man to climb the trees with a bucket full of the mixture 

 and a small hand broom and dress with a heavy coating all the 

 branches and the bodies of the trees, beginning in the top of the tree 

 on branches as small as a man's little finger, working downward. This 

 was done in the first part of June, the proper time to do this in this 

 latitue, as the eggs hatch about that time. The result was highly grati- 

 fying, as one application was sufficient. The sulphurous fumes raised 

 by the hot sun was suflScient to destroy the tender lice. It is impossi- 

 ble for them to live in such an atmosphere. Since then my trees have 

 been dressed in beautiful dark green foliage every summer, with no 

 trace of lice, and bearing abundant crops of fruit. It will pay to rid 

 the trees of parasites. 



Very respectfully, 



T. W. GANNT. 

 Maryville, Nodaway County, Mo. 



DISCUSSION. 



Z. A. Goodman objected to gas tar being used as a wash for crees, 

 as it is apt to kill the trees. 



Mr. Faith emphasized this objection unless the tar be used with 

 quick lime. 



Mr. Spear, referring to the matter of pruning, stated that he had 

 made many mistakes in heading trees ; thought that the variety should 

 determine the heighth of the head ; don't believe the wine-sap can 

 be kept from the ground even if trimmed up six feet high. 



Mr. Thompson^ of Butler, pa5tures his wine sap orchards with 

 horses, sheep and hogs, and finds that they trim the trees sufficiently. 

 This also rids the trees of the borer, and this part of his orchard far out 

 bears the part of the orchard not pastured. 



Mr. Thompson., from Vernon county, stated that his orchard is 

 seeded to clover and he has had no fruit which seems to sustain the 

 remarks of D. W. Thompson. 



The question of trimming in the light or dark of the moon was 

 raised as usual. 



Mr. Faith prefers the light of the moon for trimming his trees, 

 when the sign is in the heart. 



Mr. Cunningham., of St. Louis, although not a practical horticultur- 

 ist, asked if it would not pay to stack straw or corn stalks about peach 



