358 State Horticultural Society. 



and it is usually very profitable treatment. The little knotty depres- 

 sions on the fruit are largely the work of these insects. In ease jarring 

 is don-e, the trees must be trained with bodies tall enough, and with suf- 

 ficient room under the branches to spread the catcher. — H. E. Van 

 Deman, in R. ]^. Yorker. 



STONE FRUITS. 



PEACH CROP GLEAXI]S^GS FROM U. S. DEPARTMENT OF 



AGRICULTURE. 



The blizzard of February, 1899, and the intense cold weather ac- 

 companying it have played havoc with the peach industry throughout the 

 country. The U. S. Department of Agriculture is receiving reports from 

 all sections, and the consensus of opinion is that there will be no luscious 

 poaches next summer. Where growers get off Avith only the loss of their 

 crop they consider themselves lucky. Mr. Hale says that practically 

 every peach tree in Connecticut is killed, with the exception of one 

 variety, Hill's Chili, which has suffered little injury, even to the fruit 

 buds. It, however, is a poor peach, being rather dry, and is not used 

 for eating purposes when other varieties are to be had. 



It is not the impression, however, of the pomologists of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture that the Geogria peach trees are dead, as reports 

 from Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky indicate that while every peach 

 bud has been killed, the trees are not generally fatally injured. 



The fruit industry of northern Michigan received a terrible blow. 

 Not only the peach trees, but in many cases the hardier apple trees, suc- 

 cumbed. The mercury stood below zero for two weeks, and the ground 

 was frozen four feet deep. Never has such destruction swept the lake 

 region since the great freeze of 1874-'75, when every peach tree was 

 killed. A trustworthy grower near Ludington, Mich,, reports to the 



