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over all things, and I believe the time will conie when we shall overcome 

 these besetments. 



Mr. Cook had burnt sulphur under a plum tree, and curculio did not 

 touch it for a long time afterward, and thinks we ought to experiment. 



Okin Brown smoked two Lombard plum trees with coal tar, and had 

 good success. Cherries in same ground were ruined; the cherries were 

 not smoked. 



Mr. Morrill : We should keep experimenting, and every man ought to 

 take care of his own rot, etc. 



Mr. A. Brunson: I do not agree that spraying to be effectual must be 

 universal. Where I have sprayed, and not sprayed, the effect is very 

 marked. 



Mr. Morrill: Where spraying is universal, certainly we are not rais- 

 ing so many codlin moths for next year. 



Mr. S. Cook: The codlin moth flies, and the first generation does not 

 destroy the whole crop of fruit. 



W. A. Brown: The later broods do not travel far. 



Mr. Withey asked about grape rot. 



A. J. Merry had picked off rotten grapes. All in his neighborhood 

 expect to spray next season. One of his vineyards rotted worse than the 

 other. 



Mr. Withey: Wherever it starts in a vineyard you will see it increase 

 from year to year. 



Mr. Mead visited Mr. Crittenden's vinevard last year. Mr. Crittenden 

 had not much rot. He thinks it pays to pick off rotten grapes, and he 

 also sprayed. 



Mr. Foster had some rot and paid no attention to it, and saw no more 

 of it for several years, and now it nas appeared again. 



Mr. S. H. Comings: My neighbor, who renews and cuts off old vines, 

 is nearly free from black rot and mildew. 



Mr. A. Brunson: You must watch the weather for spraying, and there 

 is not over a week that is suitable. 



Mr. Phelps thinks spraying in hot sun is injurious to foliage. 



Mr. Geo. Comings spoke about the new organization for procuring 

 crates, etc., and said about seventy shares were now taken; that they had 

 a definite proposition from a distance for crates in the flat. 



Mr. Morrill asked would it not be well to ask rates from home manu- 

 facturers as well as those abroad? 



S. Handy: They have combined against us, and I say, show them no 

 mercy. 



W. A. Brown said he was glad this organization had made a start in 

 this direction. He thought that in a short time stock for crates must 

 come from a distance, and prices will go up unless some such movement 

 as this is made a success. 



On March 20 the society met at Grange hall. 



Mr. Geo. Comings read a paper for Mr. S. H. Comings on " Transporta- 

 tion and advisability of sending a man to Chicago to look after our fruit 

 interests," after which Mr. Geo. Comings reported that a number of 

 Stevensville fruitgrowers had subscribed to the stock of the new'coinpany. 

 Eighty-nine shares are now subscribed and they fully expect to be in 

 shape to furnish packages when the season arrives. He hoped the new 

 boat would be sustained, and said that much loss had occurred last year 

 by reason of delay in getting our fruit to Chicago. 



