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temperature was eighteen and a half degrees below zero only the Elberta 

 were killed. Then we had three freezes and ice froze next to the peaches, 

 and the frost and wind took the crop on all the top trees but left the val- 

 ley safe. 



B. C. Auten. — If it becomes warm the first of March and then 

 freezes there will be harm done. The Elbertas were killed in the winter 

 but some others were killed by the spring freezing. The Family Favorite 

 and Crosby indicate good prospects. The Staminate Nectarine is also 

 safe. 



Mr. Erb. — Paul Evans, Director of the Experiment Station at Mt. 

 Grove, says to spray with white-w^ash and sweet milk, as sweet milk has 

 the sticking quality. One man sprayed five hundred trees with this 

 white- wash and had peaches when his neighbors had none. Iron pots for 

 fire .are used in the California orchards to prevent danger of frost. 



Henry Wallis.- — One reason for its freezing in Missouri and not in 

 New York is because there the weather is stable, while in Missouri it is 

 changeable. We should not promote the late growth in the fall and 

 should avoid late cultivation. 



Mr. Auten. — Glue put into the white-wash to make it stick hardens 

 it so that it cracks, while the milk keeps it moist so that it stays on. 



Pres. Whitten. — We would like to ask the gentleman from Michigan 

 about some of these points. 



Mr. Thompson. — It is well to prepare the packages of peaches in the 

 best manner possible and if there is any defect in color we use tarlatan to 

 overcome it. 



INSECT PESTS— THE "STIXG" IN THE APPLE. 



(J. M. Stedmia, Eatatnalo^'ist of th J Experiment Station, Oolumbia, Mo.) 



Since the "sting" in the apple has attracted so much attention re- 

 cently, due to the immense damage it has caused, I will confine my re- 

 marks today entirely to this subject. The "sting" in the apple is caused 

 by the common plum curculio, Conotrachclus nenuphar, Hbst. During 

 the past two years more especially, the plum curculio has "stung"' the 

 apples of the Ozark region to such an extent as to cause very serious 

 damage in all cases, and in many orchards has injured from ninety to 

 one hundred per cent of the crop. Apples "stung" by these beetles are 

 reduced from No. i grade to No. 2 grade, while those badly "stung" are 

 reduced to No. 3 grade and culls. 



Since you gentlemen know that in commercial orcharding the profits 



