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him — give you a description of liim. Before this society can legally adopt 

 him he needs christening, and I moved that a committee be appointed to 

 name the new plum. 



Mr. Lyon : Some three or four years ago I received scions of a plum 

 without name or history, from our friend Mr. Bailey, and grafted them 

 upon a young tree that was nearly in bearing, and it has now fruited 

 three years at the station at South Haven. It proves to be an admirable 

 grower, and is now showing itself to be an excellent, most productive 

 bearer. It is of fine size, light color; if I recollect right, a clingstone, and 

 it is of very good quality indeed. I think it is an eminently desirable 

 variety for cultivation for commercial as well as for amateur purposes, 

 and I feel quite at liberty, from the experience I have had with it, to com- 

 mend it for general planting. It has all the qualities necessary to answer 

 as a commercial variet}', in the way of handling; it is not so delicate but 

 it will handle well; it is of good size, not the largest by any means, but 

 large enough, and from ^hat I have seen in the last few years, as to its 

 productiveness, I think it will prove itself satisfactory in that respect. 

 There will be a notice of it in the bulletin from the agricultural depart- 

 ment of the state, when it comes out. I would say it has heretofore 

 appeared in these bulletins as the Bailey, the objection to that name 

 being that there is already a Bailey plum named from our once citizen. 

 Prof. L. H. Bailey, and of course it would hardlv do to name another 

 " Bailey." 



The motion was seconded and carried, a committee was appointed, 

 which reported in favor of naming the jjlum "Lyon," and the report was 

 adopted. 



TREATMENT OF BEAN WEEVILS. 



Mr. Taylor: For variety', will you place your hand. Prof. Slingerland, 

 to the left of that desk, and see if there is not a bottle there? It is a bot- 

 tle of bugs and beans, and some one wanted to know what the bugs are. 



Prof. Slingerland : This year the bean crop in all places where I have 

 been is practically full of bugs. In this bottle we have several beans, 

 and they are full of holes, and from those holes have come these little 

 beetles. We call them bean bugs or bean weevils. The peas have a 

 similar insect, a little larger. The only way to handle these insects is, 

 after they get into the bean, after the beans are shelled (you can not tell 

 they are in there; they do not develop until after the beans are shelled) to 

 put the beans into some tight receptacle. Then get carbon bisulphide. 

 It is a liquid which will evaporate \evj quickly. Its vapor is explosive 

 and it must be handled like gunpowder. Get the beans into a tight box, 

 then pour this liquid through on top of the beans, or in a shallow dish 

 put on top, because the vapor is heavier than air and will sink down. 

 This liquid is sold by the ounce by druggists. A pound of the liquid 

 treats a hundred bushels, I think, about that rate, a hundred bushels or a 

 ton, about a pound to a ton. This is the substance that is used in treating 

 wheat for all sorts of wheat insects. It will destroy the insect in all 

 stages, even inside of the bean. I do not know any way to tell that the 

 beans have the bugs in them until the bugs begin to get out. We thought 

 once we could put the beans into water and those that were affected 



