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greater number of crevasses in it. Young trees ought to be pro- 

 tected in a way, that, when hogs or sheep are turned in, they 

 cannot break them down, bite them off or gnaw the bark. Manur- 

 ing of poor or exhausted soils will help indirectly against the attacks 

 of the borers, as the trees will have more strength to overcome the 

 injuries of the insect. Covering the trunks with paper, sand or 

 ashes is also to be recommended and surely will help as far as these 



protectives cover the bark. 



FERDINAND FLEISCHER. 



N. B. So far I had only saperda bivitata in my orchards and 

 think these are remedies and preservatives also for chrysobothris 

 femorata. 



EVENING SESSION. 



AN ADDRESS BY THE MAYOR, H. R. HARTWIG. 



Welcomes all horticultural men to St. Joe. Twenty-six years 

 ago as I landed in St. Joe I found fruit growing in its infancy. 

 The pioneers of this work are Jacob Madinger and that other noted' 

 horticulturist', H. M. Voores, a great and good man who made this 

 his life-work. Not wishing to detain the members of this society I 

 now take the pleasure of introducing to you Rev. Mr. Abbott, who 

 will make you welcome. 



A welcome to St. Joseph is unnecessary to a society which is 

 paying its own way, as if any one was not always welcome where 

 they pay their own way. 



A minister scraping the roots of his vines made a mistake in 

 not scraping his back. 



I think your coming will help rejuvenate us. The educational 

 institutions should be turned to better advantage, and the scraping 

 out Greek roots should be dropped and they set to digging tree 

 roots and plants. It seems to us that you are helping us in coming 

 among us. 



I have an uncle whose five acres of orchard paid him more 

 than all the rest of his two hundred acres. 



Our state is peculiarly adapted to this work of fruit growing, 

 and a society which is working for this should be honored. 



