RECORD OF A JOINT MEETING. 3 



One grower would use only soft water, as hard water, ho believed, injured 

 some foliage. 



E. H. Scott said he and a helper had sprayed 1,700 apple and pear trees 

 the day before, and that with apparatus in proper order it is easy to spray 

 that number in one day. 



Two members had found curculio in the fall feasting on ripe peaches. 



Some apples have so close a clayx that the poison can not enter. Hence 

 spraying such while in bloom is of no effect, nor just after the bloom falls. 

 It must be done later. Spraying the bloom is likely to prevent fertilization ; 

 and it may be done with good results any time before the fruits turn down. 



NOT HARMFUL TO BEES. 



The question of damage to bees having been raised, J. G. Gould, of Paw 

 Paw, said no harm would come to them from the poison, for his honey sac is 

 not the bee's stomach and the poison probably does not reach the nectar in 

 the blossom. Harm might possibly come to young bees from poison in the 

 pollen on which they are fed, if trees are sprayed when in bloom. 



CARBOLIC ACID IN LIME FOR CURCULIO. 



J. N. Stearns detailed his plan of driving off curculio, which he said he 

 had found highly successful, although President Lyon had objected to it on 

 moral grounds, as being no better than driving pigs from your own crops into 

 those of your neighbor. Mr. Stearns' method does not destroy curculio but 

 drives them off most effectually. Begin in time — as soon as the bloom falls. 

 Put one bushel of stone lime into a box and throw upon it one pint of crude 

 carbolic acid (costs 75 cents per gallon) and then just enough water to slake 

 the lime to a powder. Let it stand 48 hours, that there may be no lime 

 lumps left. Mount the box of powder upon a wagon, drive along the rows, 

 and throw on the powder with a shingle paddle. Do it when the leaves are 

 moist with dew or rain, and put it on until the tree appears thoroughly dusted. 

 Kenew as often as washed off by rain, until the carculio season is past. It is 

 probably the odor of the acid that is offensive to the curculio, although it is 

 well known that any dust is repulsive to them and the insect tribe in general. 

 Use of this almost wholly prevents ravages on cherry, peach, and plum trees, 

 as has been proved by repeated experiment. 



OFFICIAL CHANGES. 



At a meeting of the executive board of the State society, Wednesday night, 

 the resignation of Chas. W. Garfield, as secretary, was accepted and Edwy C. 

 Keid, of Allegan, was chosen to the place. Mr. Garfield's retirement was 

 made necessary by failure of health and is deeply regretted by every pomol- 

 ogist of the state. 



W. A. Brown, of Benton Harbor, was chosen member of the executive 

 board, to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Keid's promotion. 



