WEST MICHIGAN FRUIT aROWERS' SOCIETY. 137 



Replyina: to a question, Mr. Hamilton said the seedlings mentioned in his 

 paper were hardy. 



\V. A. Brown: These new varieties should have permanent names. For 

 instance, which is it: Barber or Hinman? 



Mr. Hamilton : This is not a Michigan peach, but it would be well to find 

 its true name or give it one that all will recognize. It was shown at the 

 meeting of the American Pomological Society, last year, but no one could 

 name it. • 



Secretary LaFleur offered the following resolution: 



Whekeas, In view of the fact that there are many new varieties of 

 peach, as well as some of* the older kinds, that are known under different 

 local names, therefore 



I move that a committee of three be appointed to correct, so far as possi- 

 ble, all improper names, and establish correct names; and, in the case of 

 new seedlings, to establish some name by which they may be known. 



This was adopted, and Messrs. G. H. LaFleur, \V. A. Brown, and J. P. 

 Wade were appointed and instructed to report at the society's next meeting. 



WHEN AND HOW TO DESTROY THE BORER 



was first responded to by Levi Loomis : Dig him out — it's the only way ; or 

 wire him out, which is practically the same thing. Do it in the spring. 

 The borer hides in chip manure when placed about trees. Therefore don't 

 put it there. Not so with forest leaves. Care should be taken, in digging 

 borers, not to scratch the roots more than necessary. Better let the grub 

 stay than to set careless men to hunt him. Never fail to cover up the 

 roots and crown in' the fall, as this prevents to some extent deposit of the 

 eggs. 



W. A. Brown : Take them out in May and September. 



S. R. Lewis: The egg is deposited in August. Bandages with something 

 offensive upon them will prevent the laying of the egg; then, if we had 

 taken out all the grubs the previous spring, we could finish the business in 

 one year. 



THE CONTAGIOUS NATURE OF YELLOWS 



brought out W. A. Smith in some terse and earnest remarks : This topic is 

 an unprofitable one. No marl knows anything about it — literally nothing. 

 It is, like pleuro-pneumonia and pear blight, contagious, and can like them 

 be stamped out by but one means — extermination. This costs you some- 

 thing. But it cost us more in Berrien county, for we had 150 yellows doctors. 

 You learned, by our experience, not to tamper with it. Take it out — burn 

 it up! [Cheers.] Can we tell when a tree is infected ? Yes; and at once if 

 it is in bearing ; but otherwise not, in the first stages. It is fatal every 

 time, and contagious in all stages. Some say it spreads from even the stump 

 and roots if left in the orchard. We do not know how it is communicated. 



Mr. D. W. Wiley : How about setting young trees in the places where old 

 ones had yellows? My experience is, it can be done. I have practiced it. 

 It may be a question if it could be done where the disease had become 

 general. 



Robert Reid : I havesuccessfully reset, even where trees had been generally 

 destroyed. 



