150 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Gano — Crops and prices have not been very satisfactory. The 

 Ben Davis has suffered greatly from the drought, especially the or- 

 chards that were full. Many of the trees dropped their foliage and 

 stood there bending with their loads of fruit. These trees are now in 

 very bad condition. I find some orchards, those that were well culti- 

 vated, iu a much better condition, and the higher the cultivation the 

 better the condition of the orchards. 



President — We would like to hear from the northwest part of the 

 State and from Illinois and Iowa. 



Mr. Clmhhucli — I would like to call the attention of the meeting to 

 the use of paris green. Just before I left St. Louis, Mr. Murtfeldt, a 

 member of this society, called my attention to the fact that Prof. 

 Forbes thinks that paris green is to some extent taken up by the apple 

 and that it might be injurious to eat that fruit. He would like to have 

 the experience of the members of the society, if they have had any, in 

 the matter. 



Mr. LaughUn — It seems that we may fight the codling moth one 

 year and have it worse the next year. I suggest that Mr. Patterson 

 caught the enemies of the codling moth more than the moth itself. 



Mr. Fatterson — We caught them by means of bands on the trees. 

 We caught the worms as they descended, so we caught the codling 

 moth and nothing else. We missed the chance to use the paris green. 



Dr. Ooslln — I would like to ask the members of this society if ])aris 

 green does any good? It is death to everything that eats the foliage, 

 but the codling moth does not eat the foliage. And I would like to 

 know if a single member of the society has ever had any benefit from 

 its use. I don't see how the paris green would have one ])article of 

 influence in exterminating an insect that does not live upon the foliage. 



Mr. Goodman — At the. meeting of the American Pomological So- 

 ciety, at Grand Eapids, instances were given, in numbers of cases, 

 where its use had been successful. Mr. Moody, of Lockport, used one 

 pound of the green in forty gallons of water. He has used it for five 

 years, and he has had scarcely a fruit affected, and others report the 

 same. Prof. Cook, of Michigan, examined the leaves and fruit, and 

 had them analyzed chemically. He put she»p and goats in the orchard, 

 mowed some of the grass and gave it to a horse, and in no case did any 

 bad effects follow. The cost of sprinkling an orchard three times is 

 about two cents per tree, and he found this sufficient to save the fruit. 



Frof. Tracy — I think there can be no question as to the efficacy of 

 the paris green, when it is applied at the right time. When the egg 

 hatches the green is probably absorbed through the skin of the body, 



